SkillShare Learn Guitar The Expanded Beginners Guide

Welcome to this beginner guitar class. It covers everything you need to become a confident and creative guitarist. You can join with an acoustic or electric guitar. And you don't need any previous guitar playing experience.

Guitar lessons can seem like a daunting process for some students. But with over 20 years playing & teaching experience - and a focus on encouraging self-belief and creative expression, I hope to make this an enjoyable and rewarding journey for you.

In this class you will learn:
Guitar anatomy
Tuning
How to read chord boxes & tab
A variety of playing exercises to improve overall technique
A big selection of riffs from a mix of musical styles
Major and Minor chords
The foundations of Music Theory
Full songs (with extra ones attached as PDF's)
How to restring your guitar
How to develop timing
Strumming patterns
Power Chords
Scales
Lead guitar & improvisation
Hammer-on and Pull-off techniques
How to create chord structures and work within keys of music
Songwriting - how to compose your own music