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Learn guitar the Right way! Beginner to intermediate guitar (Udemy.com)

9 hours! Beginner to intermediate guitar with proper technique. Understand the "why" behind what you play on guitar

Created by: Troy Davidson

Last updated April 2020

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What you will learn

  • Students will learn proper guitar playing technique, basic music theory, chords and scales and the ability to play hundreds of songs!

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 27% of them
  • Reviews613#30 of 184 by number of reviews
  • Length9 hourslonger than 86% of them
  • Last updatedApril 2020earlier than 57% of them

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Course Description

++++VIDEO CONTENT IS OVER 9 HOURS OF MATERIAL

++++COURSE INCLUDES 4 DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOKS TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH OR PRINT OUT AND MAKE NOTES ON

LEARN GUITAR THE RIGHT WAY!

If you have been trying to learn the guitar on your own, you may be frustrated with your progress. If you are trying to gather information from many different sources, taking a little bit from one teacher and a little bit from another and attempting to piece it all together, you will probably find it difficult to stay focused and on track toward your goal.

The Kickstarter series is designed in a very structured and systematic way. Every aspect 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.

Start first with the Essential Theory and Technique course-

ESSENTIAL THEORY AND TECHNIQUE

The Essential Theory and Technique for Guitar course designed for two main types of people; the beginner guitar player who has no guitar or musical experience and those who can play guitar a little bit but are wanting to understand the music theory behind what they are playing and to improve on their technique.

Music Is A Language

Learning music is like learning a language. Music notes are like letters of the alphabet. When you learn how to combine them, you can create chords, which are like words, and with words you can create sentences and tell stories.

There are some great guitar players who don’t necessarily know all of the theory behind what they are playing, but using the above analogy of music as a language, imagine the potential that is being missed out on by not fully understanding what you are playing. If you were taking a trip to France, you could buy a translation book that could tell you how to say certain phrases in French, such as “Where is the bathroom?” or “What time is it?”, but imagine how much more you could communicate if you were able to construct your own sentences and phrases in French? You could say whatever you wanted without limits. Music is similar; by understanding the “why”, and practicing the “how” you reduce the limitations and open up a world of opportunity to express yourself with your instrument.

The course includes a full color PDF E-Book which is over 50 pages and provides further explanation of the material in the videos as well as guitar neck diagrams for your reference.

This course is 2 hours and 20 minutes long and should provide you with weeks worth of material to work on.

The topics you will learn in this course include;

Part 1: Parts of the Guitar

Part 2: The Musical Alphabet

Part 3: Notes on the Neck

Part 4: Neck Diagrams

Part 5: Holding the Guitar

Part 6: Holding the Pick 

Part 7: Picking the Strings

Part 8: Left Hand Technique

Part 9: The Chromatic Scale 

Part 10: The Spider Exercise

Part 11: The C-Major Scale

Part 12: What is a “Key?”

Part 13: Standard Notation

Part 14: How Chords Are Made

Part 15: Playing Chords on the Guitar

Part 16: Other Major Scales

Part 17: Other Major Scales on the Guitar

Part 18: The G-Major Chord


Follow up with the Kickstarter course, our most popular course, enjoyed by thousands of students!

KICKSTARTER: LEVEL ONE

The Studio 33 Guitar Lessons Kickstarter course is designed to start at the beginner level and progress up to intermediate. This series not only teaches you “how” to play, but also focuses on the “why”. We won’t just tell you to “put your fingers here” to play this chord, we want you to really understand why certain notes work together, while others don’t. Because once you understand how scales work, and how chords are made, it will unlock the mystery of music theory and really open up the guitar neck so you can play beyond the basics.

Kickstarter Level One is over 2 and a half hours long and picks up right where the Essential Theory and Technique course left off.

Some of the things you will learn in this course will include Playing with a metronome, learning how to change chords smoothly and quickly, some new Major and Minor chords, proper strumming technique and

many popular strumming patterns and chord progressions to help you play your favorite songs.

