Guitar from scratch - guitar course for beginners

Course details

Learn the basic concepts and tools to play guitar from very basic to intermediate level.

Build a strong foundation in guitarplaying with this tutorial for beginners.

Its a step by step approach for beginners to learn guitar.The common problems faced by students are also discussed for efficient and faster learning.

Practicing with backing tracks help thus after some videos backing tracks are included.

After completing this course a student can play many songs alone and also with a band.

Course overview and Contents.

Starting with basic posture, plectrum holding andopen string exercises,aswe proceed we learn many exercises to build left and right hand co-ordination , finger strength etc.along with proper practice technique using metronome.As we learn more interesting things, in order to make it more challenging and fun drum tracks are introduced as well.

Topics covered

Posture and plectrum holding.

How to read neck/fretboard diagram.
Alternate picking exercises.

Open position scale exercises.

A few basic Chromatic exercises.
Open Position C major scale.

Songs in open position scale.

Introduction to chords.

Chord shifting exercises using the metronome.
Introduction to strumming.
Concepts of a Bar or Measure.
Creating your own strumming patterns.

Introduction to missing/skipping beats.

Practice routine for you to follow.

Suspended chords
Related chord progressions.

Basic Theory

How many notes are there?

What are the note names?
How to find the notes on the fretboard?
Major scale fingering.

Related exercises.

Picking exercises.

8 beat strumming patterns.

Mixing strumming patterns.

Splitting strumming patterns.

Dominant seventh chords.

Swing rhythm.

Country style strumming pattern.

Basic Barre chords in E shape.

12 bar blues progressions.

50+ songs to learn