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Beginner Guitar Lessons: Learn Guitar - The Complete Guide (Udemy.com)

Guitar Lessons For Every Beginner. Acoustic & Electric Guitar. Guitar Chords, Technique, Songs, Scales & Songwriting.

Created by: Marc Barnacle

Last updated July 2024

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What you will learn

  • A range of guitar chords, scales and an introduction to music theory - accessible for complete beginners
  • Diverse collection of well known guitar riffs and songs
  • Guitar Power & Bar Chords
  • Guidance to compose your own song and write lead guitar parts - with a live backing track provided for you to practice along to
  • Guitar Anatomy
  • Guitar Tuning
  • How to read chord boxes and tab
  • Guitar stretching and warm up exercises
  • Guitar Technique Development Exercises
  • Guitar strumming patterns and rhythm
  • Lead guitar improvisation
  • How to restring a guitar
  • Guitar Practice Schedules & Routines

How it compares

Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Guitar on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 67% of them
  • Reviews212#78 of 184 by number of reviews
  • Length7 hourslonger than 77% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2024more recently than 81% of them

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Course Description

This course will help you become a confident & creative guitar player. It progresses you to an intermediate level of guitar playing. And you don't need any previous guitar playing experience. You are able to join with an acoustic or electric guitar.

Guitar lessons can seem like a daunting process for some students. But with over 20 years playing & teaching experience - and a focus on encouraging self-belief and creative expression, I will make this an enjoyable and rewarding journey for you.

I have combined 3 of my guitar courses in to this package.


COURSE 1 - LEARN GUITAR: THE COMPLETE BEGINNERS GUIDE

In this class you will learn:


  • Guitar anatomy

  • Tuning

  • How to read chord boxes & tab

  • A variety of playing exercises to improve overall technique

  • A big selection of riffs from a mix of musical styles

  • Major and Minor chords

  • The foundations of Music Theory

  • Full songs (with extra ones attached as PDF's)

  • How to restring your guitar

  • How to develop timing

  • Strumming patterns

  • Power Chords

  • Scales

  • Lead guitar & improvisation

  • Hammer-on and Pull-off techniques

  • How to create chord structures and work within keys of music

  • Songwriting - how to compose your own music

I also provide a live backing track for you to jam along with me. This is a chance for you to implement all of the lead guitar knowledge you have acquired - and to generally just have fun and get creative. I strongly believe that everyone has unique creative expression, and this will be an opportunity to discover and explore yours.


COURSE 2 - POWER & BAR CHORDS

This 2nd class is all about mastering Power & Bar Chords. It will begin to work you up to an intermediate level - on either acoustic or electric guitar.

These chords open up a ton of possibilities! They are incredibly versatile and are used in a huge amount of music. They are an essential step in any guitar players development and they unlock a lot of doors!

We are going to look at the correct way to shape these particular chords and learn some very useful stretching/warm up exercises that are going to improve the overall strength and independence in your fingers.

A wide variety of songs will be a big focus throughout. And we will utilise this range of music to develop a broad playing style, that will leave you feeling even more confident and creative on the guitar.

I supply a backing track, that provides an example of how you can use each of these chords alongside each other. And I will again encourage you to write your own music and expand your unique, creative ability.


COURSE 3 - GUITAR PRACTICE: IMPROVE YOUR FINGER STRENGTH, STRETCH, SPEED & INDEPENDENCE

This final course is all about improving guitar technique and creating effective guitar practice routines. This is designed to cater for your progression from beginner to intermediate guitar player - but even the more accomplished & experienced guitar players will be able to take something from this class.

We are going to cover a ton of different exercises that will improve your guitar:


  • Finger strength

  • Stretching capabilities

  • Speed you're able to play at

  • Finger independence

The lessons are designed to move at an easy to follow pace, and along the way, I throw in some classic guitar riffs that will help us implement these techniques.

As well as guiding you through these exercises, I will also encourage you to start thinking about how you could create your own practice techniques - and I will always aim to instil the belief that you are able to discover and express your own, unique playing style and ability.


