Complete beginner guitar course

Explore guitar types, including acoustic and electric, and core parts like headstock, fretboard, neck, body, bridge, and pick. Learn the 12 notes, frets, chords, and strumming.

Master two ways to hold your guitar—right-leg with elbow on the body, or classical left-leg setup—plus how to hold a plectrum with the index finger side and thumb.

Learn to tune a guitar using a tuning app, adjusting each string (e, b, g, d, a, e) by turning pegs clockwise or anti-clockwise to get the green click.

Learn the names and tuning of the six guitar strings (E, B, G, D, A, E) and how strumming patterns use downstrokes and upstrokes, varying by song.

Practice a right hand exercise with slow downstrokes on all strings, slow upstrokes, and an anchor on the guitar body to build muscle memory and precise timing across strings.

Perform left hand finger gym across all strings from fifth to eighth fret, using alternating down-up strokes and slow timing to develop finger speed and control with practice.

Master a strumming pattern of down down up up down with wrist-driven motion. Practice the C major family chords—C major, E minor, and G major—slowly to build muscle memory.

Learn to shift chords while strumming using a slow, continuous pattern across C major, E minor, and G major, building muscle memory and fluency on both acoustic and electric guitars.

Practice shifting chords with C major and G major, using the down down up up down up strumming pattern while singing you are my sunshine, aligning vocals with the guitar.

Learn three C major family chords - D minor, A minor, and F major - covering fingerings, which strings to strum, and bar-chord technique with downstroke practice.

Practice downstroke chord changes through the c major family: c major, d minor, e minor, f major, g major, a minor; then add a down-up pattern to build muscle memory.

Learn to play don't worry be happy with a beginner-friendly approach using C major, D minor, and F major chords, a flexible strumming pattern, and step-by-step practice tips.

Learn to play cool chords using anchor fingers to form G major, E minor seven, C add9, and D sus4, then practice very slow chord shifts with the strumming pattern.

Learn a new strumming pattern with bass-string down strokes, then loop after the last upstroke; practice muting with the left hand while switching chords (C major, A minor, F major).

Learn to play perfect by Ed Sheeran using G major, E minor seven, add9, and dsus4 with down strumming pattern; practice slow chord shifts and align vocals with the guitar.

Learn the second part of perfect by Ed Sheeran through a chord sequence of Em7, Cadd9, G, and D with a strumming pattern, and then sing along.

Master six basic chords and play a famous song using a fixed strumming pattern. Shift chords with the pattern and sing along to build muscle memory and guitar coordination.

Establish a daily guitar routine: right-hand downstroke and upstroke, left-hand accuracy, then six C major family chords, ending with a song for 20–30 minutes.