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Guitar for Beginners: Chords, Strumming & Your First Songs

Tune, hold and play an acoustic guitar — open chords, strumming patterns and easy riffs, step by step

Ghosla Academy · Music Team

This course takes you from "I have never held a guitar" to playing smooth chord progressions and simple melodies. You will learn parts of the guitar, tuning, posture, reading tabs and chord diagrams, and the eight open chords that cover a huge number of popular songs. Everything is built around short daily practice. You will use a metronome, work on clean chord changes, learn strumming patterns and play traditional and public-domain tunes. Two projects make you record yourself, so you can hear your own progress — thoda thoda roz, and in a few weeks the guitar starts to feel natural.

What you will be able to do

  • Tune a guitar to standard tuning (E A D G B E) using a free tuner app
  • Hold the guitar and pick correctly with relaxed posture to avoid strain
  • Play the core open chords: E, Em, A, Am, D, Dm, G and C
  • Strum steady down-up patterns in 4/4 time with a metronome
  • Read basic guitar tabs and chord diagrams
  • Follow a 15-minute daily practice routine that builds speed and clean chord changes

What you build

  • Record a 60-second chord-change progress video (G–C–D–Em)
  • Arrange and perform a traditional tune with chords and a simple riff

What you need to start

  • An acoustic guitar (a budget ₹4,000–₹8,000 beginner guitar is fine) or access to one
  • A smartphone for a free tuner and metronome app
  • No music theory knowledge needed

Curriculum · 5 sections, 16 lectures

Getting Started with Your Guitar4 lectures
  1. Parts of the Guitar and How It Makes SoundFree preview8 min
  2. Tuning, Posture and Holding the PickFree preview12 min
  3. Reading Chord Diagrams and Tabs10 min
  4. Section 1 Quiz: Guitar Basics6 min
Your First Open Chords3 lectures
  1. Em, Am, E and A: Your First Four Chords15 min
  2. Project: 60-Second Chord-Change Video18 min
  3. Section 2 Quiz: First Chords6 min
Rhythm and Strumming3 lectures
  1. Counting Beats and Using a Metronome12 min
  2. Five Strumming Patterns Every Beginner Should Know10 min
  3. Section 3 Quiz: Rhythm and Strumming6 min
More Chords and Progressions3 lectures
  1. D, Dm, G and C: Completing the Open Chords15 min
  2. Popular Progressions and Using a Capo14 min
  3. Section 4 Quiz: Chords and Progressions6 min
Melodies, Practice and Performance3 lectures
  1. Playing Melodies from Tabs: Traditional Tunes12 min
  2. Project: Arrange and Perform a Traditional Tune20 min
  3. Section 5 Quiz: Melodies and Performance6 min

Who this is for

  • Class 9–12 and college students who want to start guitar as a hobby
  • Beginners who tried YouTube videos but got stuck on chord changes
  • Anyone who wants to play at college fests, family functions or jam sessions