Beginner guitar course with Guitar Pro
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Designed with real teaching experience, this course ensures steady progress, helping you build the musical knowledge and technical skills needed to play the guitar styles you love.
It’s never too late to start
This beginner-friendly guitar course introduces you to essential rhythms, techniques, and stylistic elements that define popular music genres such as rock, blues, jazz, and folk.
All the basics
You’ll learn foundational skills like power chords, palm muting, and arpeggiation, along with practical tips to overcome common beginner challenges, such as rhythm accuracy and timing.
Learn from the pros and their hits
With insights drawn from iconic artists and well-known songs, each lesson guides you toward authentic, confident playing.
The guitar course in detail
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Module 1
My First Guitar Course
- 12 lessons
- 47 min
- Beginner
- All Styles
- How to Learn Guitar: The Right Mindset 9 min
- Beginning Guitar: an Introduction 2 min
- How to Tune your Guitar 6 min
- Learn the Right Guitar Posture 1 min
- Basic Rhythm Concepts: BPM, Metronome and Measures 4 min
- How to Hold the Guitar Pick 2 min
- How to Fingerpick on Guitar 2 min
- How to Position Left Hand on Guitar 3 min
- How to Read Guitar Chord Diagrams 4 min
- How to Read Guitar Tabs 5 min
- The Different Guitar Sounds 15 min
- Guitar Exercises for Beginners 1 min
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Module 2
Introduction to Guitar Music Styles
- 7 lessons
- 56 min
- Beginner
- Introduction to Folk Guitar 8 min
- Introduction to Blues Guitar 9 min
- Introduction to Pop Guitar 10 min
- Introduction to Rock Guitar 8 min
- Introduction to Metal Guitar 9 min
- Introduction to Funk Guitar 10 min
- Introduction to Jazz Guitar 6 min
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- 3 lessons
- 19 min
- Beginner
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- 14 lessons
- 51 min
- Beginner
- Tempo 5 min
- Time Signature 8 min
- Whole Note, Half Note and Quarter Note 5 min
- Whole Rest, Half Rest and Quarter Rest 3 min
- Eighth Note and Eighth Rest 4 min
- Sixteenth Note 6 min
- Sixteenth Rest 2 min
- Tie (or Note Tie) 2 min
- Dotted Note 4 min
- Triplets 4 min
- Compound Time 7 min
- 6/8 Time (or Compound Duple Meter) 2 min
- Anacrusis 3 min
- Appoggiatura 2 min
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Module 5
Notes on the Guitar Neck
- 1 lessons
- 6 min
- Beginner
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Module 6
Guitar Chords
- 10 lessons
- 33 min
- Beginner
- Open Major Guitar Chords 5 min
- Open Minor Guitar Chords 2 min
- Open 7th Guitar Chords 3 min
- Open Minor 7th Guitar Chords 2 min
- Open Major 7th Guitar Chords 3 min
- Additional Open Guitar Chords: Add9, Sus2, Sus4 6 min
- Guitar Power Chords 2 min
- Guitar Triads and Dyads: Major, Minor, Augmented and Power Chords 4 min
- Four-Note Guitar Chords: Sixth, Seventh and Add9 Voicings 5 min
- Advanced Extended Guitar Chords: 9th, 11th and 13th Voicings 5 min
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Module 7
Guitar Playing Techniques
- 8 lessons
- 40 min
- Beginner
- Strumming 5 min
- Slide 7 min
- Hammer-on and Pull-off 6 min
- Palm Muting 4 min
- Dead Notes 3 min
- Bending 6 min
- Left-hand Vibrato 6 min
- Guitar Capo 7 min
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Module 8
Guitar Scales
- 1 lessons
- 4 min
- Beginner
- Guitar Pentatonic Scale 4 min
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Module 9
Guitar Maintenance
- 1 lessons
- 5 min
- Beginner
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- 13 lessons
- 44 min
- Beginner
- Overdrive Effect 3 min
- Phaser Effect 2 min
- Chorus Effect 1 min
- Delay Effect 5 min
- Equalizer Effect 5 min
- Reverb Effect 5 min
- Fuzz Face Effect 5 min
- Big Muff Fuzz Effect 4 min
- Rock Distortion Effect 3 min
- Metal Distortion Effect 5 min
- Compression Effect 4 min
- Whammy Effect 4 min
- Wah-Wah Effect 3 min
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Module 11
Legendary Guitar Tones
- 12 lessons
- 49 min
- Beginner
- Eddie Van Halen 5 min
- Tom Morello (RATM) 4 min
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) 6 min
- Hank Marvin (The Shadows) 4 min
- AC/DC 5 min
- Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) 4 min
- Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) 4 min
- Stevie Ray Vaughan 5 min
- Dick Dale 4 min
- Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley) 4 min
- Metallica 6 min
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) 4 min
Getting Started
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Start for free
This beginner-friendly guitar course introduces you to essential rhythms, techniques, and stylistic elements that define popular music genres such as rock, blues, jazz, and folk. You’ll learn foundational skills like power chords, palm muting, and arpeggiation, along with practical tips to overcome common beginner challenges, such as rhythm accuracy and timing.
With insights drawn from iconic artists and well-known songs, each lesson guides you toward authentic, confident playing. Designed with real teaching experience, this course ensures steady progress, helping you build the musical knowledge and technical skills needed to play the guitar styles you love.