The course also includes a full color PDF E-Book which is over 45 pages and provides further explanation of the material in the videos as well as guitar neck diagrams for your reference.

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.

Kickstarter Course: Level 1 is 2 hours and 32 minutes long and includes the following lessons:

Part 1: Technique Review

Part 2: Playing With a Metronome (Part 1)

Part 3: Plating With a Metronome (Part 2)

Part 4: The CADD9 Chord

Part 5: Counting Music

Part 6: Changing Chords

Part 7: D Major Chord

Part 8: Changing From G to D Chords

Part 9: Changing Chords G, D and C

Part 10: Forcing the Changes 

Part 11: Strumming “Upstrokes”

Part 12: Practice Routine

Part 13: 2 Octave Major Scales 

Part 14: E Minor Chord

Part 15: E Minor 7

Part 16: Changing To and From EMIN7

Part 17: Common Chord Progressions

Part 18: Strumming Patterns

Part 19: Common Strumming Patterns (Part 1) 

Part 20: Common Strumming Patterns (Part 2)

Part 21: Common Strumming Patterns (Part 3) 

Part 22: Common Strumming Patterns (Part 4)

Part 23: Common Strumming Patterns (Part 5)

Part 24: Which Strum Pattern?

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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.

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Reviews

4.5

613 ratings on Udemy

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By Ian on 2/21/2026

I cannot even get my fingers on the fretboard all at once for the exercise again another course that wont work...it is very painful but I will try for a few weeks just to see I could be one of the many who give up...

By AJ Gorospe on 5/27/2025

It's nice to learn the theory behind chords and why they're called that particular chord. Makes it easier to progress to the next thing. Teacher does a good job of giving enough time and explanation for student to get it in their head.

By Tony Flanagan on 2/6/2025

Troy is a very professional teacher, he has the patience of a saint and goes through every lesson very thoroughly. Highly recommend this course but be warned, you'll have to do a lot of work yourself, they haven't invented Matrix style learning yet :)

By Markus Arndt on 7/18/2024

A very good course for complete beginners like me. A little tad of theory behind what were doing, but not too much - just absolutely right. Then again many exercises to build your skillset. All properly explained, all well understandable. Love it!

By Emmanuel Okonko on 5/9/2024

This is such an amazing course. He makes it so easy to understand and I like the fact that he constantly talks about the reality of not getting it right immediately. I've been able to learn and play some songs with the basic chords so far. Just barre chords remaining I 100% recommend this for beginners

By John Hotchkiss on 5/3/2024

Yes this course meets my style of learning. I like to know the whys behind the hows and take it one step at a time. But it does not come easy-it takes a lot of practice and sore fingers. I would like to see maybe a few simple popular songs thrown in to show the chord progressions in action (eg Country Roads). This is a great course and I find myself anxious to get at it every evening.

By Valdemar Traça on 11/22/2020

I got really surprised with the structure of the course and is really handy for me, although I knew some of the things on theory and basics, I did not skip it because there is always something new to learn. You are really good teacher. You could do another course from intermediate to advanced that I would buy. This is a very underrated course that deserves all praise. Thank you for sharing your knowledge sir.

By Michael Mancuso on 5/12/2020

Great great instructor. Takes it nice and slow and when you follow what he is saying and practice, it is amazing how you can see yourself progressing

By Ricky Medhi on 4/21/2020

This is an excellent training course for anyone who would like to learn and play guitar for life! The course has been designed for anyone to learn guitar playing from the very basics without getting worried about the results. So far I have completed the course halfway through. I particularly liked the pace of the training and the fact the the training is not skipping the very basics of guitar playing. Cannot wait to complete the rest. Thanks!

By Anthony Marovich on 8/16/2017

I learned a lot of things I should have learned decades ago but couldn't find anyone competent to learn from. It cleared up so much. The only improvement I can think of is that there could have been a few more actual songs incorporated as examples. It's just a great course.

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