Beginners Acoustic

Every epic journey starts with the first few steps.

What better place than here, what better time than now.

The lesson index is below…

Module 1

Lesson 1Congratulations, Goals and Motivations

Lesson 2What Guitar Should I Buy? (OPTIONAL)

Lesson 3How Should I Hold My Guitar?

Lesson 4 – How Do I Tune My Guitar?

Lesson 5What’s a pick and how do I hold it?

 

Module 2

Lesson 6aHow Do I Read Guitar Music (TAB)?

Lesson 6bHow Do I Read Chord Boxes?

Lesson 7How Do I Warm Up My Fingers and Build Muscles In My Hands?

Lesson 8Your First Song – Smoke On The Water

Lesson 9Your First Chords – E and A Major

Lesson 10*Technique* – 60 Second Chord Changes

 

Module 3

Lesson 11NEW RIFF – Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes

Lesson 12How to Play a D Chord (How To Change from A, E and D)

Lesson 13What’s a Metronome and Why Are They So Important?

Lesson 14 Beginner Rhythm Guitar – All Downstrums

Lesson 15aChasing Cars – Snow Patrol – PART 1

Lesson 15b Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol – PART 2

*Optional* – Yellow Coldplay

*Optional* – Wild Thing – The Troggs

 

Module 4

Lesson 16Warm Ups and Muscle Building – Skip & Return

Lesson 17NEW RIFF – La Bamba – Ritchie Valens

Lesson 181 Simple Trick To Change Chords Faster

Lesson 19 NEW CHORDS – Am and Em

Lesson 20How To Play Clocks by Coldplay

 

Module 5

Lesson 21How To Change a Guitar String

Lesson 22 *Technique* – Playing Chords As Shapes

Lesson 23 – Why do people give up guitar? (COMING SOON)

Lesson 24 *Technique* – Chord Tone VS Keeping The Beat

Lesson 25 *Technique* – 5 Tips For Effective Practice

 

Module 6

Lesson 26NEW RIFF – Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

Lesson 27NEW CHORDS – C, G + Fmaj7

Lesson 28Beginners Rhythm – Playing 8th Beats

Lesson 29 How to Play Let It Be by The Beatles

Lesson 30How to Play Should I Stay Or Should I Go? by The Clash

*Optional* – Half The World Away – Oasis

*Optional* What’s Going On? – 4 Non Blondes

Module 7

Lesson 31 – ESSENTIAL – The Minor Pentatonic Scale

Lesson 32 – NEW RIFF – Daytripper – The Beatles

Lesson 33 – House Of The Rising Sun – CHORDS

Lesson 34 – What’s a capo and how do I use it?

Lesson 35 – How To Play With Or Without You by U2

 

Module 8

Lesson 36 – Romanza – Introduction To Fingerstyle Guitar

Lesson 37 – Submerge – Beginners Classical Fingerstyle

Lesson 38 – Beginners Fingerstyle Blues Song

Lesson 39 – How To Play Let Her Go by Passenger

Lesson 40 – More Fingerstyle? Where To Go Next…

 

Module 9

Lesson 41 – NEW RIFF – Wipeout – The Surfaris

Lesson 42 – How To Play Twelve Bar Blues

Lesson 43 – NEW CHORDS – Am7, Dm7, and Em7

Lesson 44 – How To Play Times Like These by Foo Fighters

*Optional* – Losing My Religion – REM

*Optional* – Hotel California – The Eagles – (strummed version)

 

Module 10

Lesson 45 – *Technique* – How to pick individual strings

Lesson 46 – How To Play Hurt by Johnny Cash

Lesson 47a – *Theory* Learn ALL The Notes On The Fretboard – PART 1

Lesson 47b – *Theory* Learn ALL The Notes On The Fretboard – PART 2

Lesson 48 – *Theory* The Amazing Major Scale

Lesson 49 – How To Play  Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day

 

Module 11

Lesson 50 – An Introduction To Power Chords

Lesson 51 – How to Play All Day And All Of The Night by The Kinks

Lesson 52 – Seven Nation Army (AS POWER CHORDS)

Lesson 53 – Guitar “Set Up” and Advice

Lesson 54 – The Start of Barre Chords

*Optional* – Polly – Nirvana

 

Module 12

Lesson 55 – NEW CHORDS – A7, D7 and E7 with song suggestions

Lesson 56 – NEW CHORDS – Asus2, Dsus2 and Dsus4 with song suggestions

Lesson 57 – NEW CHORDS – G7, C7, and Bm with song suggestions

Lesson 58 – Congratulations. What To Learn Next?