12-Week Guitar Lesson Plan Philosophy & Details
From Absolute Beginner to Playing Your Favorite Songs
Mastering an instrument is a lifelong endeavor. However, we feel that students can learn a good portion of the musical and guitar fundamentals with the 1 on 1, instructor lead training necessary to get them playing any of their favorite songs in the shortest amount of time possible.
- It is highly recommended students practice daily for 20-40 minutes.
Students can expect to learn the following:
Month 1 (approximately 4 lessons). Working knowledge of the following:
• Guitar parts, history, and how it fits into the musical family of instruments
• What musical notes are and how they work together with rhythm to make music
• All musical notes, basic scales (key of C and Am), and chords I, IV, V, and VI in the key of G
• 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures, sheet music measures, and basic strumming within that framework
• Stretch Goal: 1-2 songs within the key of G
Month 2 (approximately 8 lessons). Working knowledge of the following:
• Several songs in the key of G and C
• How to tune any guitar (different guitar tunings)
• The I, IV, V, and VI chord concepts in common keys
• Common strumming patterns
• Barre Chords
Month 3 (approximately 12 lessons). Working knowledge of the following:
• Play advanced songs in any key
• Advanced chord progressions
• How to find the key of songs and determine what chords are associated with that key
• Convert any chord progression into picking patterns
• Complex strumming patterns and time signatures and how to improvise with strumming
• How to play simple lead guitar to any song
• How to look up and play most songs