Blowin’ In The Wind (for beginners)

This is a song that I would introduce to an adult student on perhaps their first or second guitar lesson. At this early stage, it will be difficult to press down the strings hard enough. Remember to press down as hard as you can, to use the tips of your fingers and to get  as [...]

Beginner’s Classical Guitar Lesson

Here’s a nice and easy warm-up for a complete beginner to have a go at. A simple little warm-up exercise using only open strings. The goal is play the exercise at a steady pace counting – 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1 &, 2& , 3&, 4 & – and tapping your foot nicely in [...]

Chords Are Easy and Fun

Calling all beginner’s, there are fifteen chords that you need to learn – right now! It’s only Monday morning and already I’ve managed to put up fifteen open chords along with a little technical exercise.  Pick up your guitar, press you fingers down and start practising towards pleasant chordal bliss.