Electric Guitar Basics
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In this class, I guide you through the essentials of learning to play the electric guitar. The course starts with learning about what gear you’ll need and ends with learning how to write your own music on guitar.
This class is designed for absolute beginners with no prior experience playing electric guitar as well as for folks wanting to brush up on the basics of the instrument.
If you’ve been wanting to learn how to play electric guitar but have been putting it off because you’re not sure how to get started, then this class is for you. The goal of this class is to get you playing electric guitar as quickly as possible. Once you complete this course, you’ll have the basics in place so that you can start learning how to play your favorite songs and riffs and even create your own music.
Included in this class are many downloadable resources: tips for tuning your guitar, warm up exercises, chord diagrams, scales and sheet music, as well as an audio recording for you to play along with.
In order to take this class, you’ll need an electric guitar, guitar amplifier, instrument cable and a tuner (you can use a free tuning app for your phone or tablet).
In this course, you’ll learn:
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Gear You Will Need
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Electric Guitar Anatomy
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How to Hold Your Electric Guitar and Pick
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How to Tune Your Electric Guitar
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How to Fret Notes
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Plugging In and Setting Your Tone
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How to Read Tablature
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Warm Up Exercises
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How to Play 5 Guitar Riffs
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How Pitch Works on the Guitar
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How to Read Chord Diagrams
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5 Essential Chords: Em, D, C, G, Am
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Strumming, Beats and Rhythm
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How to Play Two Songs
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What 4/4 Time Means
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Your First Scales
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How to Write Your Own Music
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Lead Guitar Examples
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Tips, Tricks & Resources
I also provide a backing track for you to jam along with me during one of the video lessons, as well as a downloadable mp3 version of it. This is an opportunity for you to have fun and jam!
I would love to hear from you and am happy to answer any questions, so please feel free to reach out to me by sending me a message here on Udemy.
I hope that this class inspires you to learn more about how to play guitar and create music. I have other classes available here on Udemy and suggest “Create a Chord Progression on Guitar (Major Key)” to continue your learning.
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1
IntroductionWelcome to the class!
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Class Project
In this lesson I introduce the project for this course.
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Gear You Will Need
In this lesson we cover the gear you will need to get started playing electric guitar.
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Electric Guitar Anatomy
This lesson is about the different parts of your electric guitar.
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5
Hold Your Guitar and Pick
This lesson is about how to hold the guitar while sitting down and how to hold a guitar pick.
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How to Tune Your Guitar
In this lesson I show you how to tune your guitar using an app.
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How to Fret Notes
This lesson is about how to fret notes properly on your electric guitar.
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8
Plug In and Set Your Tone
This lesson is an introduction on how to plug your guitar into your amp, how to connect your guitar pedals and how to dial in the settings on your guitar and amp.
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How to Read Tablature
This lesson is an introduction to tablature (tabs).
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Warm Up Exercises 1 & 2
In this lesson we get into a nice warm up exercise to get us loose and more comfortable with the fretboard.
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Riff 1
In this lesson we learn how to play our first riff.
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How Pitch Works
In this lesson we learn how pitch works on the guitar.
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Riff 2
In this lesson we learn how to play another riff on the low E string.
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Riff 3
In this lesson we learn how to play another riff on the A string and low E string.
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Reading Chord Diagrams
In this lesson I show you how to read chord diagrams.
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Introduction to Chords
In the next several lessons we’re going to focus on learning our first chords.
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E Minor Chord
In this lesson we learn our first chord, Em.
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D Chord
In this lesson we learn how to play the D major chord.
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C Chord
In this lesson we learn how to play another open chord, the C chord.
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G Chord
In this lesson we learn how to play another open chord, the G chord.
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Strumming and Rhythm
We’re almost ready to play our first song, but first we’re going to cover strumming.
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22
Reading Tab with Rhythm
In this lesson we learn how to read a form of tablature that includes rhythm.
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Song 1
In this lesson we learn how to play our first song.
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Song 2
In this lesson we learn how to play another song.
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4/4 Time
In this lesson we learn about 4/4 time.
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A Minor Chord
In this lesson we learn how to play the chord Am.
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Create Your Own Music
In this lesson we learn how to put our new knowledge of chords, scales, rhythms and setting our guitar tone together to make our own original music.
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30
Lead Guitar Example
In this lesson I play the backing track that I’ve created for this project and then jam some lead guitar ideas using the Em pentatonic scale.
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Backing Track Tips
In this lesson I give you some quick tips on how to get the most out of the backing track that I’ll be playing for you.
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Jam with Me
In this lesson I play my project chord progression along with a beat so that you can play along and try out some lead guitar ideas of your own.
