Hi, Chris here,

And you’re reading my uncensored review of what I really thought about Jamorama, a product all about learning electric guitar fast (which is definitely the best way to learn!).

Note that this is a review though, if you’re looking for Jamorama’s website then click here.

Why am I writing this? Well, when I was thinking about buying Jamorama, there weren’t many good reviews around so I thought I’d write one quickly to help any of you who are in the same position I was.

But be warned, I’ll be going into both the good and the bad points, so if that’s something you might not want to hear, then you might as well leave now.

I’ll be honest right away. Jamorama is NOT just an electric guitar book…it’s a comprehensive guitar training course! It covers both acoustic and electric guitar tuition and is highly recommended by players of both. In fact Jamorama has over 70,000 satisfied customers!

I was really pleased to see that the course addresses some of the biggest questions electric guitar students have. It covers how to develop finger strength, chord progressions, how to read guitar TAB, and much much more.

The course also has two very important ingredients that I believe are essential to playing guitar and which sets this course apart from the competition – passion and fun. The guys who created this system have put their heart and soul into developing it and they make the whole process of learning so much fun!

The Jamorama course is focussed on answering all your questions providing you not only with what you need to know but when you need to know it. They also provide a good balance between theory and drills and actually playing music (in fact they get you playing music as soon as possible!). This was a very pleasant surprise to me I can tell you!

The course also does something that so few competitor courses do – it covers all of the lessons in video form. It has 148 step-by-step videos which teach you from absolute beginner right through to playing some of the most advanced guitar techniques around. The videos take you by the hand and show you step by step the simplest and easiest methods to be playing great guitar in a very short period of time.

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Remember I was going to cover the bad points? Well the biggest thing you should be aware of is this does require action. Too many people expect a product like this to ‘do it for them’ or that it will take only an hour of practice to be playing all their favorite songs. Of course this isn’t the case, but what Jamorama does do is take all the guesswork out your tuition so when you put your practice in you know you are not wasting your time and are concentrating on the lessons that will bring the best and fastest improvements to your playing. Jamorama covers the lessons you need to be following and breaks them down into steps that anybody can follow. Believe me, this is a lot more help than getting random and often misleading information off the internet.

To sum up, this is a quality product and not some collection of re-hashed information. If you’re looking for a simple, fun and step-by-step way to play your favorite songs on your electric guitar in the shortest time possible then I definitely recommend you click here to discover how.

One person’s ‘fast’ is another persons’ slow, so let’s look at how you can improve the speed of your chord changed. Firstly, how fast are you right now? Most people don’t know the answer to that question but there is an easy way to find out – invest in a metronome. All good students of music should have a metronome as it can come in very handy. Set the metronome to the tempo of your desired speed and play your desired chords changing chord every four beats. If you can’t keep this pace without making mistakes, slow things down until you can change consistently and evenly without mistakes. This is how fast you are right now.

In order to speed things up we want to make life as easy as possible for us. To do this, we want to get rid of any unnecessary finger movement and instead focus on moving from our first chord to our second in the most direct manner possible. Practice moving your fingers in a few different ways until you can see the best way to move them. This will require some practice because depending on which chord arrangement you’re playing, the movements will be different.

My favorite tip is to practice moving without putting any pressure on the strings. Instead just place your fingers where you want them to go and practice the movements over and over until you can get your fingers in the right place each time. Next, when you start applying pressure forget about strumming for a while and just focus on making those chord. What a lot of people do is they work tirelessly on getting one chord perfect but then get frustrated and given up with others. Don’t rush your practicing and it will pay dividends.

My last tip is ‘air chords’. We’ve all heard of ‘air guitar’ before, right? That’s probably why most of us started to learn electric guitar in the first place! Well air chords are where we make the chord in the air before our fingers reach the fret board. This way we get used to making the correct finger position and by the time we reach the strings we’re ready to go.

Just remember that playing guitar well is all about muscle memory. The best way to improve muscle memory is practice. Until next time, keep up that chord practice!

Most beginner guitar players start to get nervous when it comes to learning electric guitar chords – and I can understand why! Learning chords requires dedication, practise and very importantly the correct tuition. It’s when it comes to learning chords this is the point that a lot of guitar players will lose interest and give up. But with the right tips this needn’t be you!

You should start by getting yourself a good guitar chord book and chart. Stick the chart on the wall near where you’ll be practising so you can refer to it as you go. Guitar charts can be a bit daunting when you start learning electric guitar given just how many chords there are, but the good news is that to be able to play the majority of popular songs you will only need to concentrate on a small number of chords.

Chords to learn first are C, D & G. Concentrate just on these three to start with and practise over and over again until you are very confident with them. Try playing them back to back so you can learn shifting finger position from one chord to the next. Once you can play these chords well on your guitar, find some simple songs which use these chords and make sure the music is something you like (very important!). You will be surprised how quickly you can pick up your first song provided you have put the ground-work into your chords and guitar fingering.

In terms of how to position your fingers for the chords and your strumming or picking pattern, this is something that is definitely best taught using learn guitar videos. While pictures are helpful, getting some electric guitar videos will increase your speed of learning guitar enormously.

Like any instrument, learning electric guitar requires you to become familiar with the basics, including becoming familiar with your instrument itself.

The electric guitar splits into two major sections – the body and the neck. At the end of the neck you have the headstock which has the tuning machine heads which are used to tighten the strings to tune them for the correct notes. The strings pass over frets on the neck which are where you place your fingers when playing notes. On the body, the strings pass over the pick-ups which are the electrical gizmos which translate the vibration of the strings into an electrical signal. Other items on the body include the pick-up toggle which allows you to choose which pickup or combination of pickups you’ll be using, you’ll also find volume and tone control knobs, phone jack (for connecting to your amp) and whammy bar (technically called the tremolo arm).

Next let’s talk reading music. Unless you’re gifted in playing from ear, learning electric guitar will require you to learn how to read music. This comes in one of two forms – the standard version and guitar tablature (or tab for short). Tab is by far the easier of the two to learn, but does have a few drawbacks. It’s easier to learn because the lines actually represent the strings of the guitar and it indicates where your fingers should be positioned. Whereas the standard version uses a series of lines with staffs indicating the notes to be played and also the tempo, or beat, of the song. This is more ‘traditional’ and what more serious players use.

In my next post I’ll get into learning guitar chords which is where the music starts to happen, so stay tuned!