Guitar Fundamentals With Lisa: Course 1
A complete guide to guitar for beginners.
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Chapter: 1: Get to Know Your Guitar
In this chapter you will learn the basic parts of the guitar, how to hold the guitar, the names of the strings, how to tune your guitar and how to care for it. If you're an absolute beginner, then this is the best place to start.
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Chapter: 2: Lets Learn to Play!
In this chapter you will learn the basic functions of both hands, using a pick, how to fret notes and basic finger warm up exercises. Then it's time to learn your first simple chords and use them to play music! You will also get some tips about how to practice effectively.
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Chapter: 3: How to Play Simple Melodies
In this chapter you will learn to read tablature and play some single note melodies using just one string. Then you will gradually add strings, until eventually you're playing on all six strings! You'll also learn the names and locations of the musical alphabet notes.
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Chapter: 4: Your 5-Chord Power-Pack!
In this chapter you will start to learn full, open chords that form the basis of rhythm guitar playing. You'll get a lot of opportunities to put them to use, playing them in songs! You will also get a lot of helpful chord changing strategies.
Recommended Songs
With the skills you have learned so far, you are ready to learn these songs: Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (Made Easy), I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (Made Easy), Wide Open Spaces (Made Easy),
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Chapter: 5: Must-Know Basic Open Chords
In this chapter you will complete your repertoire of full, open chords by learning all 7 basic major chords, along with some minor chords for good measure. There will also be more chord change strategies to shore up any problem areas in your technique.
Recommended Songs
With the skills you have learned so far, you are ready to learn these songs: Let it Be (Made Easy), Please Mr. Postman, You Can't Always Get What You Want (Made Easy), Kiss From A Rose (Made Easy),
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Chapter: 6: How Chords Work Together to Make Songs
In this chapter you will learn what a key signature is, how it is used to group chords into musical patterns. You'll then use that knowledge to play some songs in important, widely used key signatures.
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Chapter: 7: Intro to Timing and Rhythm
In this chapter you will learn what a time signature is, how it is used to keep track of counting and rhythm in music. You'll then use that knowledge to play some songs in important, widely used time signatures. Finally, you'll get a brief course recap and what to look for going forward.
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