Acoustic Guitar For Complete Beginners

Learn all the basic techniques to play songs on the acoustic guitar.

What you'll learn

To understand and be able to play chords to accompany songs on many genres.

To understand and be able to tune the guitar and learn the basics of playing .

To learn strumming techniques and the basics of rhythm in relation to playing songs on the guitar.

To be able to play many songs using various strumming patterns and chords.

7 Strumming Patterns

14 Songs

Arpeggios Technique

Bass Strum Technique

Chords and Root Notes

Requirements

To benefit from this course you will not need any prior knowledge or experience of the guitar or music. You will need an acoustic guitar, a tuner and a pick.

Description

The acoustic guitar is one the most popular of all musical instruments , used by so many musicians in all genres of music. This course is designed specifically for complete  beginners and will get you playing from day one, with easy bite size video lectures that break down everything into manageable steps.When I started learning guitar back in the 1960's the internet did not exist and the only way I could learn was from books, not being able to afford private lessons. I painstakingly spent many hours alone in my bedroom trying to figure out how to play chords and figure out how they worked in songs, eventually I mastered  three chords and was able to play a few songs all the way through !From that early beginning I have been in love with the guitar ever since and have spent my life playing, teaching and performing with this wonderful instrument.Nowadays of course it is much easier to access learning material with the internet and YouTube etc. However because of this and the abundance of information available it can become very confusing for the beginner to know where to start and this is why I designed this course for the complete beginner with easy, step by step instruction that will show you everything you need to know to be able to play literally thousands of songs.The course starts with advice on what types of guitar are available and explain the parts of the guitar. it will then cover tuning the guitar before moving on to teach the first chords and strumming techniques. It will the progress to showing you how to play many songs with lyrics and chords shown on screen alongside the videos. There will be PDF files attached of the song sheets and chord diagrams for you to download.Please don't rush through the course, each lesson needs to be thoroughly understood and practised before moving on to the next. The complete course should  give you at least six months of material and techniques to learn, depending on how long you take practising. Trying to hurry through it will be non productive and frustrating so take your time. Learning to play any instrument requires time and patience and the guitar is no different, enjoy it and learn at your own pace.After completing the course alongside regular practising, you will be able to play thousands of songs and enjoy making music . The only thing needed apart from a guitar, a tuner and a pick is enthusiasm and lots and lots of practice.So let's not wait any longer, grab your guitar and let's get started on what will be a fun and rewarding journey, I promise you.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction, types of guitar, the parts of the guitar.

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Types of Acoustic Guitar

Lecture 3 The Parts of the Guitar

Section 2: Tuning the Guitar

Lecture 4 How to tune your guitar

Section 3: The First Chords, Strumming Pattern and First Song

Lecture 5 Chord diagrams

Lecture 6 The A Chord

Lecture 7 The D Chord

Lecture 8 The E Chord

Lecture 9 Changing Between Chords A,D and E

Lecture 10 Strumming patterns and rhythm

Lecture 11 Song 1 - Love Me Do

Section 4: The Next Three Chords and Strumming Pattern

Lecture 12 The A7 Chord

Lecture 13 The G Chord

Lecture 14 The Em Chord

Lecture 15 Strumming Pattern 2

Section 5: Two New Songs and a new Strumming Pattern

Lecture 16 Song 2 - You Are My Sunshine

Lecture 17 Strumming Pattern no 3

Lecture 18 Song 3 - Banks of the Ohio

Section 6: Two More Songs and Strumming Patterns

Lecture 19 Strumming Pattern no 4

Lecture 20 Song 4 - The Sloop John B

Lecture 21 Strumming Pattern no 5

Lecture 22 Song 5 - Leaving on a Jet Plane

Section 7: Five More Chords and a New Song

Lecture 23 Am Chord

Lecture 24 Dm Chord

Lecture 25 C Chord

Lecture 26 E7 Chord

Lecture 27 B 7 Chord

Lecture 28 Changing Between Chords Am C G

Lecture 29 Song 6 - Drunken Sailor

Section 8: 3/4 Rhythm, Strumming, Three New Songs

Lecture 30 Strumming Pattern no 6

Lecture 31 Strumming Pattern no 7

Lecture 32 Song 7 - Amazing Grace

Lecture 33 Song 8 - The Skye Boat Song

Lecture 34 Song 9 - The Wild Rover

Section 9: Bar Chords and Two New Song

Lecture 35 F Chord ( Bar chord )

Lecture 36 Bm Chord

Lecture 37 Song 10 - Country Roads

Lecture 38 Song 11 - Let It Be

Section 10: More Chords

Lecture 39 G7 chord

Lecture 40 D7 chord

Lecture 41 C7 chord

Lecture 42 Moveable Chord Shapes

Section 11: Root Notes

Lecture 43 Root Notes of Chords A, D & E

Lecture 44 Root Notes of Chords C, F, D7, B7, G7, and C7

Lecture 45 Song 12 - Sailing

Section 12: The Capo and It's Use

Lecture 46 The Capo

Section 13: Alternate Bass Strum Technique

Lecture 47 Alternate Bass Strum on chords A, E and D

Lecture 48 Song 13 - I Walk The Line

Section 14: Arpeggios

Lecture 49 Arpeggios in 3/4 and 4/4 time

Lecture 50 Song 14 -The House of the Rising Sun

Section 15: Conclusion

Lecture 51 Thanks

This course is designed for anyone who wishes to learn and be able to play the acoustic guitar and be able to understand all the basic techniques of playing , in order to play many songs in different genres