guitar lessons for beginners
It is in the immersion that the freedom to truly enjoy playing brings
that we find our inner musician.
Understanding whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes.
Exploring fast and slow tempo.
Left hand positions, fingers, wrist and arm usage.
Holding the guitar, relaxation, and physical balance.
Introduction to improvisational poetry.
Exploring the similarities between modern melodic form & nursery rhymes.
Learning the open string names and how to tune the guitar.
Learning the notes along the entire fretboard of the guitar.
Spontaneously creating single note melodies on the first three strings.
Right hand positions, stretching and using fingers for melody.
Further learning of notes on the guitar using octaves, fifths and patterns.
Introduction to I IV V progressions.
Playing chords as “rock chords”.
Right hand positions, stretching and using fingers for chords.
Recognising high and low notes.
Recognising fast and slow tempi and note lengths.
Introduction to listening to and copying simple rhythms and melodies.
Introduction to recognising intervals.
Introduction to music notation and its origins.
Creating chart layouts for simple song forms.
Reading and writing clefs, note lengths, staves and measures.