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 1 – Congratulations, Goals and Motivations
Lesson 2 – What Guitar Should I Buy? (OPTIONAL)
Lesson 3 – How Should I Hold My Guitar?
Lesson 4 – How Do I Tune My Guitar?
Lesson 5 – What’s a pick and how do I hold it?
Module 2
Lesson 6a – How Do I Read Guitar Music (TAB)?
Lesson 6b – How Do I Read Chord Boxes?
Lesson 7 – How Do I Warm Up My Fingers and Build Muscles In My Hands?
Lesson 8 – Your First Song – Smoke On The Water
Lesson 9 – Your First Chords – E and A Major
Lesson 10 – *Technique* – 60 Second Chord Changes
Module 3
Lesson 11 – NEW RIFF – Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
Lesson 12 – How to Play a D Chord (How To Change from A, E and D)
Lesson 13 – What’s a Metronome and Why Are They So Important?
Lesson 14 – Beginner Rhythm Guitar – All Downstrums
Lesson 15a – Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol – PART 1
Lesson 15b – Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol – PART 2
*Optional* – Yellow Coldplay
*Optional* – Wild Thing – The Troggs
Module 4
Lesson 16 – Warm Ups and Muscle Building – Skip & Return
Lesson 17 – NEW RIFF – La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
Lesson 18 – 1 Simple Trick To Change Chords Faster
Lesson 19 – NEW CHORDS – Am and Em
Lesson 20 – How To Play Clocks by Coldplay
Module 5
Lesson 21 – How 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 26 – NEW RIFF – Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
Lesson 27 – NEW CHORDS – C, G + Fmaj7
Lesson 28 – Beginners Rhythm – Playing 8th Beats
Lesson 29 – How to Play Let It Be by The Beatles
Lesson 30 – How 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?