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Erich Andreas

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YGS Kids/Teens Guitar is a comprehensive program that goes beyond teaching guitar skills. With interactive lessons, engaging activities, and personalized support, YGS Kids/Teens empowers children to explore their creativity.

YGS Kids/Teens Guitar offers 73 step-by-step lessons by a 40+ year guitar teacher veteran. It's an exciting & fun journey with interactive learning for all ages, fostering creativity and confidence. Learn to play guitar & build confidence

YGS Kids/Teens Guitar es un programa integral que va más allá de enseñar las habilidades de la guitarra. Con lecciones interactivas, actividades interesantes y apoyo personalizado, YGS Kids/Teens permite a los niños explorar su creatividad.

Get a brief overview of the course and how to proceed.

Welcome 

You will learn the essential items you need today to start your journey. No worries, I will direct you exactly where to go and what to do.

Items You Should Have

Quiz - Items You Should Have 

Learn the most important and overlooked subject for successful guitar playing.

How to Hold the Guitar

Quiz - How to Hold the Guitar

Learning this foundational and often missed lesson will ensure you know how to hold the guitar pick correctly from the start.

How to Hold the Guitar Pick

 Quiz - Holding the Guitar Pick

This simple yet rarely taught technique will create powerful guitar pick awareness and control.

Practicing the Pick Rest

Quiz - Pick Rest

Learn the proper steps/techniques to perfect your guitar
fretting.

How to Fret

Quiz - How To Fret 

Practice - How to Fret - Tablature Lesson - Using Exercise 1

Learn about your guitar and what the diﬀerent parts do.

Getting to Know Your Guitar

Quiz - Getting to Know Your Guitar

This is where I prescribe to you precisely what to practice for today. Each day will have a diﬀerent focus.

Practice - Review Getting to Know Your Guitar Practice Exercises

Learn how to take care of your guitar so that you can play it for years to come.

Basic Guitar Care

Basic Guitar Care – Quiz

This is where I suggest to you exactly what to practice for today. Every day, we will have a diﬀerent focus while revisiting other foundational techniques.

Practice - Guitar Care - Practice Exercises

Learn what a chord is and how to read chord stamps.

Introduction to Chords

Introduction to Chords - Quiz

Learn our 1st chord and the proper technique to use for all “open” chords.

Basic Chord Technique Em7 Chord

Today’s focus is the basic chord technique and the E-7 chord.

Practice - Basic Chord Technique

Learn how to strum the guitar as we focus on the diﬀerence between down and up strums. We also learn about down and up beats and how they aﬀect our strumming patterns.

Introduction to Strumming

Strumming - Quiz

Today’s focus is strumming. This is where it gets fun!

Practice - Introduction to Strumming

Learn one of the most widely used guitar chords ever.

E minor Chord

Today’s focus is on perfecting the E minor chord.

Practice - E minor chord

Learn the E major and E7 chords by associating them with the E minor that we recently learned.

E major and E7 chords

Today’s focus is on the E and E 7 chords.

Practice - E and E7

Learn how to quickly overcome the sometimes challenging “ghost” down strum and discover how the “big strumming” technique and other techniques allow us to do so.

Level 3 Strumming - Big Strumming

Here, we will apply the techniques that we just learned.

Practice - Level 3 Strumming - Big Strumming

Learn ALL the notes on the guitar by using a few easy-to-remember tricks that I will show you.

Naming the Notes on the Fretboard

Naming Notes on the Fretboard – Quiz

Today’s focus is practicing how to EASILY name the notes on the guitar fretboard.

Practice - Naming the Notes on a Fretboard

Learn two of my favorite guitar chords that are used in countless songs.

Am and Am7

Today’s focus is on the Am and Am7 chords. These are used a lot in the song charts I provide. We will still revisit previous techniques as well.

Practice - Am and Am7

Learn how to tune your guitar with a tuner so you can play those sweet melodies and chords.

How to Tune With a Tuner

Tuning - Quiz

Today’s focus is practicing what we learned about tuning the guitar with a tuner.

Practice - How to Tune With a Tuner

Learn the A major and A7 chords and exactly how to play them.

A and A7 chords

Practice - A and A7

Learn about whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, and more as we create a foundation in rhythmic duration.

