How To Play Acoustic Guitar From Scratch - Beginner Course

90 Progressive Left & Right Hand Exercises for the Absolute Beginner (Tabs & Standard Notation Included)

What you'll learn

90 Progressive Exercises for the Left & Right Hand (Video + PDF)

Classical Fingerstyle Technique

Correct Sitting Position

Playing Bass and Melody Lines Simultaneously

Basic Rhythms (Time Signatures)

Tuning the Guitar

Chords

Barre Technique

Reading Tablature & Standard Notation

Solid Technical Foundation for Any Beginner Song

Requirements

This course is for absolute beginners; no prior course needed.

Description

This course is for anyone who wants to learn the acoustic guitar the right way!The course is designed by Elco, a classical guitarist from Holland. You will learn to play the acoustic guitar using the traditional guitar techniques. This means that you will learn to play with 4 plucking fingers as you would do with fingerstyle guitar. Most guitarists don't realise that this technique is derived from the classical guitar technique - which is (in my humble opinion) the most versatile technique to start off with as a beginner. That's why most serious music schools would recommend using this technique for beginners, because with this technique you learn to play the bass and the melody lines simultaneously. From this solid foundation it is much easier to move to Jazz, Blues, Fingerstyle, Rock and more. Additionally, you will learn to use a unique system to read sheet music easily. After this course you will have a very solid foundation to play and read just about any beginner song. So do you want to learn the acoustic guitar the right way? Then this course is for you! 90 progressive exercises for the left and the right hand (downloadable PDFs) 110+ explanation videos 9+ hours of video contentAccess to a YouTube page with songsBasic knowledge of sitting position, tuning, rhythm and much more!Practice with play along videos in 1st person view (player's perspective on the fretboard)Learn to read tablature & standard notation (using my unique and easy reading tool)Accessible for the ultimate beginner or for anyone looking to freshen up their technique

Overview

Section 1: Lesson 1

Lecture 1 The guitar

Lecture 2 Sitting position

Lecture 3 String names

Lecture 4 Tuning the guitar

Lecture 5 Positioning the left hand

Lecture 6 How to read tabs

Lecture 7 Naming the fingers

Lecture 8 Exercise 1

Lecture 9 Exercise 2

Lecture 10 Exercise 3

Lecture 11 Exercise 4

Lecture 12 Exercise 5

Section 2: Lesson 2

Lecture 13 How to read standard notation on guitar

Lecture 14 Half tones

Lecture 15 Warming-up

Lecture 16 Exercise 6

Lecture 17 Exercise 7

Lecture 18 Exercise 8

Lecture 19 Exercise 9

Lecture 20 Exercise 10

Section 3: Lesson 3

Lecture 21 Warming-up

Lecture 22 Exercise 11

Lecture 23 Exercise 12

Lecture 24 Exercise 13

Lecture 25 Exercise 14

Lecture 26 Exercise 15

Lecture 27 How to count 6/8 time signature

Lecture 28 Exercise 16

Lecture 29 How to count 1/8 notes in a 4/4 time signature

Lecture 30 Exercise 17

Lecture 31 Exercise 18

Lecture 32 Exercise 19

Lecture 33 Exercise 20

Section 4: Lesson 4

Lecture 34 Warming-up

Lecture 35 Exercise 21

Lecture 36 Exercise 22

Lecture 37 Exercise 23

Lecture 38 Exercise 24

Lecture 39 Exercise 25

Lecture 40 Exercise 26

Lecture 41 Exercise 27

Lecture 42 Exercise 28

Lecture 43 Exercise 29

Lecture 44 Exercise 30

Section 5: Lesson 5

Lecture 45 Warming-up

Lecture 46 Exercise 31

Lecture 47 Exercise 32

Lecture 48 Exercise 33

Lecture 49 Exercise 34

Lecture 50 Exercise 35

Lecture 51 Exercise 36

Lecture 52 Exercise 37

Lecture 53 Exercise 38

Lecture 54 Exercise 39

Lecture 55 Exercise 40

Section 6: Lesson 6

Lecture 56 Warming-up

Lecture 57 Exercise 41

Lecture 58 Exercise 42

Lecture 59 Exercise 43

Lecture 60 Exercise 44

Lecture 61 Exercise 45

Lecture 62 Exercise 46

Lecture 63 Exercise 47

Lecture 64 Exercise 48

Lecture 65 Exercise 49

Lecture 66 Exercise 50

Section 7: Lesson 7

Lecture 67 Warming-up

Lecture 68 Exercise 51

Lecture 69 Exercise 52

Lecture 70 Exercise 53

Lecture 71 Exercise 54

Lecture 72 Exercise 55

Lecture 73 Exercise 56

Lecture 74 Exercise 57

Lecture 75 Exercise 58

Lecture 76 The difference between sharp and flat notes

Lecture 77 Exercise 59

Lecture 78 Exercise 60

Section 8: Lesson 8

Lecture 79 Warming-up

Lecture 80 Exercise 61

Lecture 81 Exercise 62

Lecture 82 Exercise 63

Lecture 83 Exercise 64

Lecture 84 Exercise 65

Lecture 85 Exercise 66

Lecture 86 Exercise 67

Lecture 87 Exercise 68

Lecture 88 Exercise 69

Lecture 89 Exercise 70

Lecture 90 How to read 16th notes

Section 9: Lesson 9

Lecture 91 Warming-up

Lecture 92 Exercise 71

Lecture 93 Exercise 72

Lecture 94 Exercise 73

Lecture 95 Exercise 74

Lecture 96 Exercise 75

Lecture 97 Exercise 76

Lecture 98 Exercise 77

Lecture 99 Exercise 78

Lecture 100 Exercise 79

Lecture 101 Exercise 80

Section 10: Lesson 10

Lecture 102 Warming-up

Lecture 103 Exercise 81

Lecture 104 Exercise 82

Lecture 105 Exercise 83

Lecture 106 Exercise 84

Lecture 107 Exercise 85

Lecture 108 Exercise 86

Lecture 109 Exercise 87

Lecture 110 Exercise 88

Lecture 111 Exercise 89

Lecture 112 Exercise 90

Absolute Beginners