(A) GUITAR - Complete Beginner

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Guitar - Complete Beginner (Reading Notes)

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The course starts Monday, Jan 9th, 2023. 20:00 - 21:00

An 8-week course to learn the basics of reading tabs and notation. Learning easy melodies from songs written by modern artists including Ed Sheeran, Coldplay & Benny Blanco

You will learn:

- How to tune and hold the guitar
- Basics of reading music
- Reading guitar tablature
- Melodies from songs by Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, The White Stripes, Benny Blanco & Alan Walker
- How to improvise using the major scale
- How to write a simple song

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Introduction

What You Will Need

Preview

How To Hold The Guitar

Preview

Tuning Your Guitar

Preview

Plucking With The Plectrum

Week 1 - String 1

Let's start by playing on just the thinnest string and learn how to read TAB

The Quarter Note

String 1 (e)

Ear Training #1

Sharp Notes

Hymn For The Weekend | Coldplay

Hymn For The Weekend | Playalong

Hymn For The Weekend | Chords

Week 2 - String 1 ...continued

We will keep working on reading and ear training the E, F and G notes as well as moving bigger distances when reading TAB

The Half Note

String 1 (e) part 2

Ear Training #2

Eastside | Benny Blanco

Eastside | Playalong

Eastside | Chords

Week 3 - String 2

String 2 (b).png

Ear Training #3

Finger 1 AND 3!

Faded | Alan Walker

Faded | Playalong

Faded | Chords

Faded | Sixteenth Note Pattern

Week 4 - String 2 ...continued

Let's learn another cool song and get more familiar with all 6 notes we have learned so far

String 2 (b) part 2.png

Ear Training #4

Playing Both Strings

Dotted Notes

Dotted Notes | Explained

Shape Of You | Ed Sheeran

Shape Of You | Playalong

Shape Of You | Chords

Let Her Go - Passenger.pdf

Week 5 - String 1, 2 AND 3

Now we will be adding the third-string so it's important at this point that you can already comfortably play B C D E F and G with the correct fingers. As an added challenge can you play them without looking too?

Strings 1 AND 2

Ear Training #5

Sight Reading | Merrily We Roll Along

Sight Reading | Test Melody

String 3 (g)

Seven Nation Army | The White Stripes (TAB)

Seven Nation Army | Playalong

The Drunken Sailor

Try These 2 Chords

Week 6 - String 1, 2 AND 3 ...continued

How To Remember The Notes

Sight Reading | Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Sight Reading | Go Tell Aunt Rhody (PDF)

Photograph | Ed Sheeran

Photograph | Ed Sheeran (TAB)

Photograph | Playalong

James Bond Theme (String 6).png

Bye Bye.pdf

Week 7 - The G Major Scale

Sight Reading - Skippy

Sight Reading - Skippy (PDF)

The G Major Scale

Using a Backing Track

A-Z The G Major Scale

A-Z The G Major Scale (NOTES).pdf

A-Z The Major Scale (TABS).pdf

Week 8 - Write A Melody

G Major Scale & Chords

Blank Sheet Music (PDF)

Create Your Own Backing Track