 Introduction to Rhythm Durations

Rhythm Duration - Quiz

Today’s focus is practicing with rhythmic durations as well as revisiting our foundational techniques.

 Practice - Introduction to Rhythms

Learn how to read a chord chart, which is a super-powerful, one-page representation of a song. Learning this will help forge an essential skill that many musicians often miss.

How to Read a Chord Chart

Chord Charts - Quiz

Today’s focus is learning how to read our first chord chart song example. SUPER fun stuﬀ!

 Practice - How to Read a Chord Chart

Learn how to play 3 widely used chords D, Dm
and D7.

D, Dm and D7 chords

Today’s focus is on perfecting chords D, Dm, and D7. Throughout all these practice sessions, I will also guide you through other strumming/picking drills.

Practice - D, Dm and D7 chords

Learn how we read and play song charts that have “split measures”, which is when we have two chords that split a measure.

Split Measures 

Split Measures - Quiz

Today, we practice a new song chart that
contains a split measure. With each of these song chart examples, you will experience real-life chart challenges that prepare you to play thousands of songs by just looking at a chord chart sheet.

Practice - Split Measures

Learn a way of thinking that will allow you to move smoothly from one chord to the next. This technique is very eﬀective and should be applied to all chords you desire to transition smoothly.

How to Change Chords Smoothly

Today’s practice hyper-focuses on perfecting the chord transition.

Practice - How to Change Chords Smoothly

Learn C major, another often used, essential chord that we will find often in popular songs.

C Chord

Today’s practice focuses on the C major chord while revisiting our other foundational techniques.

Practice - C chord

Learn about shuﬄe rhythms, how to “feel” them, what scenarios we might use them in, and how to apply them to our previously learned strumming rhythms.

Shuﬄe Rhythms

Shuﬄe Rhythm - Quiz

Today’s focus is on how to apply shuﬄe rhythms to our strumming rhythm patterns.

Practice - Shuﬄe Rhythms

Learn about the “mixed measure,” which is when we have two or more chords in a measure that are not evenly split. We will learn how to read them on a chart and how to play them.

Mixed Measure

Mixed Measure - Quiz

Today focuses on a new song chart incorporating a mixed measure. We find these often in popular music. You will experience them frequently and will now be equipped to do so.

Practice - Mixed Measure

Learn about two new rhythmic variations in popular song charts: the “diamond” and the “push.” Here we learn how to read them and play them.

Diamonds and Pushes

Diamonds and Pushes - Quiz

Learn one of my favorite chords to play and the cornerstone chord for hundreds of thousands of songs: the G major chord.

G chord

Today, we use proper fretting techniques to tackle the G major chord.

Practice - G chord

Today’s focus is on a new song chart that features chords G and D and includes a “push” and “diamond” to solidify our knowledge.

Practice - G D Pushes and Diamonds

Learn about chord inversions, which change the bass note of the chord, allowing us to change the voicing of a chord for variation. The pros know this one!

Inversions

 Inversions - Quiz

Today focuses on a new song chart for “Amazing Grace.” It incorporates many of the chords we have already learned and many of the techniques we have been honing over the weeks. This one is MEGA-rewarding!

Practice - Amazing Grace

Learn about the guitar’s best friend, the capo, which allows us to quickly change keys on the guitar and make the guitar chords easier to play.

Using a Capo 

Using a Capo - Quiz

Learn how EVERYTHING we learned in this course has stacked up intentionally to equip you with the ability to know thousands of songs by merely looking at the song chart while I guide you through these songs on my YouTube channel.

Where to Go Next

Kids/Teens Guitar with Your Guitar Sage/Erich Andreas

Guitarra para niños y adolescentes con Your Guitar Sage/Erich Andreas

In this ongoing class, beginners will learn the basics of acoustic guitar playing. 

En esta clase continua, los principiantes aprenderán los conceptos básicos de cómo tocar la guitarra acústica. 

Guitar for Beginners

Guitarra para principiantes

Ben Gitter, Cello and Guitar - DMA, MM, B.Mus.

In this ongoing course, students will learn the fundamentals of guitar, from tuning to the name of the strings to basic chords, strumming patterns and finger shapes on guitar.

