Moving between chords smoothly is an essential technique needed to play the guitar. Here I show you an exercise to speed up chord changes

E Major Scale, open position, 1 octave scale. Great to know to add melodies, passing notes and riffs to your guitar playing.

1 Octave open position D Major Scale. Great to learn this and tie it in with the D Major Chord so add colour and runs to your chords.

Alternate Picking uses 3 different types of motions. 1 outside string picking, 2 same string picking and 3 inside string picking.

Looking at a 1 octave A major scale starting on the root note of the open position chord.

Let's look at a one octave G major scale. Starting on the root note on the G major scale.

Learn to play a 1 octave C major scale in open position. I'll also show you how a chord is a summary of the scale you are playing.

The makeup of the Major Scale. Using the easiest way possible I can to explain it without getting too bogged down in theory.

The spider exercise is a great exercise to train your fingers to stay in position. I've come up with a slightly easier version for you .

This is a great exercise to get all your fingers working. The hardest thing to do as a beginner is to keep your fingers on the guitar.

TAB (Tablature) is a simple way of reading sheet music for stringed instruments. I will explain how to read it on guitar.

Let's take your strumming skills up a level and also make you sound more accomplished and professional with one easy technique.

Let's look at a couple of strumming patterns using quarter and eighth notes.

Starting with two simple note values. Quarter Note which is 1 beat long and an Eight note which is half of a beat long.

Looking at the D major chord 'D' and the D minor chord 'Dm' and the difference between the two chords.

C Major for a beginner is tricky to play. It requires the 3 techniques I spoke about in the fretting hand video to be near on perfect.

I'll show you a very basic and easy song I wrote for you as your first song. It's just using two chords Em and Am.

Learning how to read a chord is a valuable lesson. You will see these in many guitar lessons, books or be handed one by another musician.

Another good chord for beginner guitar players is Am 'A minor'

G Major is a little bit tricker than the last two chords I showed you. Just remember playing the guitar is totally alien, so be patient.