Lesson One

In the first lesson we look at how to strum (Strum No.1) and 3 chords, how to produce clear chords and the first connector

Lesson Two

In lesson two we add the chord of D to our progressions, the twins of Am and E along with Strum No.2

Lesson Three

In this lesson we make a massive leap in connecting all of our chords together. It's a very important segment

Lesson Four

Now we complete the picture with Dm and Bm along with Strum No.3

How to Tune Your Guitar

Here's a step by step guide to tuning your guitar - use the online tuner on the homepage to check your results!

How to Use A Capo

Using a capo will be important for playing lots of songs, here's a selection of designs and how we use them

Improved F and B minor Shapes

Once you are comfortable with your 'easy' shapes for F and Bm it's well woth learning some better, more secure sounding shapes for both those chords.

Shuffle Strum

This is a really useful and fun strum to play. By combining it with other chord families it will add some great colour and swing to your playing

Dominant 7 Chords

Along with Major and Minor chords, this family of chords make up the 3 most important to know. You'll find them everywhere in songs and this lesson will equip you with the ones you'll most encounter

Accent Strum

This strum is great for learning how to isolate your bass notes from your chords and add some real definition to your strumming. It's very musical and rewarding once you get the hang of it

The Keys of C, G and D

These are our '3 crucial keys', the ones we need to know! The lesson explains how keys are structured and teaches you to play through them from start to finish with ease

Passing Chords

Once you learn about passing chords you'll find yourself suddenly hearing them a lot in songs. To get started there are just 2 we need to know - the most common used and you'll hear them everywhere

Pentatonic Scale

This scale is the easiest way to get into melodic playing and expressing yourself through melody on guitar. Later we'll be exploring exactly how to scales into your own musical expression

Major 7 Chords

This is a beautiful family of chords which will add some real class to your chord vocabulary

Bass Notes

Here we'll examine how each chord has a Tonic or Root note and identifing which one it is for every chord we know. This will be essential knowledge for your new strums, arpeggio picking and fingerstyle

Minor 7 Chords

Their sound quality is like a delicate version of a normal minor chord. We learn the most used shapes and put them into progressions

Suspended Chords

This family of chords are so valuable to know and add a lot to your playing. Once you know them you'll be suddenly hearing them everywhere in songs

C scale and G scale

After our pentatonic scale these 2 are next in line. They work hand in hand with your 'Keys' lesson from earlier and together you'll have the first steps into being able to write and improve your own songs and melody

How to form Barre Chords

Barre Chords are difficult at first but they are well worth the effort. They will increase your song playing power enormously! Here are the 4 basic shapes you'll need...

Arpeggio Picking Chords

This is a great break away from strumming and very suitable for playing songs in slower tempo's

Barre Chord Progressions

Let's try and mix in some Barre chords along with our normal open chords. The trick is to start easily and build in single strums with a drum track

Fingerstyle Part 1

Hopefully you've already got your Arpeggio Picking down, now lets continue that theme and go into Fingerstyle. Here's a beginners pattern to get you going across all chords

Fingerstyle Part 2

Let's develop that first foundation pattern into one which is more musical and rewarding

Fingerstyle Part 3

Let's look at fingerstyle patters in 3/4 and also start adding some ornaments to our patters and chords

The Key of A Major

Now we'll discover and learn this new key together with all chords, it's scale and practice progressions

Hamonic Minor Scales

These are great sounding, exotic scales which are lots of fun to play, enjoy!

How to Solo On Guitar

Using your knowledge of keys and scales allows you to develop your playing into improvising and making melodies.

The Key of E Major

This key is popular for songs and well worth knowing, with the inclusion of this key we have 5 complete keys now!