"I really like the technique section. There seems to be a lack of exersises on the other sites I've seen and these are all laid out in a logical progression. It really gives one a sense of direction. The riffs section is cool too, because not only do you have the tabs, but some audio examples. I can help you get into a song, and give you a starting point.
The song study section is the reason I decided to join. I thought it was a great Idea to learning a song, breaking it up in chunks, and relating them to the theory. I am enjoying working through "The Wind Cries Mary", and there is just enough theory in there to enhance, but not detract from the song itself. I encourage you to continue on with this section, it's great." -Jack Mathers
"I think your site is the best! I've learned a lot and look forward to even more. You make it easy to understand and back it up with examples. I've been looking for instruction like this for months. I can't thank you enough." -Ed Dickson
"This website is a great place to start learning to play guitar from. There are lessons for every level and you just have to start with the one at the level you are at. I wish I hadn't spent all that money on books for all these years. I could start a used guitar book store. I think there is only a fraction of books that I actually really learned anything from. I have learned more off this site than I have from a book. On top of that you have access to the author and he likes to have your feedback. That is just cool. Thanks Kenny. This really is great." -Gary Allen
"I just thought I would write to let you know how impressed I am with this site and service. I started playing about 5 months ago and have since spent several hundred dollars on books and other related teaching material. I wish I had found you first. I could have saved all that money. You have answered so many of my questions and have given me a renewed excitement for learning. I was really starting to get bummed out and thought that I would never understand all there is to know.
While I realize that I will never be like my hero SRV I have confidence in being able to become pretty good eventually. I am 36 and being female I find that I don't get taken seriously regarding my desire to learn the guitar. With the help of your site and the other members in the forum I know that some day I will be able to say, 'I told you so!' I love everything about the service you offer and I can honestly say it was the best money I have ever spent. Have a great day." -Susan a.k.a. dolphinsue
"Honestly, I think this site is better than any one book I've read. The book only has so much material of one kind of music, isn't updated or added onto, and if you don't understand what the book is trying to say your screwed.
Whereas on this site, they have material from basic chord formation and strumming to arppegios and lead work. They have printable scales, a riff-o-matic with popular riffs you've heard of all kinds of music, and the best part is there is and audio track with most things so you can hear if your playing correctly and sound how you should.
Plus, you just pay once and they constantly add new material almost everyday. Also, the administrators are really nice and don't mind you emailing them for help." -Michael Law
"I have for years struggled (unsuccessfully) to learn to 'play guitar'. It is now almost a year since i joined guitar alliance and can only sing the praises of this 'extended family' before GA, attempting to play was a chore, now because i understand so much more thanks to GA, playing has become fun again and to me that is what it is all about MANY THNANKS TO YOU ALL AT GUITAR ALLIANCE." - Ian Duffi
"I seldom make a testimonial at all unless my experience is above my expectation. With a busy schedule everyday of my life, there's hardly a room to fit every thing I want do, including the hobby of learning to play the guitar with a live instructor and the impractical expense of pursuing the guitar education via this one-on-one route. With your website and the hyperlinks in it, I got a short glimpse of what it site has to offer. It really added to my learning needs and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone. To all of you whose guitar is the next best thing to a wife/partner, check this site out and enjoy!" - Maria
"Thanks Kenny, I joined Guitar-Alliance years ago. I visited the site pretty regular at that time. I might add that I learned a lot. My interest has risen and fallen over the years but it great to know that I can always pick up some new tricks or complete songs when I want. If you are new to Guitar or the Alliance put forth the effort and follow the lessons. You'll not find a better instructor at any price. And its just plain FUN." -Mike Brawley
"I signed up last night, and (literally) today I'm sounding entirely different. Granted I have some background, but if I'd found this site when I first started playing I'd be doing great right now. It's encouraging that the site has stuff in there that I consider basic, and stuff I have never, ever heard of. So a person could literally take these lessons all the way from learning their first chords to being an advanced guitarist. I think I'm well on my way, after only a few hours of work. I just wish I'd found it sooner. P.S.. - All of this was for about the cost of ONE prviate lesson." -Larry Kirby
"Dear Kenny, I have been playing the guitar for quite sometime.Mostly open chords and rhythm. Since I joined Guitar-Alliance, I have been learning new things everyday that I never knew existed. I am looking forward to gaining more knowledge as I get deeper into the course. Many thanks. " -Jesse R. Scarborough
"I am so impressed with your site. I have been playing for four years and I have never had any lessons, I wish I would have came across this site a long time ago. I have always struggled with my lead patterns and understanding how to stay in key with a song. You have made it easy for me to understand what I am doing and what I have been trying to understand for so long. I also wanted to thank you for your quick and easy to understand response to my questions. I will continue to check out the sight everyday and hopefully progress my skills even more." -Andy Bartow
"This is the coolest guitar site on the net! I was a basic level player (I didn't even know what a Power Chord was) and now I'm playing music from artists like Metallica, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Ozzy Osbourne. This is a great site for beginners!!" - Chris Cook
"Great Site! You've definitely put a ton of work into it. What an awesome reference for any level player!" -Jeff Ford
