E-Folk : Learn Guitar

Play and understand the basics of acoustic guitar chords and fingerings in less than two months!

★ No musical knowledge is required to use this app
★ Includes 12 original lessons of increasing difficulty: theory, explanations, tablatures and video for each lesson
★ Auto-scrolling tablature (hands-free practice)

- Lesson 1: Take your Guitar
- How to hold your guitar
- Notes on the neck, tuning
- Reading tablatures: Boogie in E

- Lesson 2: Arpeggios
- Right hand fingering
- Simple arpeggios with bass note melody

- Lesson 3: What is a chord?
- Play E minor and A minor chords
- Fingering
- Chord charts

- Lesson 4: Play with a pick
- The C major chord
- Downstrokes and upstrokes picking

- Lesson 5: The Folk rhythm
- The G major chord
- From C → G, and addition of notes to chords
- Hammer-on

- Lesson 6: Three beats rhythm
- The D major chord
- Progression: G → D → Am → C

- Lesson 7: Chords arpeggios
- The D minor chord
- Thumb plays the root note of the chord

- Lesson 8: Palm mute
- The E major and A major chords
- Back and forth playing
- Mute sound with your palm

- Lesson 9: Minor barred chords
- Learning notes on the neck
- The A and E minor barred positions
- Swing rhythm

- Lesson 10: Country Club
- The E major barred position
- Add a 7th note to your chords

- Lesson 11: The C barred chord
- The A major barred positions
- Variation on the D chord
- The C9 chord

- Lesson 12: 12-bar Blues (in E)
- Classic acoustic shuffle
- A more organic shuffle feel
- A groovy, more rhythmic blues
- Apply chords, rhythm and simple embellishments

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