Review - Jamorama Guitar Lessons Are Innovative, Fun And Low Cost
Rated: 8.
5 out of 10 The Goal Of This Course: According to Ben Edwards, the author of Jamorama, is to learn to play virtually any guitar song you hear.
Whether you want to start a band, perform at clubs, write your own original songs, or just become a great guitarist.
No matter what level you are at now, beginner, intermediate or advanced.
Who Will Benefit Most From This Program? Beginner through intermediate students that are at least 8 years old, have access to a computer and wish to learn electric or acoustic guitar.
About The Author In Ben Edwards own words; I am a highly respected guitar teacher.
I am the former lead guitarist for DegreesK, who I toured with internationally.
Before joining the band I gained a Bachelor of Education.
My passion for teaching others, especially guitar, sparked me to develop Jamorama.
The Parts of This Course 4 Downloadable eBooks; book one is for beginners, book two is for intermediate level students, book three is for advance students and the final book is about tuning.
The books are well written, logical and thorough with an abundance of clear illustrations and photos.
Peppered through out the books are icons that indicate when there is a play along Jamtrack or an audio/video example to view for clarification of the written word.
Just click an icon and those learning aids smoothly pop into the screen.
148 short videos with sound to illustrate each lesson.
These short audio/video illustrations are well produced with split screens showing the right hand and left hand separately as well as other illustrations without fingers blocking the view.
These videos make learning a new technique or chord so much easier than static photos alone.
Though, I do wish the screen size was a little bigger.
Jamtracks are audio-only files for essential practicing with a backup band.
This part was my favorite.
Just plain fun! The Jamorama Bonus Software Guitar Tuner Pro - is asoftware program that provides a proper tone for each string of the guitar.
Standard tuning, alternate tunings for 6,7 and 12 string guitars as well as several Bass guitar tunings are part of this nice little program.
Guitar Ear It - is a clever software game designed to teach you to recognize the sound of a chord and match it to its name (Am, B, C#, etc.
).
It also teaches how to recognize simple chord progressions.
Metronome - is a program that is designed to give a steady beat to develop solid timing and rhythm while practicing.
Tempos of 40 beats per minute (bpm) to 208 bpm are available.
Jayde Musica Pro - is an innovative software game that is designed to develop your ability to quickly identify the pitch of a note with its musical symbol and letter name.
The Negatives: The video samples, while clear and well produced, could be a little bigger.
The only significant weakness is that this is basically a written program with audio and video snippets instead of an all video program with a supporting book.
However, the author Ben Edwards, has done a masterful job of enhancing each written lesson with well produced photos, diagrams, audio, video and play along jam tracks.
The Price Options: The price is $39.
95 USD and no shipping costs.
The Cost Analysis: Jamorama contains the equivalent of about 6 months worth of guitar lessons if you were to space them out as if you were taking weekly lessons from a local guitar instructor.
A local instructor typically will charge anywhere from $20 to $50 per lesson.
Your minimum cost at only $20 per lesson for 6 months would be at least $520.
The choice comes down to: - The Complete Jamorama Guitar Lessons Program at $39.
95 USD or - A local instructor at $520 Support: An extensive online Frequently Asked Questions section is available plus online email support.
A well used forum with thousands of guitar related questions and answers is also available.
Every Jamorama member is entitled to lifetime updates of the software and access to new lessons.
Shipping: Jamorama is available world wide by internet download.
Guarantee: There is a 60 day 100% refund if you are unsatisfied for any reason.
The Bottom Line: My top recommendations always lean towards guitar instruction programs that are all-video.
That is generally clearest method of communicating lots of subtle information.
Having said that, I feel that Jamorama is the absolute best in the class of written lesson programs that use audio and video snippets for enhancement.
At $39.
95 it is also the one of least expensive ones.
The lessons are logical, thorough and perfect for the rank beginner all the way through advanced intermediate players.
The course has some of the most innovative software programs and games for taking the mundane parts of learning the guitar and making them fun.
Jamorama is ideal for someone that does not initially wish to invest $150- $200 for an all-video program.
