Skip to content
UdemyGuitarPaid courseBeginner levelCertificate

Electric Guitar for Beginners - RockStarter Level 1 (Udemy.com)

Learn how to play rock style electric guitar

Created by: Troy Davidson

Last updated March 2017

icon
What you will learn

  • Understand the essential techniques needed for playing rock style electric guitar. Learn how to play a number of popular rock guitar songs.

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 15% of them
  • Reviews40#157 of 184 by number of reviews
  • Length2.7 hoursshorter than 63% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2017earlier than 86% of them

icon
Course Description

RockStarter Level 1 is 2 hours and 43 minutes long and includes a full color PDF E-Book to print/ follow along with.

Welcome to the Rockstarter series for beginner Rock style guitar. The RockStarter Level One course is designed for the beginner guitar player, or for someone who has some experience playing acoustic guitar but would now like to move into the world of electric rock style guitar playing.  The course is laid out in a very structured and systematic way. Every topic/ technique is taught in extensive detail and every section progresses from the previous one. You can spend as much time on each section as you need.

In Rockstarter Level 1, we begin with some basic technique and theory review and then talk about guitar effects pedals like overdrive and distortion to help you achieve that classic rock guitar sound. Then we jump into important strumming hand techniques like Palm Muting and Percussive Strumming.

We will show you how you can make slight changes to chords you already know, to give them more of a rock guitar sound. Then will learn what “Power Chords” are and how they are made as well as some technique tips on how to make them sound even better.

Next we will show you some common rock chord progressions that will remind you of many of your favorite rock songs, and we will incorporate techniques such as “Sliding Power Chords”, “Hammer Ons” and “Pull Offs”

You will learn how to play the Major scale and the Minor Pentatonic scale across two octaves and how to start using these scales in solos.

Then the real fun begins as we look at how to get started playing Lead guitar and introduce techniques such as Vibrato and String Bending.

Finally, we bring it all together and show you how you can start combining these techniques to create awesome sounding lead guitar riffs!

This course is packed with information, but it is presented in a structured, and systematic way. Each step of the way you will be building upon the knowledge you have learned in the previous lessons, so you will never feel overwhelmed or in over your head. You can move through these lessons at your own pace and watch the videos as many times as you like.

Rockstarter Level 1 is 2 hours and 43 minutes long and includes the following lessons:

Part 1: Parts of the Electric Guitar

Part 2: Technique Review

Part 3: Tone/ Effects Pedals

Part 4: The Notes on the Neck

Part 5: The Major Scale

Part 6: Right Hand Muting

Part 7: Palm Muting (watch for free on this page)

Part 8: Modified Chords

Part 9: Power Chords

Part 10: Power Chord Progressions

Part 11: Sliding Power Chords

Part 12: Open String Power Chords (watch for free on this page)

Part 13: Open String Power Chord Progressions

Part 14: Transition Notes

Part 15: The I, IV, V Progression

Part 16: Percussive Strums (watch for free on this page)

Part 17: Hammer On Chords

Part 18: Major Scale Two Octaves

Part 19: Lead Guitar

Part 20: Minor Pentatonic Scale

Part 21: Minor Pentatonic Scale Two Octaves

Part 22: Vibrato Techniques

Part 23: Using Vibrato

Part 24: Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

Part 25: String Bending

Part 26: Soloing

Part 27: Conclusion

icon
Udemy Discount

The discount is applied through our link. Open the course from here and Udemy's current promotional price is applied at checkout on most courses, no code to type.

Some courses are excluded from Udemy's promotions. If the price does not drop, clear your browser cookies and use the button again.

icon
Instructor Details

Troy Davidson

Hi I'm Troy from Studio33Guitar! I have been playing guitar for over 30 years and have taught for almost as long. 

From private lessons to video lessons, I have had the pleasure of teaching thousands of people of various age and skill levels from all over the world.

After teaching so many people, I have developed a curriculum that has evolved and been refined over the years into what I believe to be the best step by step approach to learning guitar. My philosophy about learning guitar is that knowledge goes hand in hand with technique. If you want to simply play a few chords, you can easily find someone to show you where to place your fingers on the guitar neck. But if you really want to succeed as a musician, it’s important for you to understand what it is you are playing. Studio33Guitar lessons teach just that; the “why” along with the “how”.

Don’t be frightened by the term “music theory”, our lessons are laid out in a very organized, and structured, yet simple way that will teach you in a true step by step approach.

icon
More courses by Troy Davidson

$84.99

$11.99

icon
More Guitar courses

$119.99

$79.99

$49.99

$74.99

$59.99

$54.99

icon
Reviews

4.4

40 ratings on Udemy

Select a bar to show only those reviews.Select the bar again to show every rating.

By John Rice on 1/24/2021

This is an excellent course. The information is perfect for the beginner guitar player. Troy has a method of presenting the material, and I think this makes the person taking the course very engaged. I can see that this is an instructor that loves what he is doing.

By Russ F on 8/20/2020

Excellent course. This along with the foundational course from Studio33/Troy I would highly recommend. Buy once, repeat the courses several times over a few months.

By Marcel Toeltl on 7/17/2020

Der Kurs ist gut aufgebaut und nachvollziehbar. Der Referent ist gut verständlich und das Tempo war für mich gerade richtig. Nun weiss ich was die verschiedenen Begriffe der Spieltechnik bedeuten und wie man sie spielt. Nun ist üben angesagt.

By Sean Rockett on 4/15/2020

Great course! Learned lots of tricks and improved my technique. Thank you!

By Johnrobertson on 10/4/2017

I think this a great course to learn what chords and scales and how to put them together I want to thank you for a good foundation to understanding what I am doing and you do it slow enough to give me the confidence that I can do it with practice thank you

By Lynea Forrester on 4/8/2017

This is a really great course. Perfect for a beginner or for someone who needs a refresher. Solid teaching, clear and easy to follow along. The pdf book is really well done too. If you want to learn electric guitar, you should get this course. Great job Studio33!

By Satish Ramakrishnan on 4/2/2017

Love the explanations and the details. Great fun while learning at the same time. Would recommend this to any beginner.

By Matt F. on 3/30/2017

Great electric guitar course!

Showing all 8 reviews on CourseDuck

Read all 40 reviews on Udemy

icon
Quality Score

No CourseDuck member has rated this course yet. Taken it? Give each part a thumbs up or down.

Content Quality
/
Video Quality
/
Qualified Instructor
/
Course Pace
/
Course Depth & Coverage
/

Overall Score : 88 / 100