Getting Started with the Guitar


A beginner's guide to the guitar, teaching everything crucial in getting to grips with this fantastic instrument. Students learn a number of key skills on this course, including strumming patterns and how to read chord charts.

Created By

Jack R

Beginner, Intermediate
Musical Instruments

10 HOURS

10 LESSONS

Getting Started with the Guitar

skill-acquisition

Course Overview



A beginner's guitar course that will get the student playing in no time. On this course, students will learn various chords and strumming patterns, along with how to read chord charts. With this knowledge, students will then not only learn a song of their choosing but will also gain the skills to simply go online and learn any song they want, all by themselves. In addition to focusing on chords, the class will also look at playing lead guitar, using basic scales and establishing good picking techniques. By the end of this course, students will have developed an intermediate level of skill with a guitar that they can show off to their friends and family.

Course Content



10 LESSONS

10 HOURS Total Length

Lesson 1

Fundamentals of the Guitar and Introduction to Chord Formation and Chart Reading: Learn and Practice Chords G and M

60 minutes

Lesson 2

Review Chords G and M and Learn C and D: Using the Chart Reading Skills

60 minutes

Lesson 3

Strumming Patterns: Introduction to Basic Strumming Patterns on the 4 Chords We Have Learnt so Far

60 minutes

Lesson 4

Now That We Have Strumming Patterns and Chords, Let's Look at a Song: 'Brown Eyed Girl' by Van Morrison Utilises These Chords Very Well

60 minutes

Lesson 5

Learn the Pentatonic Scale and the Tab Notation Method: Here We Introduce Lead Guitar Playing through Learning a Fundamental Scale

60 minutes

Lesson 6

Use These Lead Guitar Skills to Learn a Melody on the Guitar

60 minutes

Lesson 7

Review Everything so Far and Learn A, AM and E Chords

60 minutes

Lesson 8

Bar Chords

60 minutes

Lesson 9

Let’s Learn a Song!

60 minutes

Lesson 10

Finalise Our Song and Solidify Everything We Have Done

60 minutes

Key Skills


Scales

Picking

Guitar Techniques

Strumming

Educator


Jack R

Music All-Rounder

A graduate of the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Jack's lessons are filled with enthusiasm, warmth and talent.