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What You Need to Know Before You Learn to Play the Guitar
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What You Need to Know Before You Learn to Play the Guitar

The foundation you need before you start a lifelong journey!
Created byDavid Dodsworth
Last updated 5/2018
English

What you'll learn

  • Find the guitar that suits a play style suitable for an instrumentalist.
  • Tune your guitar properly.
  • Choose and replace the strings on your guitar as needed.
  • Check the setup of your guitar.
  • Clean your guitar.

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 35m total length

  • Introduction1:22

    Learn practical answers to common guitar questions, from choosing a guitar and picking technique to deciding the time and starting steps for kids and adults who want to begin.

  • How to Choose a Guitar - Part 17:20
  • How to Choose a Guitar - Part 27:14

    Discover how to pick a guitar, comparing fixed and adjustable bridges, tuning pins, fretboard materials like rosewood and ebony, and essential setup tips.

  • How to Tune and Check the Setup of Your New Guitar4:44

    Checking the setup of your guitar

  • How to Choose Strings for Your Guitar8:16
  • How to Clean Your Guitar6:25

    Discover how to keep your guitar sounding and looking good by cleaning the neck, fretboard, strings, and body after playing, using a soft brush, cloth, and spray polish.

Requirements

  • You will need a good, playable electric acoustic or electric guitar.
  • You will need to be able to commit to at least 1 hour of practice per day.
  • A good ear and sense of rhythm, or the willingness to put in the hours of work to acquire these skills.
  • The motivation to not just start the course, but complete it.

Description

Did you start to teach yourself how to play the guitar, but quickly found it overwhelming and now have a dust collector in the closet? Fret no more! (Pun intended).

This free course is all about teaching you have to prepare yourself and your guitar properly BEFORE you start learning how to play the guitar. This free course is meant for beginners who are just stepping into the musical realm of guitar music, anyone well versed in the guitar language may find this course too basic.


Who this course is for:

  • Beginners looking to start learning to play the guitar but don't know where to start.
  • Beginners that have been stuck and have not found a way of progressing from the strumming learning stage.

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