Welcome to the Beginning Guitarist. Although this site mainly focuses on teaching you how to solo, we wanted to make sure you had a solid grasp of the basics.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course you should understand:

• how to hold the guitar
• how to hold the pick and pick the strings
• the parts of the guitar
• the open strings of the guitar and their note names
• how to use the left hand to fret notes and pick the notes
• how to building speed with a metronome
• how to play some challenging chromatic exercises
• open chords
• switching between chords
• strumming chords

This course is taught by my good friend and excellent teacher Mark Donaghy who has vast experience teaching beginners.

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