Finally after six years of owning a guitar I have found a teacher and am actually learning to play properly.

Today was really just a trial lesson, a free 30 minutes where I could decide if I liked the teacher enough to attend ok a regular basis and pay 94 bucks an hour for the privilage. While being rather nervous the time passed by rather quickly and I was quite surprised at what was achieved in such a short length of time.

I’ve come away from the lesson with a music sheet containing a basic A blues rhythm, the A blues scale 1st position and the rhythm and chords for the song Runaway Train by Soul Asylum, all of which I need to learn and practice ready for my first proper lesson next Thursday.

What is really cool is that along with the music sheet I also have an MP3 recorded onto a USB stick with Tsering playing all of the items that I need to learn so that I have a reference to listen to when ever I practice, it’s a nice touch and one that I think will be very helpful going forward.

So why am I telling you all this? Well I figure that I should keep some form of log of my lessons and practice so that I can refer back at any time in the future. If I can ever work out garage band I may even upload an MP3 of my practice on a regular basis so that I have a more concrete reference of what I hope will be improvement over the next months.

If your around the Zurich area and looking for a teacher, I’m with Tsering at Guitar-School.ch and if you’re an ex-pat like myself don’t worry he speaks fluent German and English.