Beginner Guitar Course - Level I
What you'll learn
- Become familiar with the guitar and how to tune it
- Learn how to hold the guitar and pick
- Learn the common open major chords and alternative voicings (plus one minor chord)
- Understand basic timing and rhythm and how to play on the beat
- Develop skills and techniques to improve Chord Transitions
- Become comfortable with 5 Rhythm Patterns
- Understand basic Time Signatures and Notation Values
- Become comfortable applying skills and knowledge on feature songs presented
Requirements
- No prior guitar or music experience required
- You need a guitar for this course (e.g. acoustic or electric)
- Open Mind and Open Heart
Description
The Beginner Guitar Course - Level I will introduce you to basic concepts and techniques necessary to begin the journey of learning to play guitar. It is a well thought out approach that offers building blocks to support your knowledge and skills as you gain confidence with your new instrument. You will have the opportunity to hone your skills with both the right and left hands and apply these skills to featured songs selected specifically to apply what has been learned.
Upon completion, you will have accomplished the following:
Understand the guitar as an instrument and how to tune it
Understand how to hold the guitar and a pick
Learn all of the common open major chords as well as alternative voicing (plus one minor chord)
Understand basic timing and rhythm and to play on the beat
Develop skills and techniques to improve chord transitions
Become comfortable with 5 Rhythm Patterns
Understand basic Time Signatures and Notation Values
Become comfortable applying skills and knowledge on feature songs presented
There is something that I’ve known for a long time that I’d like to share. Playing the guitar is so much more than learning an instrument technically. Our hearts have something very important to say and the guitar helps each of us to express creatively. This is a great gift you can offer to yourself and others. The guitar can be your sanctuary as well as your outlet for creativity. It will help you achieve the flow in life you’ve been looking for.
People tell me so often that they would love to learn the guitar. Let’s do this! No prior experience is needed. Find your guitar and let’s play some music together.
Who this course is for:
- Beginner guitar players (acoustic or electric)
- Suitable for adults or children 12 years and up
- No prior experience needed
- Also helpful for guitarists who wish to dust of basic knowledge and skills
Instructor
- 5.0 Instructor Rating
- 4 Reviews
- 22 Students
- 3 Courses
I’m Deanne Newkirk, the Guitar Teach! I live in Alberta, Canada and began learning the guitar when I was 9 years old. Guitar has always been an important part of my life whether performing or playing for my own enjoyment. My uncles were my musical inspiration. They played and sang together at events far and wide. They had an amazing blend of guitars and voices and their music really connected with people, including me….that’s how I got hooked.
My own guitar journey has taken me on many incredible adventures around the world travelling and playing music at clubs and festivals in Canada, the U.S. and the UK. I’ve met so many amazing people along the way. There is no doubt that music is a language of its own that helps to connect us all.
There is something that I’ve known for a long time that I’d like to share. Playing the guitar is so much more than learning an instrument technically. Our hearts have something very important to say and the guitar helps each of us to express creatively. This is a great gift you can offer to yourself and others. The guitar can be your sanctuary as well as your outlet for creativity. It will help you achieve the flow in life you’ve been looking for.
People tell me so often that they would love to learn the guitar. Let’s do this! No prior experience is needed. Find your guitar and let’s play some music together.