Your First Guitar Lesson - Beginner Lesson 1

This is lesson 1 of the guitar roadmap. Don't go on until you've mastered this stuff. I hope this video helps you to start in the right direction on guitar. I'm going to be uploading more in this series so look out for that! And more than anything, PRACTICE! Thanks for watching!

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[darrellgibson]

I had guitar lessons as a kid, but fell away from it because of a personality conflict with my instructor (middle school class). I’m 57 years old now. While going through counseling and therapy for Complex PTSD, my therapist has encouraged me to pick it back up as music is the Universal Language and a healthy emotional release. I purchased a D’Angelico Premier acoustic last Saturday and started searching for lessons on YouTube when I came across your channel. Your presentation style is clear, concise & very relatable. I’m retired and have very little going on in my life aside from hitting the gym 5 days a week and my Therapy sessions twice a week. Now, I have a healthy emotional outlet and have set aside 30mins each morning and evening for practice…and I absolutely WILL be sticking with your program. I can’t thank you enough! God bless you, young man!

[alexbenko]

I love watching beginner lessons. As someone who is more intermediate. I find that there is stuff to learn all over this video. Example, paint the strings. Great advice!!

[yestfmf]

Thank you for not starting your video with a showoff clip, shredding at a level years beyond the viewer’s ability. Those who do this tend to assume their viewers know a lot more than they actually do, then blah blah blah blah long complicated explanation packed with jargon.
Simple clear and concise.

[whoyoukidding]

Let us all share a moment of silence for Eddie.

[Reesanicole]

Thank you so much for making an "Absolute Absolute Beginner" video. All these "Beginner" videos wanna start with "How to play a ___ chord" and "Step 1 - Play a popular song" but no "This is what these strings are called" or "This is how to read the diagrams I'm gonna be flashing up on the screen". I'm a TRUE beginner - I don't even know what I'm looking at. First time ever holding a guitar and don't even know if I'm doing ~that~ right, or strumming properly. Before I get heckled to death for being stupid, I inherited my gr-gr-uncle's guitar who died 30 years ago. I just never had the heart to repair it because too many parts needed to be replaced and I felt like it wouldn't be his anymore. 3 decades later and now I feel like it's not honoring anyone for it to be sitting in my closet caked in dust, so I just got it professionally restored.. and it's beautiful. It didn't look or sound this good when he was singing us his silly, slightly inappropriate songs on his porch. I wanna learn to play it secretly to surprise my family.

[scm]

This is the first time I've come across a beginner guitar lesson that I could follow from start to finish with absolute clarity. The pacing of the instruction was simply brilliant, and the level of detail was perfectly tailored for someone like me who's starting from scratch. It's a relief to finally find a starting point that feels right, and I'm genuinely grateful for the evident effort that went into producing such a well-crafted video. A huge thank you for this resource — it's been incredibly useful and appreciated!

[lovecraftwithme]

Out of all the guitar tutorial videos on YouTube you are the one i resonated with the most. 1. You acknowledged Eddie’s sacrifice, 2. You called Jedi posers and 3. You are pretty 🤩. Thank you, you are literally making the learning curve enjoyable. Really appreciate your videos. Thank you ❤

[CatfishLove]

Brother your method of teaching is on point. At the age of 61 with no knowledge of music this is just what I needed to learn the basics of playing. Your channel is going to explode. Thanks.

[LordChevonlier]

The thing about finding a program is 100% correct. It's also one of the things you mainly pay teachers for. You pay teachers not just for learning, but their ability to organize information so it's easily digestable and you're not drowning in information.

[knuckleheadcollections]

It's kind of fascinating, that it took this long, for someone to understand how to make a BEGINNING guitar video. I've never understood these other channels, that claim to be for beginners, and then the dude starts talking and never stops talking. Before you know it ... He's way off track ... Has moved on to guitar theory .... And just has no reason being online teaching lessons. Finally! .... It's good to see someone who gets it. YouTube should give this guy an award for being able to accomplish what no other guitar teacher has been able to do .... ACTUALLY TEACH. I'm not big into influencers or online teachers, so we should all reward this guy with a subscription and make sure he gets to the level he deserves to be at. 💯😎👍🏼

[daspicsman]

Thank you for actually posting videos that help and aren't clickbait for something that I have to pay for. I really enjoy these lessons and I've learned so much already!

[MaraBug]

I’m really happy I found this program. My granddad passed and one of the only things I have left is his guitar. I’ve been putting off learning and I’m glad Im trying to play again. Thank you ❤

[danbonk]

Absolutely love your videos. They are well produced and full of information delivered in a concise way with a little bit of humour thrown in for good measure. As someone that thinks more like a computer than a human, the video you made on the 6 levels of guitar learning is amazing! Keep up the good work, and your efforts will be greatly rewarded by the community you build around your content.

[yuutafiles]

oh my god i love the way you explain things. thank you so much i've had a guitar for almost a year but never learned because I got overwhelmed, but this is motivating me! thanks again for the advice!

[chrisdoe]

You are an inspiration!
Clear, concise, believable and in my late 50's I never thought I could ....'till now.
Thankyou

[kjnsgnv]

excited asf for these lessons bro, my dad just gave me his old takamine acoustic he's had since the 70s so I figure now is the best time to actually learn

[jlindy]

I am an older person wanting to pick up his first instrument. I think your teaching style would make this an enjoyable experience

[bloodyfire]

I'm just starting out trying to learn guitar and I really appreciate your video. It's super helpful and I find it easy to follow along. The light-hearted nature of it also helps me to not overthink it as much. Thank you so much for making this and I can't wait to learn more in the future!

[MeGoHeHe]

Kevin, please continue to create these amazingly concise videos. I know you by name now because after watching your step-by-step involving all the levels of learning guitar I made a word document with a checklist and put your name on it. I'll email it to you if you'd like lol But I feel like you're the person that is going to keep me motivated the most because you're the most comprehensive, other people feel somewhat sporadic which leads to early onset frustration. Thanks for the direction.

[psjmejia]

Ok, I'm sticking to your program!
Learning from level -1. I've been scouting several videos and find that your way of explaining is the one I like and understand the most.
Thanks!