Description

Whether you have just started playing or want a comprehensive review of the basics, this packed lesson will get you up to speed. The lesson focuses on getting you up and enjoying what you play as you use TAB, standard notation, and fretboxes to cover the most fundamental chords and scales.

Keywords: beginner guitar lesson, first guitar lesson

Description

In this bumper-size lesson we will cover open position major, minor, minor 7, major 7, and dominant 7th chords as well as major and minor barre positions. With these chords in your chord vocabulary you’ll be able to play most pop/rock songs. Colour-coded fretboxes, TAB, and standard notation are used to help you gain a full understanding, including how to play the chords and how they are built.

Keywords: guitar chords, basic chords, simple chords, beginner chords

Description

The major scale is the basis for understanding harmony (including chords, arpeggios, other scales/modes) so thorough understanding is invaluable. In this lesson we look at six essential fretboard positions for playing major scales using fretboxes, standard notation and TAB.

Keywords: major scale, guitar