It is a complete, professionally produced and a fun way to learn guitar.
5 out of 10 The Goal Of This Course: According to Ben Edwards, the author of Jamorama, is to learn to play virtually any guitar song you hear.
Whether you want to start a band, perform at clubs, write your own original songs, or just become a great guitarist.
No matter what level you are at now, beginner, intermediate or advanced.
Who Will Benefit Most From This Program? Beginner through intermediate students that are at least 8 years old, have access to a computer and wish to learn electric or acoustic guitar.
About The Author In Ben Edwards own words; I am a highly respected guitar teacher.
I am the former lead guitarist for DegreesK, who I toured with internationally.
Before joining the band I gained a Bachelor of Education.
My passion for teaching others, especially guitar, sparked me to develop Jamorama.
The Parts of This Course 4 Downloadable eBooks; book one is for beginners, book two is for intermediate level students, book three is for advance students and the final book is about tuning.
The books are well written, logical and thorough with an abundance of clear illustrations and photos.
Peppered through out the books are icons that indicate when there is a play along Jamtrack or an audio/video example to view for clarification of the written word.
Just click an icon and those learning aids smoothly pop into the screen.
148 short videos with sound to illustrate each lesson.
These short audio/video illustrations are well produced with split screens showing the right hand and left hand separately as well as other illustrations without fingers blocking the view.
These videos make learning a new technique or chord so much easier than static photos alone.
Though, I do wish the screen size was a little bigger.
Jamtracks are audio-only files for essential practicing with a backup band.
This part was my favorite.
Just plain fun! The Jamorama Bonus Software Guitar Tuner Pro - is asoftware program that provides a proper tone for each string of the guitar.
Standard tuning, alternate tunings for 6,7 and 12 string guitars as well as several Bass guitar tunings are part of this nice little program.
Guitar Ear It - is a clever software game designed to teach you to recognize the sound of a chord and match it to its name (Am, B, C#, etc.
).
It also teaches how to recognize simple chord progressions.
Metronome - is a program that is designed to give a steady beat to develop solid timing and rhythm while practicing.
Tempos of 40 beats per minute (bpm) to 208 bpm are available.
Jayde Musica Pro - is an innovative software game that is designed to develop your ability to quickly identify the pitch of a note with its musical symbol and letter name.
The Negatives: The video samples, while clear and well produced, could be a little bigger.
The only significant weakness is that this is basically a written program with audio and video snippets instead of an all video program with a supporting book.
However, the author Ben Edwards, has done a masterful job of enhancing each written lesson with well produced photos, diagrams, audio, video and play along jam tracks.
The Price Options: The price is $39.
95 USD and no shipping costs.
The Cost Analysis: Jamorama contains the equivalent of about 6 months worth of guitar lessons if you were to space them out as if you were taking weekly lessons from a local guitar instructor.
A local instructor typically will charge anywhere from $20 to $50 per lesson.
Your minimum cost at only $20 per lesson for 6 months would be at least $520.
The choice comes down to: - The Complete Jamorama Guitar Lessons Program at $39.
95 USD or - A local instructor at $520 Support: An extensive online Frequently Asked Questions section is available plus online email support.
A well used forum with thousands of guitar related questions and answers is also available.
Every Jamorama member is entitled to lifetime updates of the software and access to new lessons.
Shipping: Jamorama is available world wide by internet download.
Guarantee: There is a 60 day 100% refund if you are unsatisfied for any reason.
The Bottom Line: My top recommendations always lean towards guitar instruction programs that are all-video.
That is generally clearest method of communicating lots of subtle information.
Having said that, I feel that Jamorama is the absolute best in the class of written lesson programs that use audio and video snippets for enhancement.
At $39.
95 it is also the one of least expensive ones.
The lessons are logical, thorough and perfect for the rank beginner all the way through advanced intermediate players.
The course has some of the most innovative software programs and games for taking the mundane parts of learning the guitar and making them fun.
Jamorama is ideal for someone that does not initially wish to invest $150- $200 for an all-video program.
It is a complete, professionally produced and a fun way to learn guitar.
