Welcome to the A1 Guitar Course For Beginners.
If you want to learn the guitar in an easy to follow program then this course is for you!
Geoff Sinker is a professional guitar teacher with over 30 years of teaching experience working in various music schools around the world. He holds a bachelors degree in teaching the guitar from the Trinity College Of London.
This course is designed from the ground up, based on his experience in teaching beginners of all ages and working with examination boards including Trinity College and the Royal School Of Music. He has worked with hundreds of students preparing them for graded exams including Rockschool & Trinity Rock & Pop.
In this course you will learn the fundamentals of playing the guitar with just enough theory included to make sense of what your learning.
You will learn how to play basic beginner chords that are used on 1000s of easy to play songs. You will learn how to combine chords with strumming to create some of the most popular strumming patterns used in modern music.
You will also look at programs and tools that allow you to learn and study songs slowly so you can gradually develop and build your confidence in the guitar.
The course includes a number of classic songs arranged in a easy to play format so you can measure your rogress by playing songs that your know and will enjoy learning.
As you work progressively through the course you will be introduced to scales and in particular the Pentatanic scale. Through the use of the specially recorded backing tracks included in this course, you will start to play lead guitar solos you never though would be possible for you as a beginner.
By the completion of the course you will be able to:
Play a hundred chords both open and Bar chords
Strum the most popular rhythmic patterns
Understand and read tablature.
Have the ability to identify notes on the fretboard
Play the Pentatonic scale in any key
Play the Blues scale
Play along with backing tracks
Play a number of popular songs
Be satisfied with your progress
