Learn to Play The Guitar

Welcome to Part Three of the Beginners Mini-Course on Learning Ho w to Play the Acoustic Guitar. This mini-course gives you a taste of what's covered in The Jamorama Acoustic Guitar Learning Kit! In this course you will learn powerful tips and skills to get you playing the acoustic guitar with the fluency and accuracy of a professional, and by the end of it you will be able to play a full song by yourself This lesson continues on from lessons one and two. In lesson one you learnt how to start playing and how to play the chords C and D. In the second lesson you were shown how to read tab. This lesson will be similar to the second part of lesson two, however I plan to introduce you to the chord A minor. Once you have mastered A minor, we will try and practice changing between the three chords we have learnt; C, A minor, and D. So far, the chords that you have learnt have all been major chords. Major chords give music a happy feel. Minor chords...

Guitar Lesson - How to Read Guitar Tablature TAB or tablature is the most common method of writing out music for the guitar. It is different from classical music notation in that; TAB uses ordinary numbers and keyboard characters as opposed to standard musical notation which uses symbols. Because of this format, anyone with a computer can write or read TAB making it the most user friendly way to read and communicate guitar music and therefor the easy way to learn to play the guitar. Also TAB relates directly to the fret board of your guitar meaning that you may easily see where you put your fingers. In the full version of Jamorama, both standard musical notation and tablature are used. But for this six day course we will only use TAB. The reason for this is that tablature is very easy to read and you should have no problems learning TAB in a few short minutes of reading. TAB has some weak points, the worst of which is that rhythm can't be easily indicated. This shouldn't p...

Welcome to Part One of the Beginners Mini-Course on Learning How to Play the Acoustic Guitar. This mini-course gives you a taste of what's covered in The Jamorama Acoustic Guitar Learning Kit! In this course you will learn powerful tips and skills to get you playing the acoustic guitar with the fluency and accuracy of a professional, and by the end of it you will be able to play a full song by yourself. In my mini-course, this is what you'll learn: Part One--Introduction to the Acoustic Guitar and How to Play Chords Getting into Position. Information that every beginner should know before they start out! Introduction to Chords. The basis of all music - Learn C and D and see why learning them with Jamorama is easy. Strumming. One of the most important things you must know if you want to progress with your playing. Part Two--Reading Guitar Tablature The Fret Tablature relationship. ...

I have always wanted to learn to play the guitar but I never had the chance to learn before so I searched for some lessons for beginners . As I am not a child anymore, I thought that it was probably too late for me to learn to play my favourite guitar songs. Until a friend of mine told me about Jamorama and explained to me that this was a method through which I could learn to play guitar in an easy and exciting way, even if I was total a beginner. He told me that if I wanted to learn guitar with Jamorama, I would have a wide variety of funny activities such as games and recorded song files that would allow me to learn in a fast and effective way. If you want to play guitar at home for your own pleasure or to be in a band but you are not good enough at it or if you want start to learn to play the guitar like the great Mark Knopfler (let’s call it a dream!). You will start with a method that will allow you to learn guitar skipping the ineffective methods that take too long and...

Welcome to the 6th lesson in this 6 part series. First up I want to show you another warm up pattern, before getting into the song and then getting you to play along with the band. This final part should be fun and easy as you have already mastered the song and it should be a matter of just doing what you have already done but with the accompanyment of instruments. Ok. Let's get into another one of our warm up techniques. This one will once again use all your fingers and all the strings. The following pattern is similar to those that I have already shown you, so you should have no problem playing it. Now, as always I would like you to use correct fingering. The correct fingering is written out below on TAB. You will have noticed that when there is a zero on the above tab there is no fingering indicated. That is because a zero indicates an open fret, therefore you don't need to use a finger to push down on the string. Keep working with this pattern until you ...

Ok, let's pickup where we left off in the last lesson - 'House of the Rising Sun'. Now, I realise that this song might not be in the style that you are specifically into, but it is a good song to get you started at playing something and using the 'tools' and notes you've learned. Plus, many songs in different styles share similar notes and tools. You will probably start to discover this as your learning progresses. So, don't be worried if this song is not your thing, it's just there to get you up and rolling, and stringing some notes together. Today we're going to look at the 3rd and largest part of "House of the Rising Sun". But first, I am going to teach you a new warm up pattern. This one will be a touch more difficult than the last few. This pattern starts on the first fret and the sixth string (thickest string). You will play all six strings and use all your fingers. As always with these exercises, I...

Remember in the lesson 2 we talked about warming up and using the correct fingering. Before you start this lesson, just try another one of these warm up fingering drills. This following warm up exercise involves the 6th, 5th and 4th strings (three thickest strings). Once again I would like you to use correct fingering when you are playing this. Remember, your index finger is number 1, you middle finger is number 2, your ring finger is number 3 and your pinky is number 4. Play in down strokes and take your time. Try and make each note ring clear. Remember it is better to play slowly and accurately than to sound muddy and unclear. Video Available: QuickTime - Exercise 1 (2.47 MB) Now that you have finished that warm up pattern it's time to move onto the main part of the lesson which is some work on the next 'tool' you're going to need. Tool: Pull off What is a pull off? Answer: A pull off is the reverse of a hammer on. Wh...