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QUICK START BEGINNERS
GUITAR LESSONS
With Gary Clinton
Accompanying
Book for the 10
Part video series
From the “Guitar & Music
Institute”.
Intro to:
●The Guitar
●Chords
●Scales
●Blues
●Fingerstyle
●& Lots More!
This publication and accompanying videos are free
and must not be sold separately or as a package.
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YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK OR ASSOCIATED VIDEOS.
Copyright 2013
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Foreword by Gary Clinton
Welcome to the wonderful world of guitar! We hope you find this booklet a big help in ensuring you make fast
progress in your guitar playing skills. Check out the Guitar & Music Institute for more free lessons, as well as a
massive amount of other resources for those making their way in music.
I had fun in creating the course, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it. We have included extra materials within this book that were spoken about in my videos. You should also have three backing tracks to
help with specific lessons.
All the best
Gary Clinton
BEFORE YOU START - TUNING THE GUITAR
We wanted you to get right into this course and we felt that it was better to give you rock solid tuition on the areas that mattered most to get you playing as fast as possible.
With this in mind, we did not want to go over areas that are covered well across the Internet. Before you
play your guitar, it helps if it’s in tune!
CLICK HERE TO LEARN ALL ABOUT TUNING YOUR GUITAR!
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LESSON ONE - ANATOMY OF THE GUITAR
JACK
PICKUP VOLUME PICKUPS
& TONE KNOBS
FRETWIRES
PICKUP
SELECTOR
FRETS
BODY
BRIDGE
NECK
HEADSTOCK
MACHINE
HEADS
SOUNDHOLE
SCRATCHPLATE
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LESSON TWO - MAJOR CHORD SHAPES
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LESSON THREE - MINOR CHORD SHAPES
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LESSON FOUR - CHANGING BETWEEN CHORDS
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LESSON FIVE - PLAYING RIFFS
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LESSON SIX - POWER CHORDS
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LESSON SEVEN - TWELVE BAR BLUES IN A
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LESSON EIGHT - FINGERSTYLE MELODY
Right Hand Fingering ideas.
I showed you how to work with i, m strokes. You should also practice the following:
m, i strokes
i, a strokes
Finally, I mentioned that we would be playing “free” strokes. The other stroke is a “rest” stroke. This stroke
is used to create a thicker more sonorous tone. To do it, you pluck the string then let the pull through of the
finger take your finger to rest on the next string below. A rest stroke is played with the right hand fingers at
a slight angle (backwards) to the string.
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LESSON NINE - FINGERSTYLE CHORDS
9
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LESSON TEN - INTRO TO SCALES
Believe it or not, all music is created from two main elements. Scales and arpeggios. Now, we felt that arpeggios
were beyond the scope of what we wanted to offer, however, we have provided you with a scale to work with.
As mentioned on the video, you can use the scale below (which has the same notes as the C Major scale) to
experiment and work out songs that you know as well as create songs of your own.
Experimentation really is the key here as well as having fun! So, good luck and get cracking with the scale
below.
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APPENDIX A - MORE OPEN STRING CHORDS
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APPENDIX B - MORE 12 BAR BLUES VARIATIONS
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