Guitar Discovery for Kids
Congratulations on getting your first guitar! Now let's learn to play it. Jim Deeming gets us up and running with the beginner skills needed to start your journey! This course will cover everything you need to get started whether you're playing acoustic or electric guitar - these skills apply to both. So let's get started!
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About this course
Congratulations on getting your first guitar! Now let's learn to play it. Jim Deeming gets us up and running with the beginner skills needed to start your journey! This course will cover everything you need to get started whether you're playing acoustic or electric guitar - these skills apply to both. So let's get started!
What you'll learn
- Apply alternate picking to a simple melody across three strings
- Play a complete melody line using alternate picking
- Apply proper tuning technique (tune up from below pitch)
- Create pauses in melodies by strategically omitting upstrokes
- Understand how picking patterns relate to rhythm and timing
Release date: 05/27/2022 • 1h 35m runtime
Sample lessons
Strumming Workshop
Learn a Song: Yankee Doodle
7th Chords
What's included
18 lessons • 17 charts
Intro & Tuning
Get an overview of all 18 lessons and learn to tune your guitar.
G Chord and Basic Strums
Learn your first chord, the G major as well as a very basic strumming pattern.
The C and D chords
Learn the C major and D major chords and play them along with the G major.
Strumming Workshop
Learn to sound more musical with upstrokes and downstrokes.
Strumming Workshop 2
Spice up your playing with another strumming pattern.
The Boom-Chuck Strum
Learn the boom-chuck strumming pattern, popular in country and blues playing.
Learn a Song: Yankee Doodle
Practice your strumming and learn to play Yankee Doodle.
+ 11 more lessons
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