Trent University - Continuing Education

Welcome to Guitar 101! A beginner's course for learning guitar techniques and making music. Suggest a song or two to learn and let's have lots of fun while planning your next campfire concert!

Class 1: Intro: Tuning, reading tab and guitar chords, how to use a pick and finger picking.

Class 2: Music Harmony, how songs are made, learning more chords, picking out a melody, strumming songs.

Class 3: The Blues, rock n roll, Classic Rock, learning to improvise, pentatonic scales, taking solos.

Class 4: Pop songs to learn, writing a song, using scales.

Class 5: Practice tips, loop pedals to play along with, strumming techniques, singing while playing.

Class 6: Big review of songs that we have practiced. Open stage for solo or group performances.