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Beginner Acoustic Guitar Lessons

If you're brand new to the guitar, we'll show you where to get started like how to hold the guitar, how to tune it, how to sit properly, how to use the pick, the difference between guitar types, playing melodies, scales and chords - anything and everything you need to know to get started today.

6.3 Hours

63 Lessons

Taught by

Bobby Koelble

Dave Kropf

Course Content

All Topics

Guitar Basics & First Melodies

Guitar Open Chords & Beginners Songs

Power Chords & Scales

Intermediate Guitar Chords & Music Theory

Topic1

Bobby Koelble

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Introduction to Guitar

00:00:0000:17:51

Introduction to Playing Guitar and Anatomy

Holding and Balancing a Guitar

Names of the Strings and Remembering

Difficulty

Completed

Topic2

Bobby Koelble

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Right Hand, Left Hand, and Understanding Basic Timing

00:00:0000:31:41

Right Hand Basics and Nothing Else Matters Intro

Left Hand Basics

Combining Both Hands

Basic Note Subdivision and Rhythm Value

Difficulty

Completed

Topic3

Bobby Koelble

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First Guitar Song Melodies

00:00:0000:23:50

Ode to Joy

Come As You Are

Redemption Song

Smoke on the Water

Difficulty

Completed

Topic4

Bobby Koelble

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Basic Guitar Chords and Switching

00:00:0000:17:28

Introduction to Beginners Chords

Beginners G and C Chords

D7 Chord and Switching between Chords

Knocking on Heavens Door (Beginners Version)

Difficulty

Completed

Topic5

Bobby Koelble

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Essential Major Open Chords

00:00:0000:32:12

Introduction and G Open Chord

C Major Open Chord

D Major Open Chord

Switching between G, C, and D Chords

Knocking on Heavens Door (with Open Chords)

Sweet Home Alabama

Difficulty

Completed

Topic6

Bobby Koelble

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Expanding Open Chords (Minor)

00:00:0000:21:17

E Minor Open Chord

Brown Eyed Girl Chords and Rhythm

Brown Eyed Girl-Song with Backing Track

Difficulty

Completed

Topic7

Bobby Koelble

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Major and Minor Guitar Chords Essentials

00:00:0000:00:41

Introduction

Major Chords-E and A Chords

Major Chord Switching and Introduction to a New Rhythm

More Minor Open Chords - Am and Dm and Switching between Chords

Difficulty

Completed

Topic8

Bobby Koelble

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Major Scale and Alternate Picking

00:00:0000:32:51

Intro to Major Scales and G Major Position

Alternate Picking

Song Lesson - Joker

Difficulty

Completed

Topic9

Bobby Koelble

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Guitar Power Chords Essentials

00:00:0000:25:19

Power Chord Basics

Naming Power Chords and Brain Stew Riff

Palm Muting

Song Lesson - Paranoid Riff

Difficulty

Completed

Topic10

Bobby Koelble

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Pentatonics and Improvisation Basics

00:00:0000:14:34

Introduction and Am Pentatonic Scale

Moving Positions

Song Lesson - Crossroads

Difficulty

Completed

Topic11

Bobby Koelble

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Blues Foundations

00:00:0000:38:31

Introduction and Basics of 12 Bar Blues

Variations to 12 Bar Blues

Basic Blues Rhythm

Changing Key (Key of E)

Difficulty

Completed

Topic12

Bobby Koelble

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F Chord and Practice Ideas

00:00:0000:32:19

F Chord

Chord Overview and Efficient Practice Tips

Practicing with Metronome

Angie (Chords, Rhythm, and Practice Tips)

Difficulty

Completed

Topic13

Bobby Koelble

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Four String Movable Chords

00:00:0000:15:04

F and Fm Chords

Moving F and Fm Chords

Bb and Bbm Chords

Song Example-Hotel California

Difficulty

Completed

Topic14

Bobby Koelble

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Basic Guitar Music Theory

00:00:0000:43:36

Introduction to Basic Guitar Theory

Natural Notes

Accidental Notes (Sharps and Flats)

Construction of Major Scales

Relative Minor Scale

Pentatonic Scale Construction

Chord Construction

Difficulty

Completed

Topic15

Bobby Koelble

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Barre Chords

00:00:0000:27:00

Introduction and Basics of Barre Chord

Barre Chord Shape 1

Barre Chord Shape 2

Barre Chord Shape 3

Barre Chord Shape 4

Practice Tips and Conclusion

Difficulty

Completed

What you’ll learn

To master open, major, and minor chords, and grasp fundamental scale concepts

Gain confidence in strumming, chord transitions, scale application for improvisation, and composition, laying a strong foundation for guitar exploration

By the end:

Confidently play and switch between chords and songs!