"Just dropping a line to say how much I think of Guitar Alliance and the fantastic CAGED system. I've been playing guitar seriously since the age of 14 (I'm 22 now) and am considered a talented and entertaining guitarist throughout Melbourne's pub circuit (That's Melbourne, Australia; not Florida). I have always been self taught and never have been really able to afford the cost or time of tuition and really needed to bone up on my fingerboard and chord knowledge. I have been using the site since Sunday night and I think it is fantastic!! Did I say fantastic? I meant, "CRIKEY ITS FANTASTIC!!!" (croc hunter lingo)." - David Leamon
"I love this site!! It's been a great help getting me going again with my playing. I have learned more new stuff in the last 4 or 5 days then I did in years before! I really like the printer ready pages! I can't always get to the computer (I have a wife and daughter that want to use the computer too), so I printed the pages and put them in a binder so I can still practice my scales and chords without the computer." -Mark Hodges
"I started playing guitar by ear when I was 8 years old and trust me that is a long time. (Besides, the calouses you get on your ears are unsightly). I strummed and picked a little but didn't get serious about technique until I was in my early twenties. A classical guitar player that I chanced to meet by the name of Fredrich Hand introduced me to some books on classical technique. I started getting more into jazz, which necessarily requires some understanding of harmony - what the scale and the chords built on its notes mean and how they fit toogether. I had more time to practice then so it was all good (the technique, I mean). Unfortunately, I have had or made the time to practice as much in the past years but recently decided to brush up. There are some great technical exercises and a clear explanation of harmony on this site. These guys are telling the truth about how to develop good technique. The exercises ain't always fun and they may not always sound pretty but they can't fail to make you a better player if you apply them. Here's a quote from my high school music teacher, Doug Howard, "Practice makes perfect only if you practice perfectly.", so do 'em they way they tell you to. Here's another thing. If you taught yourself to play and play by ear, this stuff is not gonna come easy to you in the beginning. You'll have some bad habits to overcome. It will be worth it! If you stared playing by ear, relying on your innate musical feeling, this stuff will seem to constrain you at first. Slog on! When you come through the fire you'll be a better payer on the other side. The feeling will take over again but you'll have some monster chops in the bargain. Play on!" - Chris Hall
"I found that your site is one of the fastest and best ways to learn new chops. Kenny are you a vampire? I get a response (to questions or problems) even if it's in the middle of the night!!!! Don't you ever sleep?
"If it got any easier than this someone would be doing it for me. Great lessons, that don't talk down to you no matter how much or little you know, how much better could it be than that? Thanks for everything, I mean it from the bottom of my guitar picking heart, and Ms. Lynda (my guitar) thanks you too." - Daniel "TexasBluBoy" Kimball
"I just have to say wow. Your site is amazing. I have always been interested in playing, but have always held off because of the 'complicated' mess of learning chords, and all that junk. Your site lays it all out in a simple, and straight-forward fashion; and is the first Ive ever seen with such accurate, helpful, and convenient information. I am totally psyched to play now, I just printed off everything I was needing to know. Thanks so much, keep up the good work!" -Kyle Davis
"Guitar Alliance is amazing...for lack of a much better word...I swear I'm living proof that you guys have figured out the fastest way to learn the guitar...thank you for being there!! I learned more in 5 minutes than I did by myself in 3 months... no lie..." --Shane Lavalley
"I purchased a membership for my daughter about a year ago after giving her a Stratocaster guitar and a Marshall amp for her birthday. Sadly she hasn't been able to use any very much. She plays in the band and has a very busy schedule. She plans to try more. I have been trying to teach myself how to play for thirty years now and since she doesn't use her presents I have been. And Boy Howdy, let me tell you, I have learned more and improved more in the last year than the rest of my entire life thanks to the Guitar Alliance. Thanks guys for putting this site on the internet I really do appricate it. Thanks again, Robin PS Don't get me wrong, I'm still not Eric Clapton but give me another 130 yrs or so." - Robin Rush
"Guitar Alliance is a living, breathing site with fresh daily content, an active forum, and good overall advice for players of all levels and contemporary styles. The benefits of membership is well worth the modest price being asked."
"Hey Kenny , I am always happy to hear from you or any of the vast sites I have acquired by that first membership I joined some time ago now. I want you to know that you and all the rekindled joy of playing again with those first Real Friends I had.It has been more than 30 years since we all have gotten back together (60s/70s) and recalled all the old storys and Music that we enjoyed and several of us played. Being a Blues addict after I followed the folk scene and was fortunate enough to live in San Diego during those years that can't really be explained , at least by myself,we all met for a sort of re-union a year of so after you and the bug for music came back into my life. I must also include those that still pick up an instrument and spend one week each year (since 2001) up in a cabin a few of us built long ago and remains kept up without any one particular resident.We get together in October up in the mountains again and talk , play music , recall those that have already burned out far to fast and life is again Real and the music and company is like that which if we are lucky , relate. Our gratitude to you and all the old and even a few new tricks are now a part of our music again and for the first time . Thanks for giving , me,hell all of us something we let wither like the live we were living before you brought me and those times I dismissed for a future without any dreams left. Music, like no other gift is there to bring back times and the people who are truly the fabric of one's joy from sharing and giving. Keep that fire burning in us , even if it is just a sound that triggers a piece of a memory and a smile that makes the eyes water a bit and it's alright to be you. I been doing some hard travlin & now is that second chance with those who never knew what closure meant when it came to friends and their music? Have good times and Holidays Kenny." -Tim and all the "BLUFFERS"
