Beginner Guitar Course

From your first chord to real songs: open chords, strumming, barre chords, dozens of easy songs, rock power chords, country rhythm and a soul-blues in C.

What you will be able to play

• Tune the guitar and play Em, G, D, A, C, Am, E, Dm and F cleanly, changing between them in time.
• Count the beat and strum a range of patterns, from steady downstrokes to split patterns, palm chucks and slaps.
• Play a B minor barre chord and move E- and A-shape barre chords around the neck in real songs.
• Play dozens of complete open-chord songs with verse, chorus and bridge, with and without a capo.
• Connect chords with bass walk-ups and walk-downs and decorate them with hammer-ons and pull-offs.
• Play one-finger rock riffs, E5 and A5 power chords and a riff of your own in drop D.
• Find the 1, 4 and 5 chords in a key and play them with a country alternating-bass rhythm.
• Play three interlocking guitar parts of a soul-blues in C: power-chord riff, 9 chords and octaves.

Is it for you?

Complete beginners who want one long, ordered path from the first chord to playing songs, on acoustic or electric. You need nothing but a guitar: the course starts with tuning, the pick and your first chord. It also suits players who know a few chords but stall on chord changes, strumming or barre chords. It is not a lead guitar course: there are only a few simple licks, country runs and one optional soloing lesson, and the funk and chord-voicing modules are intermediate extras.

What you get

• 193 video lessons in teaching order
• Taught by Marty Schwartz, Bob Ryan, Brett Papa
• Level: Beginner to intermediate
• Watch on the web or in the GuitarJamz app, on any device, with your progress kept
• Yours to keep: one payment, no subscription
• Backed by our money-back guarantee

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