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Learn to play electric guitar with this beginner course! Master chords, strumming, and more with step-by-step lessons. Track your progress and start playing songs today!
Welcome to the Beginner Electric Guitar course! This comprehensive course spans over 6 hours and 51 minutes, providing aspiring guitarists with essential skills and techniques to kickstart their musical journey. Although the course hasn't received any reviews yet, its structured content promises to deliver a solid foundation for beginners.
In this course, you will be introduced to the basics of electric guitar playing, ensuring you develop a strong understanding from the very start. You'll begin with a warm welcome and an introduction to the Beginner Course, including essential subjects like how to tune your guitar and hold it properly. These fundamentals are crucial as they set the stage for your learning experience.
Throughout the course, you'll learn to read guitar chord charts and handle a guitar pick, which are key to playing accurately and efficiently. You will also explore various strumming techniques, with or without a pick, to enhance your versatility. The course covers specific chords such as the D and A chords, and provides secrets to achieving faster chord changes, ensuring you progress swiftly and smoothly.
To alleviate common beginner challenges such as finger pain, the course offers valuable tips and exercises. You'll find lessons dedicated to simple chord songs that are perfect for beginners, helping you build confidence and practice effectively. The inclusion of practice routines and a practice assistant tool allows you to track your progress for free, ensuring you stay motivated and focused.
As you advance, the course introduces more complex concepts, including rhythm techniques and playing the E chord. You'll learn about anchor fingers for easy chord changes and the importance of foot-tapping while playing. Continued strumming practice and the introduction of minor chords like Em and Am expand your repertoire, enabling you to play a wider range of songs effortlessly.
Module 4 delves into using a metronome, offering exercises to improve your timing and stretches to enhance finger dexterity. You'll master the widely-used Dm chord and learn to incorporate the most common strumming pattern into your play. Reading guitar TABs becomes accessible, and you'll gain confidence with minor chord songs.
Basic music theory is covered in later modules, teaching you about sharps, flats, and enharmonic equivalents. This foundational knowledge supports your ability to learn any strumming pattern and understand song structure. You'll also tackle the C chord and explore easy songs to practice your newly acquired skills.
The course proceeds with lessons on 6:8 time signatures and alternate picking techniques, including a focus on the G chord. You’ll learn to handle chord changes smoothly and practice complex strumming patterns, solidifying your rhythm and timing skills.
The final module emphasizes dynamics and air changes, introducing you to eight essential open chords. You’ll practice common chord changes efficiently, ensuring your strumming sounds polished. Strategies for memorizing songs and the importance of ear training are also covered to round out your complete learning experience.
Upon completing the course, you'll be well-equipped to pass the Beginners Course Grade 1, having mastered the essential skills needed to progress further in your musical journey. With practice routines for each lesson and additional resources like the new guitar app, this course provides everything you need to succeed.
Video class: Welcome! JustinGuitar Beginner Course
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Exercise: What is the primary focus for beginner guitar players recommended in the Beginner Electric Guitar course according to the text?
Video class: JustinGuitar Beginner Course Grade 1 Introduction
0h01m
Video class: How to Tune Your Guitar For Beginners
0h07m
Video class: How to (Really) Hold a Guitar When Playing
0h04m
Exercise: When holding the guitar for playing, where should your arm rest to prevent shoulder soreness especially when playing an electric guitar?
Video class: How To Avoid Finger Pain When Learning Guitar
0h03m
Video class: How to Read Guitar Chord Charts
0h03m
Video class: How to Hold a Guitar Pick
0h05m
Exercise: What is the suggested initial approach for a beginner guitar player when choosing a guitar pick according to the text?
Video class: How to Strum a Guitar WITHOUT a Pick
0h17m
Video class: How to Play the D Chord on Guitar
0h08m
Video class: How to Play the A Chord | Guitar for Beginners
0h06m
Exercise: When playing the A chord on the guitar, which string should you avoid playing?
Video class: The Secret for FAST Chord Changes
0h03m
Video class: Get FASTER Chord Changes On Guitar!
0h05m
Video class: Your FIRST Strumming Pattern EVER! | Guitar for Beginners
0h04m
Exercise: What time signature is most commonly used in the early stages of the Beginner's Guitar Course?
Video class: Strumming (Only) The Right Strings | Guitar for Beginners
0h02m
Video class: 3 Awesome TIPS to Handle Guitar Finger Pain | Guitar for Beginners
0h04m
Video class: Super EASY 2 Chord Songs | Guitar for Beginners
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Exercise: Which of the following songs recommended for practicing chord changes between the A chord and D chord stays on each chord for a bit longer, making it potentially easier for beginners?
Video class: JustinGuitar Lesson 1 Practice Routine | Guitar for Beginners
0h05m
Video class: My Practice Assistant: Track Your Progress for FREE | Guitar for Beginners
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Video class: Ready to Move On From Lesson 1 Practice Routine? Guitar for Beginners
0h02m
Exercise: According to the provided text, what is a crucial milestone to reach before moving on from Lesson 1 to Lesson 2 in the beginner electric guitar course?
Video class: Welcome to Module 2: Rhythm
0h02m
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