Hey, it’s Claude Johnson from . How’s it going? Today I want to give you an easy guitar lesson for beginners and listen, it’s all about playing your favorite songs, right? The thing with guitar is, it’s really not that complicated. What you’re going to find is that once you learn the basic chords you’re going to be able to play so many songs. When you get started, and I know it can be intimidating with, oh, I’ve got to learn all this stuff, but really it’s not that hard.
I did a previous video on the seven basic chords. I’m going to just keep coming back to that because you really can do
So much and again, those chords are E minor, G, C, D, A, A minor and E minor. Let me give you a couple examples of
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Check out this one. A little bit high-up for me to sing, but you can also sing it down an octave. Obviously, by the
Way, that’s Jane’s Addiction, “Jane Says”. If that’s too high for you to sing, you can sing it down. But even before
You start trying to play and sing together you just need to be able to do this. That’s G to A. Notice that I’m doing a
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First thing, obviously you need to know those basic chords. You need to know your G, you need to know your A and you need to be able to switch between them fast enough. Once you have that down — don’t get caught-up in trying to count. Like, is that a quarter note, an eighth note? Just kind of mimic. I’ll show you the strum pattern. You can mimic that. I’ll slow it down for you. Notice at the end, a little percussive rake in there. Again, it’s not about getting it perfect,
Just mimic it. My main point is that you can be playing something as simple as just two chords and you’ve almost
Here’s another example. That’s Nirvana, “About a Girl” and it’s E minor to G. Again, same thing, it’s just learn E minor,
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So what’s my point of all this stuff? Number one, you can play something as simple as two chords and you’re playing
Music. Number two, again, focus on those basic seven chords, which I show you in detail on another video. And number three, the whole thing is just not complicated. Just learn a couple basic chords and be able to play them well and the whole thing is just going to open up to you.
That said, if you’d like to learn more about my methodology, I call this the one-two-three method. Number one, learn the chords; number two, learn to put them together into chord progressions; and number three, play the complete songs. I go into a lot of detail on this process and give you 75 in-depth examples, the exact way to play 75 of your
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Today we have another installment in the pentatonic licks series from Guitar Control instructor Darrin Goodman, aka Uncle D. This time Uncle D goes oveIf you want to learn how to play guitar but don’t know where to start you are in the right place. This lesson will show you how to play your first real song on the guitar in five easy to follow steps. These steps include The Guitar Fundamentals (How To Hold The Guitar and The Basic Numbering Systems For The Guitar), Basic Strumming, Basic Chord Shapes, Changing Chords Smoothly, and Your First Song. Everything you learn here can be applied to both the electric guitar and the acoustic guitar.
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Throughout this lesson you will get some tips to help you avoid a lot of the trouble areas that most new players experience. This will keep you from getting frustrated and give you a great foundation for everything you will learn in future guitar lessons.
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The two fundamentals we will cover here are how to hold the guitar and the three basic numbering systems for the guitar.
The Casual Method: There are several ways that you can hold the guitar, but we will just cover the most common one in this lesson. The casual method of holding the guitar is when you simply place the guitar on your right leg, if you are right handed, and pull it in close to your body. The temptation as a new guitar player is usually to let the guitar slide down your leg so you can see what is going on. Try to avoid that. Pull the guitar in close to your body and sit up straight.
For more information and a dedicated video lesson on the different ways of holding the guitar check out How To Hold The Guitar.
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Frets: The metal strips that go along the neck of the guitar. The one farthest to your left, if you are right handed, is the first fret. The next one to the right of the first one is the second and so on. This is very simple but it’s important to understand for when you start learning chords and scales.
Fingers: The numbering system for the fingers on your fretting hand is very simple but also important. Your index finger is your first finger, your middle finger is your second finger, your ring finger is your third finger, and your pinky is your fourth finger. Again, super-simple but really important for when you start learning where to put your fingers to make chords.
Strings: The final numbering system is for the open strings of the guitar. The thinnest string is the first string and the thickest string is the sixth string. Pretty easy to remember.
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Choosing A Pick: Lot’s of students ask what type of pick they should use. I would recommend starting with a standard shaped medium thickness pick, about .73mm. From there you can try thicker or thinner picks and decide what you like for yourself. If you don’t want to use a pick you don’t have to. You can simply make the strumming motions with your thumb or thumb and index finger.
Holding A Pick: How you hold the pick, the pick grip, is pretty subjective. You can start with a pretty generic pick grip and experiment from there. Put the pick on the pad of your thumb and then come down on it with you index finger. Try to stay relaxed. Many newer guitarists have trouble holding on to the pick when strumming. If that is the case you can always try holding on to the pick with your thumb and first and second fingers. That just gives you a little more control and stability. Experiment with different pick grips and see what works for you.
Strumming Tip: The best analogy I’ve heard for this is to pretend like you have a feather stuck to your pinky with some honey. Pretend like you are just trying to shake that feather off. The motion of your wrist and your elbow working together is a great mechanic to think about when strumming. It helps you stay relaxed and keeps you from using just your elbow for the motion. Take your pick and try a few relaxed downstroke motions. Be sure to think about the honey and feather analogy.
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Upstrokes: Upstroke strumming can be pretty challenging at first. I have a couple of tips for you that will make this a bit easier. First of all, when you do an upstroke you don’t have to strum through all six strings even if the chord you are playing uses all six strings. Most people generally only hit the top 3-5 strings with their upstrokes. Tip number two is to only use as much of the pick as you need to strum at the appropriate volume you need for the song you are playing. If you dig too much of the pick into the strings you will probably have trouble getting it through all the stings. Try some relaxed upstrokes and be sure to keep the previous two tips in mind.
Counting: Let’s talk about counting now. Most songs are in four-four time. That just means that there are four beats for each measure of music. Think about when you hear a drummer count in a song “1 2 3 4”. Those numbers are the beat of the music. Now try counting out loud “1 2 3 4” and strumming with downstrokes on the “1” of each cycle as you count. When you do this you are strumming whole notes. Now try strumming on every number as you count using downstrokes or alternating down and upstrokes. If you strum on every number you will be strumming quarter notes.
If you want more in-depth information on strumming check out this video lesson on How To Strum The Guitar. Also, be sure to sign up for The Strumming Bootcamp. It's a free 5-part video
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