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the electronic ring of a skype call is music to Jeff Feldman's ears it signifies his guitar lesson is about to begin hey Lance I'm doing good how are you doing already an accomplished guitar player an instructor san francisco-based Feldman wanted to learn the finger style of playing when that Nashville Tennessee based Lance Allen has perfected so after lending an ear to Alan's collection of YouTube videos the two have connected over Skype for lessons so thumb from first right technology is so good right now that just with my built-in camera and microphone from my computer I can see exactly what his hands are doing and he can see what I'm doing roughly half of Alan's 50 guitar students take lessons over Skype he charges them a hundred and twenty dollars for for Skype lessons twenty bucks more than in person lessons but he says that extra fee is for additional materials others it and then what I do for my skype lessons in all my skype students is I after our lesson I'll do a video recap of the lesson and I'll put it in a Dropbox and for students taking a lesson over the computer allows you to record the conversation for additional help at a later time that is something that is an extra value that you don't get in in normal guitar lessons without having you know a camera set up and everything which nobody does with everyone singing the praises of this high-tech teaching method I decided to give it a try ah although advanced players complain that remote lessons make it hard to jam together I saw the benefits they're easy convenient and still of high quality yes it's pretty good just don't expect to see me strumming my uke on a beach at sunset anytime soon and San Francisco on cars Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News gosht