The 4 Basic Skills that every beginning guitar player should learn are...
- Picking individual notes with your right hand (for righties).
- Fingering individual notes with your left hand.
- Strumming with your right hand.
- Chording with your left hand.
Here is how to proceed...
Course Outline...
Lesson 1
Ready, Set, Go
Introduction: Parts of the guitar, posture, hand positions, playing a really simple song.
Lesson 2
How Frets work, Playing Individual Notes
Learning about frets. The G scale. Another simple song.
Lesson 3
Playing Simple Melodies, and Reading Tab
More about frets and scales. Reading Tablature (Tab). Nailing the G Scale. Your first real song.
Lesson 4
Your First Chords
What is a chord? Fingering your first chords.
Lesson 5
Strumming Along with Songs
The most basic strumming pattern. Changing chords.
Lesson 6
More Chords - E, Em, B7
Some more fairly easy chords
Lesson 7
How to Use a Capo
Expanding your capabilities with a capo.