WELCOME TO

Beginner Guitar Lessons

with Mr. Nicholson

First, don't keep your guitar in its case.  You won't play it.  Keep it somewhere you can pick it up easily, like by your bed.

Practice everyday.  Even for five minutes.   A little everyday.  Promise yourself you'll do that.

Next, tune your guitar:  tune

Or download a tuner for your guitar:  Mac  PC

Practice the following, over and over and over and over and over...and over. 

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Click on the link to hear it:

Chords

C	A	G	E	D
F	Am		Em	Dm
	A7	G7	E7	D7
C5		G5		D5
B7
Bm7
Bm

Songs

Drunken Sailor	Home on the Range	Silent Night	My Bonnie	Camptown Racetrack
Auld Lang Syne	La Bamba	Twist and Shout	Stand By Me	American Pie
Yellow Submarine
The Blues	Blues Turnaround
Horse With No Name	James Bond	"G" Scale	"C" Run	The "Rack"
Smoke on the Water	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Enter Sandman	Day Tripper	Stairway to Heaven
The Weight	All Along the Watchtower	A-D-E	Am(x8)-Em(x8)	Chord Torture

Here is a useful chart to help you learn chords:

Thanks to guitar alliance for the use of this chart.

Don't forget the dreaded (but very useful) barre chord:

 

Learn how to play "That's All Right (Mama)"

(click on the guy in the cool t-shirt)

 

Useful links:

Chord finder

How to read guitar tab

Buy a cheap guitar online in Tokyo