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From zero to your first song
The beginner's course: from holding your guitar to your first song and a real rhythm.
Beginner · 8 lessons · ± 98 minutes
Your progress0 of 8 lessons done
- 110 min
Lesson 1: Getting to know your guitar
Every part of your guitar and the names of the six strings.
- 210 min
Lesson 2: Holding and tuning
A good playing posture and a guitar that's always in tune.
- 312 min
Lesson 3: Your first notes
E, F and G on the thinnest string — and how to read the fretboard chart.
- 412 min
Lesson 4: Your first chord: Em
With just two fingers you play your first real chord.
- 512 min
Lesson 5: Your second chord: Am
Am looks a lot like Em — with one extra finger.
- 615 min
Lesson 6: Switching between chords
The one-minute-change exercise that grows your switching speed.
- 715 min
Lesson 7: Your first song
Frère Jacques — your first complete song with chord accompaniment.
- 812 min
Lesson 8: Your first rhythm
Counting in fours and your first strumming pattern — that's when it starts sounding like a song.