The guitar is a versatile instrument which can be played in a variety of ways such as plucking with a pick, sometimes called a flat pick or plectrum, strumming with the pick or with the thumb and fingers. finger picking which requires you to pluck each string individually with your fingers and a combination of these using the pick and fingers.? Obviously there are different types of instrument such as acoustic and electric which require different techniques but learning the basics of how to play a guitar are the same for all.

In this course we will concentrate on plucking with a pick and strumming with the pick or fingers.? In the most part we will concentrate on using the pick in a downwards motion.? This is the simplest way to learn guitar and once you have completed the course you can develop your techniques in the direction you wish but first let us learn how to play the instrument in a satisfactory manner.

First we will concentrate on learning the individual notes and play a tune with single notes.? Then we will learn some chords.? Then we will learn how to combine single melody notes with chords.