Electric Guitar 101: Part 2 - Learning your first chords
Beginner guitar lessons from JamPlay
This is the second instalment of Electric Guitar 101 - a series of beginners guitar lessons brought to you in conjunction with JamPlay.com.
Lesson two takes a look at some basic chords, strumming techniques and other useful advice for guitar newbies, including the merits of learning to play with a metronome.
If you haven't watched the first part of the series you can find it here:
Electric Guitar 101: Part 1 - Your first guitar lesson
Check out the lessons below and if you like what you see, head over to JamPlay.com for more online guitar lessons.
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Key Terms
2.3 Playing an E chord
2.4 Playing an A chord
2.5 Strumming and metronomes
2.6 Playing with a metronome
2.7 Backing track
2.8 Transitions
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