Learn to play the guitar in 3 months. Learn finger and picking exercises. Learn basic and advanced chords. Learn scales, arpeggios & guitar modes. Learn to create your own tunes and jam along to backing tracks.

Grasp the essentials needed to begin playing acoustic or electric guitar. You'll learn an easy approach to get you playing quickly, through a combination of exploring the instrument, performance technique, and basic music theory. For students who have long thought about picking up the acoustic or electric guitar, this course will provide an easy-access foundation that will get you playing. When first learning guitar, it is important to have the material presented in stages, in an enjoyable way that allows you to grasp the basics of the instrument and music. The course begins simply with the parts of the guitar, the names of the strings, tuning, and techniqueâ??whether finger-style or pick. It then explores the basics of music theory with such topics as scales, triads, power chords, and fingering and shapes. At the end of this course, students will understand the structure, parts, and accessories of the instrument, in addition to an understanding of its basic maintenance. Electric guitar players will learn the operation of their instrument along with basic options for amplification, effect pedals, and sounds. Students will also learn to develop correct technique and apply theory concepts to their playing. They will have the foundational knowledge necessary to pursue most intermediate guitar courses.

Teaching guitar is often thought of as a fairly fluid exercise, without a linear path to follow.

Itâ??s true that some of what is covered in a guitar lesson plan is dependent on the studentâ??s skill-set and what kind of guitar player they want to become. But, if you take away those variables, there is a teaching structure that can and should be followed.

This is particularly true in the beginner stages because of the learning curve plateau.

Since improvement is usually at its fastest pace in these early stages of learning, it's important to order topics correctly and teach guitar in linear succession, as much as possible. It can be adjusted and tweaked but, you should never go into a guitar lesson without a clear overall picture of where your student is and what topics they need to cover at that point in time.