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The Total Beginner's Guitar Course
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(1,983 ratings)
72,790 students

The Total Beginner's Guitar Course

Complete Beginner? This Is The Guitar Course For You.
Created byMichael Palmisano
Last updated 8/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Buy Your First Guitar
  • Identify The Parts Of Your Guitar
  • Know How To Use A Tuner
  • Know Basic Finger Exercises
  • Play Common Open Position Chords
  • Play Power Chords
  • Understand Progressions
  • Play In Key
  • Use Distortion, Palm Muting, and Reverb

Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 1h 24m total length

  • Introduction - Welcome!2:30

    Welcome! I’m so glad you found this course. If you have been curious about playing guitar, or if you used to play and want to get back into it, you are in the right place.

  • What Kind Of Guitar Should You Buy?3:14

    Everything you need to know about getting your first guitar.

  • Parts Of The Guitar4:48

    Let's get to know your guitar.

  • What Else Do You Need?6:13

    Some more basics to get you started.

  • Let's Get Started Playing5:07

    Here we go!

  • Tuning Your Guitar4:23

    How to use a tuner to tune your guitar.

  • Finger Exercises7:28

    Exercises to familiarize your hands and fingers to the guitar, as well as building strength and dexterity.

  • First Chords7:12

    Open position chords to get you playing

  • Strumming And Transitions7:48

    Basic strumming patterns and chord transitions.

  • Music Theory 101 - Intervals5:12

    A basic introduction to music theory and how it pertains to the guitar neck.

  • Power Chords4:12

    Introduction to power chords and their basic shapes.

  • Tone 101 - Distortion6:50

    Fire up some distortion with your power chords.

  • Music theory 102 - Playing In Key10:13

    What it means to play in key and how to do it.

  • Technique 102 - Palm Muting3:46

    Palm muting is how you get definition with your picking / strumming hand.

  • Tone 102 - Reverb4:33

    Reverb is the reverberation of sound. It’s the sound you hear in a hall or a cavern. It's awesome.

  • Bonus Lecture: Everything Guitargate :)1:18

    Please join me at Guitargate.com for the rest of this course, ALL of our premium courses, live weekly broadcasts, gear giveaways, discounted gear with free shipping and MORE!!

Requirements

  • The Desire To Play Guitar!
  • A Computer, Tablet, Or Smart Phone

Description

Hello and welcome!  If you are a COMPLETE BEGINNER you are in the right place. 

I am an award-winning GIT grad, a 15+ year professional guitarist with 50k+ students, and the founder of Guitargate - the only guitar site sponsored by a major guitar brand, PRS Guitars. 

This free course is geared towards people who have either never played or haven't picked it up in a long time. SO even if you've struggled before, you will learn everything you need to know to start playing!

I promise you can do this, and I will be with you every step of the way. 

We will go over everything that beginners struggle with, for example:

Are my fingers to small?

Am I too old?

Do I really have enough time? (YES YOU DO!)

What kind of guitar do I need?

AND WHATS MORE?

If you want PERSONAL FEEDBACK, post a YouTube video to the lesson discussion and I will personally watch it and give you professional feedback - just like in-person lessons.

I am the ONLY guitar instructor on Udemy that does this for their students, and it's FREE. 

I want you to love playing the guitar, and I want you to learn with me for a long time. If you need any help along the way, please message me and I'll get right back to you. 

I take great pride in being available to my students, so please don't hesitate to reach out!

Best of luck and I'll see you inside :)

Michael

Who this course is for:

  • Complete Beginners

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