Most beginners believe that they need to know how to read music, understand theory, struggle through boring exercises and learn hundreds of chords to play acoustic guitar. NOT SO!

Guitar is the most popular instrument on the planet because it's the easiest instrument to learn how to play. Thousands of popular songs can be played with just a few chords and a couple of strumming patterns.

Learn those few chords and strumming patterns, along with the basics of holding and tuning a guitar and you too will be able to play hundreds of your favorite songs. And that's what Jump Start Acoustic is all about - a quick, easy, fun and interactive approach for learning how to play acoustic guitar.

Jump Start Acoustic starts you off with a series of video guitar lessons showing you how to tune up, hold the guitar and position your hands. Next up, you'll start learning the most common chords used in popular music - only 12 of them and they're all easy! Strumming patterns come next followed by a series of lessons showing you how to change chords easily and quickly while playing progressions and songs. You'll then pull it all together by working through a couple of classic songs. That's it! Now grab a songbook or download lyrics and chord sheets of your favorite songs and play your heart out!