By the end of these courses, you will have developed a great standard of playing, will be well versed in a variety of guitar knowledge, and will have all the tools you need to take your guitar playing and creativity to the next level.


Your journey doesn't need to end here


I have created a Fingerpicking Guitar Class on Udemy - 'Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons: Beginner Fingerpicking' - This fingerpicking guitar course covers everything you need to play fingerstyle on the guitar. It’s suitable for the complete beginner and works up to an intermediate fingerstyle level - on both acoustic and electric guitar. Simply search that title or click on my teacher profile to find that class and all the others that I upload.

I'm available throughout your entire learning journey - so please feel free to reach out with questions

All the best.

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Instructor Details

Marc Barnacle

Hey,

I’m Marc - A full time musician and Director/Instructor of the music charity T.I.M.E - Together In Musical Expression.

I've been playing guitar for over 20 years, and teaching for 15. My role at TIME means I am highly experienced at helping people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, discover their musical potential. I aim to encourage self-expression, increase confidence and creativity, and  instil the belief that participation in music can be available and accessible to everyone.

I am passionate about creating online music classes that are inspiring, fun and have a focus on discovering your own creative potential.

Please check out the first in my series - 'Beginner Guitar Lessons: Learn Guitar - The Complete Guide' - and the follow up - 'Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons: Beginner Fingerpicking' and 'Learn Guitar Chords: Electric and Acoustic For All Levels'

I have also launched a Bass Guitar Course -  'Beginner Bass Guitar Lessons: A Complete Guide'. And a Beginners Guide To Ukulele.

I am regularly creating courses, covering all aspects of the guitar, production and theory - so please keep an eye on updates and send me any suggestions for what you would like me to feature.

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Reviews

4.7

212 ratings on Udemy

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By Daniela Aguilar on 6/28/2024

Hes so nice and patient explaining, im liking it so far! Im just skipping through some things as I do have some knowledge, but the little tips he gives are super helpful!

By Amina Gwinn on 1/10/2023

I'm only on the 2nd or 3rd lesson, but so far I think it is a good match for me. I appreciate the engaging teaching style. The preliminaries of learning how to tune and how to sit/hold the guitar and pick are good ways for the student to get used to the feeling overall, without even realizing that is what's happening.

By Daanish Chacko on 12/18/2022

It is my first time touching a guitar and this course help me a lot am getting comfortable now with my guitar i would recommend any one who want to start play guitar this course

By Aarif Dara on 12/18/2022

He takes everything nice and slowly and explains everything in detail, in a way that anyone can understand. It doesn't matter if you know how to play guitar or don't even know what a guitar is this course will make you an awesome guitarist from whatever stage you are at!

By Tushar Yadav on 7/3/2022

I am very interested in Guitar learning so I tried many courses but they were not very good. But this course is really amazing and I completed this course and learned many new things.

By Hüseyin Göktürk on 6/14/2022

went to fast. could not understand how the fret-open thing worked, please elaborate more.

By Aaron Rabbi Isaac Gonzalez Garcia on 11/1/2021

Pretty High quality video and presentation. I already know a lot of this basics but I love how they are fresh to me and getting some tips i didnt know before.

By Nicole Katherine Lehmann on 6/6/2021

I find the Teacher really engaging. He has a great style, explains things really clearly and I fell nice and relaxed. Love the tip on the Fender tuning app. I am also trying to nurture my creative writing abilities and looking forward to the song writing component. First things first though...:)

By Andrew Oakley on 2/17/2021

Great course for beginner guitarists!... Surprised at easy it was to follow! Excellent use of camera angles for the more fiddly parts. Loved how simply everything is explained and in language easy to understand! Most importantly... no widdling! Quality course, really well put together!

By Tom Jackson on 2/8/2021

Perfect for beginners or anybody looking to get back to basics with guitar, clear and concice lessons from start to finish, couldn't recommend highly enough!

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