Beginner's Guitar Crash Course
What you'll learn
- Master basic chords used in many popular songs
- Learn to easily strum straight and syncopated rhythms
- Learn this one pentatonic scale that lets you easily "jam" with friends
- Play fingerstyle or flat picking techniques (both are covered)
- Learn to play Chord Melody style
- No experience necessary - just follow simple steps and surprize yourself and others by how well you can play
- Have a guitar ready (acoustic, nylon string or electric is okay)
- Plan 15 minutes a day (little and often is best for busy adults) and watch yourself progress over 30 days
Who this course is for:
Beginners who want to just play without too much theory or note reading
Anyone who always wanted to play but could never find the time
Adults and late teens
This course is NOT recommended for younger children who can benefit from a more comprehensive approach
No experience necessary - just be ready to take simple steps to learn how to play
Have a playable guitar ready (acoustic, nylon string or electric is okay)
Plan for some regular practice (little and often is best for busy adults)
Learn guitar in simple, easy steps, even if you have very little time
Track your progress and see results
Choose fingerstyle or pick (plectrum). Both are covered and advantages of each explained.
Focus on one, then go back to learn the other when you have time
How it Works
Begin by learning modern sounding arpeggios (chords played as single notes).
Learn easy one-finger chords to gain basic skills and confidence switching between chords
Work your way up to three-finger chords, then get ready to take on strumming.
Begin strumming with down strokes then add up strokes. Once you're ready - add syncopation.
Challenge yourself by playing chords from a song called “A Horse With No Name.”
Learn ONE Scale used in blues, rock, and country music. Watch the example videos then use the scale to play along with backing tracks.
"Introduction to improvising" guides you to create your own single note solos to "jam" with friends.
Try your hand at chord melody following the example.
Follow this step-by-step approach and surprise yourself, friends and family with your new skills.
Learn guitar in easy steps with this beginner's crash course and start playing guitar today
Who this course is for:
- Beginners who want to skip theory and note reading and just play
- Anyone who always wanted to play but could never find the time
- Adults and late teens
- This course is NOT recommended for younger children who can benefit from a more comprehensive approach
Back in 2000 I started to teach guitar to my kids. That sparked a renewed interest in playing music again for me. I worked hard to regain my roots in classical guitar and started playing in bands again. This time it was church bands.
Since 2000 I've taught at private music studios, given group classes and in-home lessons. I've also played regularly in church bands. Although my Bachelor's is in Engineering I've taken private lessons with various top music professionals. I also have a Music Theory Certificate from Berklee College's Online Campus.
As well as playing and teaching guitar, I wrote the 3-book series that has all of the essentials to take a well rounded approach to learning guitar.
"Guitar in Real Time" books cover multiple genres, music reading and essential theory, as well as basic music composition. Until these books were released, this kind of broad content was unavailable in a such a convenient form.
"Learn Fingerstyle Guitar & Music Reading" on Udemy is based on my Level 1 book. Other courses that I've created on Udemy use some of the content from those books and expand on it.
Music is my passion and I especially enjoy teaching young people, who I try to have a positive influence on. This Udemy format is excellent because it forces me to work at presenting things in the best possible way for others to understand.
I'm happy to share what I have to offer with others who are as passionate as I am about this instrument.