Back to all courses

Electric Beginners Level 1

Guitar Skills

Difficulty

Beginner

Get instant access

Introduction

Lay the best foundations

Welcome to our Electric Beginners Level One course! If you're just starting out with an electric guitar then this is the course you need. We'll take you step by step through the key aspects you need to lay the foundations of your guitar playing and this is where we lose any bad habits and really focus on building good habits and good techniques. We focus on this from the very start to set you up to progress as quickly and efficiently through this and future courses as possible!

I'll take you step by step through the key aspects you need to lay the foundations for a lifetime of guitar playing.

Dan Holton

Impress friends and family

In this course we look at a wide range of open chords, how to strum properly, how to read chord charts, how to play dynamically and much more along the way! It's important to make sure these ideas have taken root, so to ensure that you're applying all these new skills we challenge you with a song at the end of each unit. These songs are written specifically for us and are recorded by extremely talented professional musicians making them the perfect way to master your new techniques! By the end of this course you will have laid the foundations for a lifetime of guitar playing and be ready to move on and tackle the next level up!

Featuring:

20 HD videos

Full lesson notes

Backing tracks

Supporting diagrams

Interactive guitar tab

This course includes the following 4 units:

Unit 1

Essentials Part 1

This course is all about laying the foundations. We will show you how to play your first chords, read chord charts and strum confidently in time. Follow this carefully and you won't have any bad habits moving forwards!

Lesson 1Your First Chords

Lesson 2Changing Chords

Lesson 3Strumming

Lesson 4More Chords

Lesson 5Practice Habits

Unit 2

Essentials Part 2

Now that we've covered some basics, it's time to kick things up a notch! In this set of five lessons, we'll be learning some trickier chord shapes, the "universal strumming pattern" and finally tackling a full song for the first time!

Lesson 1G, C & D Major Chords

Lesson 2Universal Strumming

Lesson 3"Without You"

Lesson 4"Without You" - Part 1

Lesson 5"Without You" - Part 2

Unit 3

Essentials Part 3

In this course, we'll be learning three more open chords, including the notoriously tricky F major! We'll then explore the difference between swung and straight rhythm patterns and finally tackle a new song with a hint of Van Morrison about it!

Lesson 1New Chords

Lesson 2Swung Rhythms

Lesson 3"Can't Hold Me Back"

Lesson 4"Can't Hold Me Back" - Part 1

Lesson 5"Can't Hold Me Back" - Part 2

Unit 4

Essentials Part 4

We will now bring together everything we have learnt so far by tackling the hardest song yet! This song has multiple chord parts, three different rhythm patters, dynamics and a pretty cool riff to learn... let's go!

Lesson 1Harder Rhythms

Lesson 2"Draw The Line"

Lesson 3"Draw The Line" - Part 1

Lesson 4"Draw The Line" - Part 2

Lesson 5"Draw The Line" - Part 3

Pricing options

Choose to either purchase this single course, or subscribe and open up access to all of our courses. We've broken down the options below.

Subscribe

14 days free

Get instant access to all our courses

Online access to all courses
Interactive tab
Progress tracking
Learning pathway
Progress reviews
YGA Mentors
Community access
Weekly webinars
New courses regularly
Exclusive deals and competitions

What you get

Whether you buy or subscribe, you'll get full online access to this course – Electric Beginners Level 1 – complete with ad-free video lessons, interactive tab, audio tracks, progress tracking and more.

Guitar Club subscription features

Beautiful workbook

Course workbook

Every downloadable course includes a detailed workbook, written to work as a standalone study guide, as well as support the main videos.

*the PDF workbook is only available with the download of the course.

Everything you need

Choose to either purchase this single course, or subscribe and open up access to all of our courses. We've broken down the options below.

Full Video Lessons

HD, multi-camera, professionally filmed video lessons to show you the way with crystal clarity.

Backing Tracks

You'll have every single backing track and jam track for every single course.

Interactive Tab

Tab that moves along with the music! Slow down, loop and speed train with this interface.

Subscribe for all the perks

With a subscription, you'll also get access to all of our other great courses, as well as a learning pathway to supercharge your playing.

©2024 Your Guitar Academy Ltd.