
Are you getting the benefits of music education from your guitar lessons?
Occasionally, I will see an advertisement or internet post for guitar lessons promoting the well known benefits of taking music lessons on any instrument (language development, mathmatics, increased IQ, spatial-temporal skill, etc...). However, many of these benefits can only be gained if music reading and interpretation are a large part of the lessons. While shopping for guitar lessons the buyer should beware. Guitarists are notoriously bad music readers and many times don't