First Steps
Instructor: Andrew Cockburn
Difficulty: 1 (of 10)
Focus: Haven't even touched a guitar yet? This is the ultimate series for you! We cover everything from how to hold the guitar to the exact finger movement you should use when fretting and picking - the journey starts here!
First Steps 1 - The First Day
by Andrew CockburnFirst steps is a series of beginner videos that will take you step by step from the very first day, and launch you on your guitar career!
Tags: beginner, hold the guitar, plug in, adjust amp, where to start1Difficulty1
First Steps 2 - The Grand Tour
by Andrew CockburnWe take a look around the guitar and learn what all the bits and pieces are, and what they do.
Tags: beginner, guitar parts, guitar luthier, guitar top, guitar gear2Difficulty1
Let us Play
by Andrew CockburnLets see how we fret notes and pick the strings.
Tags: beginner, pick, fret, holding a pick, hold your pick, picking, playing a note, start to play guitar, first lesson3Difficulty1
Notes
by Andrew CockburnWe'll take a look at what notes are, and where on the guitar to find them.
Tags: beginner, notes, fretboard knowledge, fret, notes on fretboard, where are the notes, notes on guitar, tutorial, theory4Difficulty1
First Steps 5 - Reading and Writing
by Andrew CockburnWe take a look at tabs and how to read them.
Tags: tab, tabs, how to write tabs, transcribing, how to read tabs, notation5Difficulty1
The Scales of Justice
by Andrew CockburnScales are the building block of lead and rhythm playing - in this lesson we'll start to understand what a scale is and how to practice them.
Tags: scales, pentatonic, theory, scale knowledge, building blocks of lead and rhythm playing, essential concepts, what is a scale, how to practice scales6Difficulty1
Scaling Up
by Andrew CockburnIn this lesson we learn that we can move all the boxes for a scale up and down to get a different scale.
Tags: Scales, scale positions, scale boxes, A Minor Pentatonic, G Minor Pentatonic, root, theory, tutorial, transposing scales, transpose, moving scale boxes7Difficulty1
Striking a Chord
by Andrew CockburnIn this lesson we learn the basics of open chords and how to play them.
Tags: basic chords, Hey Jude, The Beatles, open chords, tutorial, theory, harmony, strumming, changing chords, C major, C major chord, F major chord, G dominant chord, chord notation8Difficulty1
