Your FIRST guitar lesson

Name: Your FIRST guitar lesson
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Preparing for private Guitar lessons? Here's what I'd give you in the FIRST MONTH.

Created byBronson Bragg

Last updated 4/2021

English

What you'll learn

You'll master MONTHS of practice material
Guitar Basics - Preparatory and beyond
Scales
Strumming
Using a Metronome
Building a Habit of Practicing
etc etc.... I'm adding more and more to this course.

Course content

5 sections • 15 lectures • 53m total length

Welcome To Guitar Basics - My name is Bronson Bragg2:44
Nothing too heavy in this first lesson.
Grab your guitar and get into a comfortable chair (preferably without arms... the chair, I mean.)

Get ready!
Tuning the Guitar1:14
You will need to download any free tuner on your phone or computer.
If you don't have one I recommend you get one at your earliest convenience.
How To Read Tablature6:27
Tablature is a "quick 'n' easy" way to share information on the guitar.

I say "quick 'n' easy" not because it's the best, but because it requires very little explanation. Standard notation is more efficient, but it requires that you learn how to read it. It takes more time to learn. Eventually we will transfer over to notation. I start all of my students on tablature because for the first couple months then we try to move off of it pretty quick.
Do you have a tuner?

Making Sure You're Ready0:52
Let's Talk About The Pick6:31
Do you have a pick? If not then a bread clip will do. Don't use coins... thank me later.
Anything rounded and plastic. I've used an old library card in the past... not ideal, but it's better than nothin'.

If you've got a quick errand to run go buy a bunch of thin to medium picks.
Strumming Patterns4:59
RH patterns. Every single one needs to be rehearsed.
Singing and Playing2:45
How to approach singing and strumming.
Is it easy? Not in the beginning. Eventually it's really not that bad, however some songs will prove to be a bit more taxing.

Rhythm 1.01:38
You are allowed to CLAP YOUR HANDS throughout this exercise. but you HAVE TO COUNT OUT LOUD!!!
seriously. turn up the volume and count 1...2....3....4... hundreds of times. trust me. PLEASE just count nice and loud (or audible).

No whispering. Stomp around the room as you do it if you have to.
Scales 1.03:14
Using Rhythm and a Metronome... let's get your first scale in shape.
Chords 1.03:23
Get ready for Chords 1.0
Play along, or use the video to give you a quick reminder of how to practice this exercise.

Are we playing chords yet? Not exactly. BUT... doing this first will prevent you from hitting a plateau later on.
This is like building your knowledge properly so that you can understand chords more fully when we play them and when I explain them.
Articulation 1.02:05
Get ready for Articulations 1.0
Play along, or use the video to give you a quick reminder of how to practice this exercise.

Requirements

Have a guitar.
Be self-motivated
Work on the additional 40 exercise pdfs provided

Description

This is the exact course I use for most of my private adult students.
We go over Chords, Strumming, Finger Exercises, Scales, Tuning and some common vernacular.

**IMPORTANT**
You will not improve if you do not practice. I'm not a magician... I'm a musician. I'll be the first to tell you I didn't get to my skill level because I was born with anything special. It took YEARS of work. If you practice putting in that work for the first month or two you should be able to do everything in this course. I have seen some people get these exercises in a couple weeks... and some in 5 months. The big difference between the two is the amount of focused practice they put in DAILY. I talk more about that in lesson 4.

THIS COURSE is enough to play a handful of your favorite (basic) songs... or at least enough to get you a few steps closer to learning your favorite songs.
My goal with this is to get you going as quickly as possible so that you can navigate the guitar before you start learning all the theory.
Is the theory important? yes! Are we gonna learn a bunch of it here? No, JUST A LITTLE. Enough to communicate. No complex topics in THIS course. I want you to start playing and having fun asap.

Once the videos in the course are done the work doesn't stop there. I will include 40 pages (the first levels) from an exercise book I'm working on called, "Practice Ideas: Preliminary Skills." It's a 20 chapter exercise compilation that gives you all of the basics you'll need for the first few years while studying music. I provide a lot more on my Patreon but I want to make sure my Udemy students are stocked up enough to never not know what else they could be working on.

Expect the topics in this course to be mastered after a month or two. Assuming you practice, of course. I'll teach you what to practice and how often to practice... let's get you playing the guitar!
See you in the "classroom."
Thank you for your consideration.

- Bronson

Who this course is for:

All adults that want to put in the effort to learn an instrument.
Teens that want to see if the guitar is right for them.
People who love music
People who want to learn how to play the guitar

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Introduction3 lectures • 10min

Guitar Basics 2 - Open Chords2 lectures • 9min

Guitar Basics 3 - Strumming to New Patterns4 lectures • 15min

Evolving Your Practice Routine2 lectures • 9min

Week 14 lectures • 10min

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