Teach Yourself Guitar Using Flash.pdf

Teach yourself guitar using Flash

James Fassett

NM 44-07

Pre-Production 101

Executive Summary

As a resource, the Internet is able to provide information on a

huge array of subjects. The environment the medium provides

allows those who wish to educate themselves on any particular

subject the ability to learn at their own pace. Tutorials are and

excellent way for someone to learn a subject they have never

before had experience with, as they involve the user in the

learning process. This is why I chose the Internet as a delivery

medium for an interactive guitar tutorial site.

The traditional way to learn guitar would be to buy or rent a

guitar and then attend lessons with a tutor. In some cases, such

as remote areas this is not possible. This creates a need for an

alternative means of learning. Although there are books and

videos available for learning guitar, they face certain

disadvantages.

First of all, both are limited by their length. Content cannot be

added after the product has been purchased. Also the nature of

video makes self-paced learning a difficult endeavor. One must

start and stop the tape at different times, sometimes during

each session, to practice what has just been taught. Videos also

make learning guitar in a non-linear fashion near impossible.

Books are also inadequate, as they do not provide multimedia

instruction on how to play the guitar. Although pictures are

available, they often do not convey all of the information a video

is able to.

The Internet provides an environment where the user is in total

control over the way lessons are delivered and ordered.

Multimedia content can be downloaded and viewed in any

sequence making learning the guitar a much simpler task.

My online guitar tutorial will use Flash to provide the user with a

multimedia learning environment. Flash allows users with

computers and a connection to the Internet the ability to

download content which is rich in multimedia quickly and easily.

I hope to provide a beginner guitar player with all of the tools

and tutorials necessary to learn how to play guitar in a short

amount of time.

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The site will be separated into several sections. The first section

will contain the tutorials which make up the bulk of the content

on the site. These tutorials will also link to videos inside a

separate video section so that students can see a video

representation of what the tutorial teaches. I also feel an

archive section would add an interactive element to the site by

allowing users to create, save and rate guitar phrases. No

education on guitar would be complete without some explanation

on how a guitar works and the equipment involved, so I have

provided that in a section as well. Finally there will be a help

section which will explain the conventions used within the

tutorials.

I am very excited about this project and I hope to adequately

provide a resource which will fulfill the needs of a beginner guitar

player. I feel that through the use of text, flash, sound and

video I will be able to provide an immersive learning

environment which will keep the guitar player coming back for

years.

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Primary Objective

This site will use Flash delivered through the Internet to create a

captivating learning environment where guitar players of all ages

are able to learn the fundamentals of chord formation and

intervals. This content will be available to users who have an

Internet connection with a modem speed of at least 53Kbps and

Flash 5 installed on their system.

Audience Analysis

The primary audience for this site would include individuals who

have recently taken the initiative to teach themselves guitar. I

use this as a focus because I find it is necessary to direct the

content at the self-taught guitar enthusiast. What I mean by

this are guitar players who have a strong interest in teaching

themselves guitar. This attitude is generally one of youth, so I

would say that the psychographic would be from the ages of 18

– 40. They would most likely have a very strong interest in

music. These students of guitar will also need to have an

internet connection with a speed of at least 53Kbps, as well as

the Macromedia Flash plug-in installed in order to view the

lesson (although a broadband connection would be preferred).

For the video lessons the student would also require a media

player such as QuickTime. The site will be designed so that

users who have only a small amount of computer savvy will be

able to successfully navigate the site to complete the lessons.

Market Analysis

Although there are many sites which teach guitar to students, I

was unable to find many guitar tutorial sites which used Flash to

deliver the content. In fact, many sites merely provided articles

that explained theory. In my opinion this is an ineffective way to

convey the art of playing guitar. A visual representation of what

is being taught is a much more effective means of teaching

guitar basics. Those sites that did provide video as a visual tool

usually provided low quality videos, which in most cases had

been improperly produced.

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The Ultimate on Line Guitar Tutor

http://members.iinet.net.au/~pgt/tuolgt.html

Summary:

The ultimate on line guitar tutor offers a huge selection of

tutorials for guitar players. This site appears to be totally

free. It contains several sections with numerous tutorials

within each section.

What I like:

This site offered many excellent tutorials on playing the

guitar. It had a very intuitive interface, which lead to

sections that reflected the navigation links. It was geared

towards beginner / intermediate players and provided

information on all stages of playing a guitar, from buying

and tuning all the way to advanced scales and arpeggios.

It also had sound files so the user could hear what one was

supposed to play for the lesson.

What I dislike:

This site is very plain. The interface uses unnecessary

images and they look silly when placed next to the

unformatted, unstyled text. Most of the tutorials are

articles which explain in words how to play guitar, and

although there is a sound section it is small and in low

quality.

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