Aidan Productions

The Acoustic Guitar Method by David Hamburger is like a complete 6 month course in guitar. It's a two disc set by a talented, funny and low key teacher. For the price of a single lesson, you get what equals to about 6 months of lessons.

The first disc of this 2 disc set is great for beginners. Learning how to play chords is easy with this book. Learn one of their chords and practice it. Even after only 15 minutes of practicing, you'll have it down and you can move on to the next chord.

Take the entire course if you're self taught and have been playing awhile. Disc 2 is more appealing but don't skip much in disc After you complete this set of instruction, move on to other Homespun DVD guitar lessons. This lesson set can help you build a solid foundation and fill the holes in your guitar education.

I have tried many other teachers and David Hamburger is much easier to follow then anyone else. The songs I've learned are fun to play and his laid back teaching method is another big plus. My guitar playing technique is progressing and I've used no other teacher then David Hamburger on the video. I watch the videos then use the books.

I wanted to learn to play the guitar from someone who explained everything for the benefit of someone without a great knowledge of music and David Hamburger does just that. You will connect with him from the moment you hear the opening bars on the menu page.

My knowledge of a few basic cords did give me a bit of a leg up; nevertheless I decided to follow every step of his curriculum so as not to miss anything, and sure enough I usually found at a minimum something new to me or a better way of doing something, like a different way of holding down G, or subtle hints about holding the pick.

Hamburger's easy lesson plans strike me as something a total beginner would be able to easily follow. It's fun playing along with him and generally enjoying his style and playing ability.