Module 0: Before You Begin - Guitar Basics

All beginners need these skills! Learn how to tune your guitar, read chord boxes, hold a pick, finger strum, the correct finger placement, and more! All lessons here.

:rotating_light: Don’t post specific questions here, but in the topics below. They correspond with each lesson in this module!

As a sixty three year old who has never played a musical instrument in his life, Justin may be facing his greatest challenge yet!

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bro Justin i actually love you you pretty much saved my life

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Hope your guitar journey is going great! Enjoy. :slight_smile:

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Haha! :rofl:

where can i find the practice assistant?

Thank you so much for these lessons. You’re an amazing teacher.

As a leftie beginner, do I start here or with the Nistnuj stuff, please? I don’t want to miss anything.

Definitely start with the course. The Nitsuj videos do compliment the course though, so also check those out at the end of each module :ok_hand:

The Nitsuj videos are of Justin working through his own course left-handed. It’s kind of like going back to the beginner level for him.

Have fun :blush:

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Thank you!

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Can I do this course with my classical guitar?

Absolutely. Check out Stephen Wilson Jr. He played contemporary music on a classical guitar with a pick-up installed :slightly_smiling_face:

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ps, You don’t need a pickup though…

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Thank you! The website mentions classical guitar written (under “ABOVE THIS COURSE” section) but on every video when he talks about the course and guitar he says only acoustic and electric guitar.

About the guitar position, can I do the classical position? It’s way better to reach the higher frets and do barre chords. It also let the shoulder (right shoulder, I’m right-handed) to relax in a more natural way (specially if the guitar’s body is too big).

If you have a Classical guitar (rather than a steel string acoustic or electric guitar), and enjoy playing contemporary styles on it, there is no reason to not go through Justin’s course with it in my opinion. Your guitar will have a chunkier neck, softer feeling strings and a different tone, but that’s fine.

One thing the course won’t teach you is Classical guitar songs/techniques/sight reading etc. Classical guitar is very different.

Jump in dude. Have some fun :blush:

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If it’s way more comfortable and easier for you to play like this, I don’t see why not. In the course Justin does teach you how to sit and hold the guitar in a contemporary style, so explore that lesson for sure. But if you feel way more comfortable sitting in a Classical position, go for it. There are plenty of contemporary players who sit like this, including electric guitar players. :blush:

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Thanks :+1:

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You’re wearing a Steve McQueen t-shirt! I’m glad to be here already.