Learn Guitar: The Expanded Beginners Guide

Begin your journey to becoming a confident guitarist with this comprehensive beginner guitar class! Whether you're drawn to the sound of an acoustic guitar or electric guitar, this course is designed for complete beginners – no prior experience necessary.

Feeling intimidated by guitar lessons? Don't be! With over 20 years of guitar playing and guitar teaching experience, this class focuses on building self-belief and fostering creative expression through enjoyable and rewarding learning.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Guitar Anatomy: Understand the parts of your instrument.
• Tuning: Learn how to properly tune your guitar.
• Chord Diagrams & Tablature: Master reading chord boxes and guitar tab.
• Playing Exercises: Develop essential guitar technique with a variety of exercises.
• Chords: Explore Major chords and Minor chords, building the foundation for countless songs.
• Music Theory: Grasp the fundamentals of music theory for deeper understanding.
• Songs: Learn to play full songs (with downloadable PDFs for extra practice!).
• Guitar Restringing: Learn how to restring your guitar yourself.
• Timing & Strumming: Develop solid timing and explore various strumming patterns.
• Power Chords: Master the powerful sound of power chords.
• Scales: Learn essential scales for soloing and improvisation.
• Lead Guitar & Improvisation: Develop your lead guitar skills and learn to improvise.
• Hammer-ons & Pull-offs: Add flair to your playing with these techniques.
• Chord Structures & Keys: Learn how to create chord structures and work within different keys of music.
• Songwriting: Discover the basics of songwriting and compose your own music.

Plus, enjoy a live backing track to practice your skills and unleash your creativity! This is your chance to implement your new lead guitar knowledge and simply have fun.

I believe everyone has unique creative expression, and this class will help you discover and explore yours. PDFs are included to support your learning. I'm always happy to answer questions – reach out via Skillshare discussions or email!

Ready to continue your musical journey? I recommend these classes next:

• Learn Guitar: Power & Bar Chords
• Learn Guitar Fingerstyle: A Beginners Guide To Fingerpicking Guitar
• Guitar Practice: Improve Your Finger Strength, Stretch, Speed & Independence
• Guitar Songs: 6 Iconic Guitar Riffs

This course evolved from my first class, Learn Guitar: The Complete Beginners Guide (created in 2020). While shorter and still valuable, this updated version offers a more in-depth and detailed learning experience to further develop your guitar playing abilities. I've also improved the filming, editing, and overall presentation!