Grasp the essentials needed to begin playing acoustic or electric guitar. You'll learn an easy approach to get you playing quickly, through a combination of exploring the instrument, performance technique, and basic music theory.
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Identify string names and numbers and read music notation, tablature, chord block diagrams, and fretboard maps
Practice picking, finger picking, and strumming patterns
Play various chords including major and minor triads, open, barre, and pose chords
Read and play a lead sheet
Skills you will gain
- Tablature
- Music notation
- Guitar scales
- Guitar chords
- Guitar
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Welcome to Introduction to Guitar
Acoustic / Electric Guitar and the Basics
Getting Started: Fundamental Guitar Skills
The Twelve Half Steps and Basic Notation
Scales: Construction and Fingerings
Reviews
- 5 stars83.80%
- 4 stars12.52%
- 3 stars1.86%
- 2 stars0.77%
- 1 star1.04%
TOP REVIEWS FROM GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS
loved it, I took guitar lessons when I was a kid and hated it. this course made it fun! it took the mystery out of it so I can see the big picture and got me playing the guitar
Great introduction to guitar, before this course I already played acoustic guitar but with this course I've got many techical info I didn't know, e.g. on guitar positions and scales
This is a guitar class, done with class. Loved the teacher, Thaddius. After taking this class I got a job at a church playing guitar. This class increased my income by thousands a year.
Too good,very much informative & extremely knowledgeable, practical course for beginners in Guitars.
Thanks to Berklee College of Music & Coursera for such a wonderful course.
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