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

Name: What You Need to Know Before You Learn to Play the Guitar
Rating: 3.5 (57 reviews)

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

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.