Guitar 101: Beginner Lessons for Acoustic Guitar
Takes basic guitar skills and turns them into talents worthy of a solo on stage!
Turn Your Basic Guitar Skills into Stage-Worthy Talents Today!
Have you ever found yourself in awe of the guitar greats, wondering how they honed their craft? Chances are, they started just like you – with a burning passion and a desire to learn. Now, it's your turn to embark on this exciting journey with our ultimate beginner's guitar course.
About the Course
"Guitar 101: Beginner Lessons for Acoustic Guitar" is your comprehensive guide to mastering the art of guitar playing. This course is meticulously designed to take you from a novice to a confident guitarist, ready to perform on any stage. We believe that perfect beginnings lead to perfect performances, and we're here to provide you with all the tools you need.
Whether you're a complete beginner or have some basic knowledge, this course will elevate your skills, transforming you into an accomplished musician.
What You'll Learn
The course covers all the basics and beyond:
- Theory and Practice: The main objective of guitar lessons is to acquire theoretical bases as well as practical techniques in music theory.
- Fretboard Concepts: Understanding fretboard concepts, shapes or movements that are new.
- Naming and Counting: Know all the open strings, and note names as well as numbers, without counting. Find any fret number without counting.
- Fundamentals of Music Theory: Apply the fundamentals of music theory as they relate to the guitar.
- Understanding the Guitar: Give students an understanding of the guitar, tuning, and reading music.
- Learn New Songs: Learn and memorize new songs.
- Chord Mastery: Learn the shapes of major and minor chords.
- Acoustic Techniques: Learn the best styles and techniques of the acoustic guitar to spice up playing.
- Fundamentals of Acoustic Guitar: Learning the fundamentals of an acoustic guitar might be challenging depending on your goals, but it's a key objective.
Your Learning Resources
This course comes packed with a wealth of downloadable resources for you to save and print. The interactive player feature allows you to listen to the musical notation, slow it down for practice, and even print it for later use.
Embark on Your Musical Journey Today
Don't just admire star guitarists from afar - start your journey to becoming one today! "Guitar 101: Beginner Lessons for Acoustic Guitar" is your ticket to the world of professional guitar playing.
Are you ready to make your mark in the world of music? Let's make beautiful music together.
Your Instructor
Samuel Ramos is an experienced educator, instructional designer, and musician. He graduated from Antillean Adventist University with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and Full Sail University with a Master's Degree in Educational Media Design and Technology, giving him the knowledge to excel in both academics and music.
Not only has Samuel served as a music teacher and assistant professor of guitar at the Inter-American University of San German, Puerto Rico, but he has also had the opportunity to become a multimedia designer for the Walt Disney Company, a digital learning designer for the University of St. Augustine at the San Marcos, California campus, and a senior instructional technologist for the University of San Diego. His skills have also extended to LMS Administrator/Instructional Designer for Taylor Guitars in San Diego, California. He has written several instructional books on playing various instruments, including the Puerto Rican cuatro, guitar, and mandolin.
When he is not busy teaching or creating content, Samuel dedicates his time to 4jibaro.com - a website that serves as an online community to promote awareness of Puerto Rican folk music and heritage. Through his work here, Samuel seeks to bring hope and joy to people through music by changing the world - one note at a time!
Course Curriculum
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StartSpotlight on the Classical Guitar
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StartSpotlight on the Acoustic Guitar
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StartThe Evolution of the Electric Guitar
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StartParts of the Guitar (1:31)
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StartExploring the Fretboard: An Essential Component of the Guitar
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StartA Brief Introduction to Tonewoods
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StartTuning the Guitar
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StartPosture & Numbering the Fingers (3:56)