As a beginner guitarist, choosing the right instructional material is extremely important. You also want to get more than enough material to cover beginner topic and more, so you don't "grow out" of the course quickly. Ripfire has a lot of topics that it covers, guiding you through your guitar learning from beginner to intermediate playing.

It doesn't necessarily mean that a beginner course is something like, "How To Play Guitar 101." Or, how to play your first chords. It's for people who want a course that will help them to really play in the guitar. Also, with Ripfire, you will get the necessary training to help you learn any style of music you want.

This course is also taught by guitar guru extraordinaire, Dan Denley. Dan has produced several successful courses on guitar learning.

Features

This course comes in 25 DVDs and 5 CDs.

• The Just Enough Theory DVDs will teach out the foundation of music, the whole-half step formula of the major scale, how to harmonize the major scale, which chords are found in the major scale and why.
  Scale degrees and intervals are also covered, as well as nine simple chord progression.
• Chords Made Simple DVDs teaches a very powerful technique that will have you playing a hundreds of new chords with ease.
• In the Crucial Chords DVDs, Dan focuses on the three categories of chords, basically used by about 95% of popular songs.
• The Rhythm Roundup DVDs, teaches you the essential rhythmic patterns in the three most important time signatures for guitar: three-four, four-four and six-eight. You'll learn 24 rhythms in various styles of music so you can play them anytime you want.
• In the Killer Chord Combos DVD you'll discover 30 of the most common progressions so you can easily recognize them and play when you're learning new music.
• In the 20 Critical Chords DVDs, it teaches you 20 advanced chords that every guitarist should know.
• Two DVDs, Strumming Secrets, teaches you the most important strumming patterns for various styles of guitar.
• In the How To Match Scales & Chords DVDs you'll learn how to choose the right scale for your solo, and you don't have to be a music theory whiz to do it.
• The Chord Swap Secrets DVDs cover direct chord substitution.
• The most important DVD for me is the Guitar Mysteries Solved DVDs where Dan gives you a quick recap of everything that was covered in the course! More importantly, it gives you an idea of how to tie up everything that you've learned, together.

Support

They have email, chat and phone support during business hours. You can also go through the forums to ask any questions with your fellow guitarists.

Ease of Use

Dan makes everything easy to learn by simplifying and explaining things without all the added fuss. The lessons are pretty straightforward, and you learn in your own time, in your own pace.

Guarantee

Now this is something that other guitar lesson sites don't have: they have a no-questions asked refund policy. Unsatisfied with the course for some reason? Doubtful, but if it happens, then they take it back, no questions asked, and you get your money back.

Price

At ($$$$) this is a steal. The course systematizes and presents college level music theory in a way that you can understand. Even Dan Denley says he had to shell out $60,000 for a degree in music before he really got music theory. Compare that with the Ripfire price.

Also, often, Dan includes fantastic bonuses in the package, just because! Some of the bonuses (depending on the promotion), include: "50 Must-Know Guitar Techniques," Jam Track CDs, "Essential Guitar Theory," (where you learn about major scale and the chords that come from it), among others. Check out their website to see what's included in the package.

Conclusion

If I would be suggesting only one guitar course, then it would be Ripfire. It's fully-packed with hours and hours of essential guitar learning, everything you'd want in a guitar course. Order your copy today and start learning!