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