
Learn standard tuning for a six-string guitar from top E to bottom E, using a tuner or the Guitar Tuna app, or the fifth-fret method if needed.
We begin with a simple but good sounding riff from the White Stripes song, "Seven Nation Army." This will be the start of getting your hands and mind to work together.
Learn three popular chords, and several strumming patterns to practice.
Learn to understand playing lead using scales
Explore lead guitar in a minor key using the minor pentatonic scale, with bends, hammer-ons, and pull-offs. Expand shapes with new licks across the G, B, and E strings.
Learn how to play or record an electric guitar directly through a computer
Combine your skills by playing lead over a rhythm section, using the licks and pentatonic scale you've learned to improvise over the backing track.
This is a course designed to set you off in the right direction into your journey of playing guitar. Early in the lessons you will learn a popular rhythm, some chords, and two important scales. There will be explanations on how to apply everything that is learned. The intention is to build a foundation on concepts that are fun, easy to play, and that translate to all popular music.