En este curso continuo, los estudiantes aprenderán los fundamentos de la guitarra, desde la afinación hasta el nombre de las cuerdas, los acordes básicos, los patrones de rasgueo y las formas de los dedos en la guitarra.

Group Guitar Class for Beginners!

¡Clase de guitarra en grupo para principiantes!

Paulina Jayne

An on going group guitar class tailored to teach students the basics of playing guitar and learning songs. 

Una clase de guitarra grupal continua diseñada para enseñar a los estudiantes los conceptos básicos de tocar la guitarra y aprender canciones. 

Group Beginner Guitar Class

Clase de guitarra para principiantes en grupo

USA's Prestige Worldwide Education

This is a private music lesson for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students interested in guitar, guitar technique and music in general. 

Esta es una lección de música privada para estudiantes principiantes, intermedios y avanzados interesados en la guitarra, la técnica de guitarra y la música en general. 

Guitar Fundamentals

Fundamentos de la guitarra

Eric Jayk

One on one guitar lessons taught by an experienced music educator!

¡Clases de guitarra individuales impartidas por un educador musical experimentado!

Private Guitar Lessons

Clases particulares de guitarra

Emily Jasper

This class is designed for beginners. Your young learner will discover their hidden talent. They will learn the beginner basics about guitar playing, tuning the guitar, the standard guitar chords, and how to play their first song. 

Esta clase está diseñada para principiantes. Tu pequeño alumno descubrirá su talento oculto. Aprenderá los conceptos básicos para principiantes sobre cómo tocar la guitarra, cómo afinarla, los acordes estándar y cómo tocar su primera canción. 

Learn to Play Guitar for Beginners

Aprende a tocar la guitarra para principiantes

Sean

One-On-One personalized guitar lessons for beginners and intermediate students to meet their goals and learn classical guitar.

Clases de guitarra personalizadas uno a uno para estudiantes principiantes e intermedios para alcanzar sus objetivos y aprender guitarra clásica.

1-on-1 Classical Guitar

Guitarra clásica 1 a 1

Sing Create Play by Bella Ely

Beginner guitar students receive 1:1 private instruction to learn how to play the guitar using "Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course 1." 

Los estudiantes principiantes de guitarra reciben instrucción privada individual para aprender a tocar la guitarra utilizando el "Curso de guitarra para niños de Alfred n.º 1". 

1:1 Beginner Guitar Lessons!

¡Clases de guitarra para principiantes 1:1!

Rebecca Weber

My guitar lessons are fun, educational, and personally tailored to every student! Whether you've never held a guitar before or are a seasoned touring professional, there is something for everyone in my lessons.

Mis clases de guitarra son divertidas, educativas y personalizadas para cada alumno. Tanto si nunca has tocado una guitarra como si ya tienes experiencia en giras, hay opciones para todos los gustos.

Guitar Lessons

Clases de guitarra

Julio Chavez

Your child will be playing guitar from the start!

¡Tu hijo tocará la guitarra desde el principio!

Ms Marcy

In this one-week guitar camp, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of playing guitar.

En este campamento de guitarra de una semana, los estudiantes aprenderán los fundamentos de tocar la guitarra.

Beginning Guitar Boot Camp Level 1

Campamento de entrenamiento de guitarra para principiantes, nivel 1

Virtual Performing Arts Academy

This class is a 3-day Beginning Guitar Summer Camp. Students will learn the essential elements of the Guitar playing finishing with a class performance.

Esta clase es un campamento de verano de guitarra para principiantes de 3 días. Los estudiantes aprenderán los elementos esenciales de la guitarra y finalizarán con una presentación en clase.

Guitar Summer Camp

Campamento de verano de guitarra

Axel Vallejos (B.Mus., PPC, MM.)

Ongoing private guitar lessons for kids with a skilled and patient teacher!  

¡Clases privadas de guitarra para niños con un profesor experto y paciente!  

Kids Guitar Lessons: 1 on 1

Clases de guitarra para niños: individuales

Nicholas Carothers

Interested in the guitar? Sign up for a 1-on-1 lesson today! Total beginners welcome and encouraged.

¿Te interesa la guitarra? ¡Inscríbete hoy mismo en una clase individual! Se anima a principiantes a tocar la guitarra.

Guitarra para niños y adolescentes con Your Guitar Sage/Erich Andreas

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