I
have an ukulele teacher, she’s called YouTube tutorials.
I just learned how to play a new song on the ukulele, my second song so far. I bought the small instrument a couple of months ago. I didn’t have to leave home to learn the song. I didn’t have to pay for lessons. I didn’t even have to get out of my pj’s!
How did I manage to do all of this? Thanks to the magical world of YouTube tutorials. The world’s largest video server is full of them. You can learn how to play instruments, cook, draw and many other things without ever having to leave your home or interact with other people.
But, will YouTube tutorials ever substitute actually going out and getting someone to give you lessons?
I decided to ask a professional musician, a DJ and a normal person who happens to play a couple of instruments what they thought about learning how to play through YouTube tutorials.
Hannah Epperson, a professional violin player, felt it made sense for people that lived in remote areas to use tutorials. But she also added: “it's sad for me to imagine a certain degree of intimacy being missing from the really unique experience of being in a room, one-on-one with an amazing teacher.”
Djmagnez Trastorno, by the name I’m guessing you can tell he is the DJ, mentioned that some tutorials are very good but that most of them don’t teach the basics needed to learn whatever it is that they are teaching.
Angie, the normal one, thinks they are awesome. She basically uses them all the time and her main reason for doing so is because they are free: “teachers are expensive.”
Tutorials have many advantages, but will hitting replay over and over ever be as good as having a direct conversation and learning from someone you can interact with? Let’s hope not.
Personally, the only reason I use YouTube tutorials is because I don’t have time or money to go to an actual teacher. Or maybe I’m lazy and love hanging out in my pj’s.
I wish I could go to an actual teacher, but then maybe she would get mad if I didn’t practice or do my homework. Then again, if I had questions, or some instruction wasn’t clear enough, I could just ask her.
There are so many Pro’s and Con’s, but ultimately I agree with Hannah, nothing beats actual human interaction, even if it means having to get dressed.
-Falco Peregrinus
I just learned how to play a new song on the ukulele, my second song so far. I bought the small instrument a couple of months ago. I didn’t have to leave home to learn the song. I didn’t have to pay for lessons. I didn’t even have to get out of my pj’s!
How did I manage to do all of this? Thanks to the magical world of YouTube tutorials. The world’s largest video server is full of them. You can learn how to play instruments, cook, draw and many other things without ever having to leave your home or interact with other people.
But, will YouTube tutorials ever substitute actually going out and getting someone to give you lessons?
I decided to ask a professional musician, a DJ and a normal person who happens to play a couple of instruments what they thought about learning how to play through YouTube tutorials.
Hannah Epperson, a professional violin player, felt it made sense for people that lived in remote areas to use tutorials. But she also added: “it's sad for me to imagine a certain degree of intimacy being missing from the really unique experience of being in a room, one-on-one with an amazing teacher.”
Djmagnez Trastorno, by the name I’m guessing you can tell he is the DJ, mentioned that some tutorials are very good but that most of them don’t teach the basics needed to learn whatever it is that they are teaching.
Angie, the normal one, thinks they are awesome. She basically uses them all the time and her main reason for doing so is because they are free: “teachers are expensive.”
Tutorials have many advantages, but will hitting replay over and over ever be as good as having a direct conversation and learning from someone you can interact with? Let’s hope not.
Personally, the only reason I use YouTube tutorials is because I don’t have time or money to go to an actual teacher. Or maybe I’m lazy and love hanging out in my pj’s.
I wish I could go to an actual teacher, but then maybe she would get mad if I didn’t practice or do my homework. Then again, if I had questions, or some instruction wasn’t clear enough, I could just ask her.
There are so many Pro’s and Con’s, but ultimately I agree with Hannah, nothing beats actual human interaction, even if it means having to get dressed.
-Falco Peregrinus
I believe some people are self-taught and some are not. What a good teacher will do is give the student the means and tools to eventually become exactly that and the desire to learn more.
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