Acoustic Guitar Basics

Acoustic Guitar Lessons For Every Beginner. Guitar Technique, Chords, Riffs, Songs, Scales, Strumming, Tuning and More.

What you'll learn

Acoustic Guitar Anatomy

How to Hold Your Acoustic Guitar and Pick

How to Tune Your Acoustic Guitar

How to Fret Notes

How to Read Tablature (Tabs)

Warm Up Exercises

How to Play 5 Acoustic Guitar Riffs

How Pitch Works on the Guitar

How to Read Chord Diagrams (Chord Boxes)

7 Open Chords

4 Power Chords

Strumming, Beats and Rhythm

How to Play 6 Songs

What 4/4 Time Means

Your First Scale

Tips and Tricks

Requirements

No previous experience or skills needed. You'll learn everything you need to know.

Access to an acoustic guitar and a tuner is required. *You can use a free tuning app for your phone or tablet.

Description

In this class, I guide you through the essentials of learning to play the acoustic guitar. The course starts with learning about the different parts of the acoustic guitar and ends with learning how to play songs.This class is designed for absolute beginners with no prior experience playing acoustic guitar as well as for folks wanting to brush up on the basics of the instrument.If you’ve been wanting to learn how to play acoustic guitar but have been putting it off because you’re not sure how to get started, then this class is for you. The goal of this class is to get you playing acoustic guitar as quickly as possible. Once you complete this course, you’ll have the basics in place so that you can start learning how to play your favorite songs and riffs.Included in this class are many downloadable resources: tips for tuning your guitar, warm up exercises, chord diagrams, scales and sheet music.In order to take this class, you’ll need an acoustic guitar and a tuner (you can use a free tuning app for your phone or tablet).In this course, you'll learn:Acoustic Guitar AnatomyHow to Hold Your Acoustic Guitar and PickHow to Tune Your Acoustic GuitarHow to Fret NotesHow to Read Tablature (Tabs)Warm Up ExercisesHow to Play 5 Acoustic Guitar RiffsHow Pitch Works on the GuitarHow to Read Chord Diagrams (Chord Boxes)7 Open Chords4 Power ChordsStrumming, Beats and RhythmHow to Play 6 SongsWhat 4/4 Time MeansYour First ScaleTips and TricksI would love to hear from you and am happy to answer any questions, so please feel free to reach out to me by sending me a message here on Udemy.I hope that this class inspires you to learn more about how to play guitar and create music. I have other classes available here on Udemy and suggest "Create a Chord Progression on Guitar (Major Key)" to continue your learning.

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Class Project

Lecture 3 Acoustic Guitar Anatomy

Lecture 4 Hold Your Guitar and Pick

Lecture 5 How to Tune Your Guitar

Lecture 6 How to Fret Notes

Lecture 7 How to Read Tablature

Section 2: First Warm Up Exercises, Riffs & Chords

Lecture 8 Warm Up Exercises 1 & 2

Lecture 9 Riff 1

Lecture 10 How Pitch Works

Lecture 11 Riff 2

Lecture 12 Reading Chord Diagrams

Lecture 13 Introduction to Chords

Lecture 14 E Minor Chord

Lecture 15 D Chord

Lecture 16 C Chord

Lecture 17 G Chord

Section 3: Strumming, Rhythm, Songs and First Scale

Lecture 18 Strumming and Rhythm

Lecture 19 Song 1

Lecture 20 4/4 Time

Lecture 21 Reading Tab with Rhythm

Lecture 22 Riff 3

Lecture 23 Song 2

Lecture 24 G Major Scale

Section 4: More Riffs, Songs, Chords and Warm Up Exercises

Lecture 25 Riff 4

Lecture 26 A Minor Chord

Lecture 27 Song 3

Lecture 28 Riff 5

Lecture 29 Warm Up on 2 Strings

Lecture 30 E Chord

Lecture 31 A Chord

Lecture 32 Song 4

Lecture 33 Song 5

Section 5: Power Chords and Conclusion

Lecture 34 Power Chords

Lecture 35 Song 6

Lecture 36 Final Thoughts

This class is designed for absolute beginners with no prior experience playing acoustic guitar as well as for folks wanting to brush up on the basics of the instrument.