Guitar · The Guided Path
Six strings, a handful of frets, and a surprising amount of arithmetic hiding under your fingers. We start by picking the thing up properly, then name the strings, then make one note ring cleanly, then build the four chords that will get you through most songs ever written. One idea per lesson. Take it slowly and let your ears do half the work.
How to hold it, what the six strings are called, and what each hand does.
What a fret actually does, how to press so it rings, and real note names.
The friendliest shapes on the instrument — and moving between them.
G, C, D and Em — the four shapes that unlock most songs ever written.
Down-strums on the beat, changing chords without stopping, and the off-beat.
G, C and D, four beats each, round and round.