Beginning Rhythm Guitar

Start playing rhythm guitar today! Learn the chords in the “easy” keys. Play along with your friends or accompany your favorite singers! Learn to play in “the peoples key,” and all the keys that “everybody” knows!

Course Information

This course is for the guitar player who doesn’t want to learn to read music but just wants to “play some guitar”. Learn the chords in the popular keys that “everyone” plays. Be prepared to sit in on the next bluegrass jam or folk song jamboree. Learn how chords work together in most songs. Learn enough right-hand rhythms to play along with almost any song. This is a really “fun” course for the beginner or intermediate player!

Course Instructor

Gary Andry Gary Andry Author
 

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The Beginning

Introduction
Guitar Anatomy
Playing Position
Left Hand Position
Right Hand Position
Coordination Exercises
The A11 Chord

Key of G

The Big Chords in G
Rhythm Exercise #1
Rhythm Exercise #2
Rhythm Exercise #3
Finding the Bass Note
American Folk Song
The Number System
Progressions in G #1
Progressions in G #2
Progressions in G #3
Progressions in G #4
Progressions in G #5
American Folk Song #2
Progressions in G #6
Progressions in G #7
Progressions in G #8

Key of C

The Big Chords in C
Rhythm Exercise #1
Rhythm Exercise #2
Rhythm Exercise #3
Progressions in C #1
Progressions in C #2
Progressions in C #3
Progressions in C #4
Progressions in C #5
Progressions in C #6
Progressions in C #7

Key of D

The Big Chords
Rhythm Exercise #1
Rhythm Exercise #2
Standard Progressions in D

Key of A

The Big Chords
Rhythm Exercise #1
Rhythm Exercise #2
Standard Progressions in A

Key of E

The Big Chords
Rhythm Exercise #1
Rhythm Exercise #2
Standard Progressions in E

Help Section

The Natural Scale
Training Your Fingers to Change Chords
Barred Chords
More Technical Drills