Play Your First Song

From tuning up and your first E minor to complete songs with A, D, E, G, C, Am and F, a capo, and verse, chorus and bridge forms.

What you will be able to play

• Tune your guitar by ear with the 5th-fret method and check it by strumming E minor, G and D.
• Hold a pick and strum down, down, down, up, down, up on a ringing two-finger E minor.
• Change between A, D and E in time to play complete two- and three-chord songs.
• Loop G, D, A minor and C, moving only one finger from A minor to C.
• Play an easy three-finger F with the high E muted and use it in songs with A minor, C and G.
• Use a capo on the 2nd or 4th fret to play a song with easy open shapes.
• Play a complete song with a verse, chorus and bridge using G, Cadd9, E minor and D/F#.
• Add a country bass-note strum to a song on D, G and A7.

Is it for you?

Complete beginners who want to play real songs as soon as possible, and anyone who tried other beginner lessons and found them too fast. You need nothing but a guitar, a pick and, for two of the songs, a capo: the course starts with tuning and your very first chord. If you can already change between open G, C, D and E minor in time and know a few strum patterns, most of this will be easy for you; go straight to the complete songs in module 5 or on to a strumming course. There is no lead guitar or fingerpicking here.

What you get

• 18 video lessons in teaching order
• Taught by Marty Schwartz, David Taub
• Level: Beginner
• 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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