Learn to play guitar - GuitarStepsPod
By Andy Read
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Podcast Description
Full time guitar teacher Andy Read takes you through the simple steps of learning to play the guitar. Taking everything back to basics, Andy draws on his incredible wealth of experience of teaching over 100 students per week for the last 10 years to bring the method to a far more global audience. He has had time to road test, perfect, and refine these steps so that they are easy to follow, and simple to understand. If you wanted to try before you buy check out the blog page www.andyread.libsyn.com for the pages needed to work through the audio podcasts as well as the more recent video podcasts. On the programmes Andy will be working through the book at a steady and relaxed pace, and these free pages will be enough to get you on your way for the first few sessions. Hard copy books may be purchased from the website for £13.99 (delivered free worldwide) The first few programmes include basic chords (E, A, B7, D, C, G) learning to change quickly between them, and how to strum. If you can master these chords, you are halfway to mastering any chord!
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| 1 | CleanVideoGuitar finger picking | -- | 6/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | CleanLearn basic guitar finger picking! | Hi and welcome to the second iphone guitar tuition delivery. Today we are starting to learn fingerpicking. I have uploaded the pdf of all the pages you will need. Please email me some feedback (good or bad :) I need to know whether these are working and helpful! many thanks andy | 6/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoLearn basic chords and strumming (iphone version) | iphone version of the previous vidcast. Learning how to play some basic chords and also strumming. Chords include E, A, B7, D, G, and C, and how to change quickly between them. Master these chords and you'll be half way to mastering any chord! (initial description) Hi there - welcome to the first vidcast/vodcast of learning how to play the guitar. There are 6 audio podcast sessions which you can hear, but that was really only a test run before I could get the video's uploaded. These clips are part of a DVD that you can get at www.IWantToPlayGuitar.com along with the book, or for the budget option, 'the download' where you get the whole book via Pdf, and 6 movies. A firm believer in customer choice, you could also get a hard copy pocket book AND the DVD via EBAY at: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/jazziejane My full time occupation and passion has always been to try and make the learning of this amazing instrument as accessible as possible, for everyone. I have been teaching and playing guitar for over 20 years, and currently teach 130 students a week mostly in primary schools. I have had this long to hone and perfect this method - and the tweaking continues to make it as effective as I can! Although I have written this method with the 7-12's in mind, if that age group can understand it.. anyone can! Please feel free to feedback with any suggestions in how I can make it even better - andy@guitarsteps.com | 3/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | CleanVideoLearn basic chords and strumming (video) | Hi there - welcome to the first vidcast/vodcast of learning how to play the guitar. I have already published 6 audio podcast sessions which you can hear, but that was really only a test run before I could get the video's uploaded. In this vidcast you will be learning how to play some basic chords and also how to strum. Chords include E, A, B7, D, G, and C, and how to change quickly between them. Master these chords and you'll be half way to mastering any chord! I have published the pages of the book that you will need, on the blog for you to follow: www.andyread.libsyn.com These clips are part of a DVD that you can buy (with free worldwide shipping) at www.IWantToPlayGuitar.com along with the book, or for the budget option, 'the download' where you get the whole book via Pdf, and 6 movies. A firm believer in customer choice, you could also get a hard copy pocket book AND the DVD via EBAY at: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/jazziejane My full time occupation and passion has always been to try and make the learning of this amazing instrument as accessible as possible, for everyone. I have been teaching and playing guitar for over 20 years, and currently teach 130 students a week mostly in primary schools. I have had this long to hone and perfect this method - and the tweaking continues to make it as effective as I can. Although I have written this method with the 7-12's in mind, if that age group can understand it.. anyone can! Please feel free to feedback with any suggestions in how I can make it even better - andy@guitarsteps.com | 3/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideolearn guitar (spanish translation) | Learn chords and strumming (Spanish translation) | 7/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cleanlearn to play guitar 6 | Learning how to strum. Full time guitar teacher Andy Read takes student Jane through the simple steps of how to play the guitar - from scratch! This week we look at STRUMMING. Using the 16 chord block (the chords of E, A, B7, D, G, and C). We go through the chords strumming 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and ('1234' are downstrokes, and the 'ands' are always upstrokes) Check out www.guitarsteps.com for hard copy purchase (£13.95 worldwide postage free) or alternatively download the pdf to enable you to view a portion of the book. | 9/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cleanlearn to play guitar 5 | The chords of E, A, B7, D, G, and C. Welcome to session 5 of how to play guitar in simple steps..from scratch! This week full time guitar teacher Andy Read stays with page 6 and 7 of the course manual (shown on the podcast website www.andyread.libsyn.com or downloaded from www.guitarsteps.com) and shows young student Jane how to change quickly and smoothly with the chords of E, A, B7, D, G, and C. Basic stuff, but absolutely vital foundational steps to your future guitar playing. These are the beginning stages of becoming confident with chord shapes and patterns to enable you to play and change chords effortlessly and in time. Keep practicing! | 9/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cleanlearn to play guitar 4 | The chords of E, A, B7, D, G, and C. Session 4 of the teaching basic guitar podcast - from scratch! Full time guitar teacher Andy Read takes on Jane as student, and this week focus on page 6 and 7 of the Guitar Steps course book (purchased as a hard copy or downloaded in pdf format from www.guitarsteps.com or viewed on the podcast website www.andyread.libsyn.com). Today we will look primarily at the 16 chord block. Learning to change between the different chords of E, A, B7, D, C, G, and generally getting used to chord shapes and patterns. If you would like to feedback on anything please feel free to email andy@guitarsteps.com - keep practicing! | 9/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cleanlearn to play guitar 3 | The chords of E, A, B7, and D. It's the third session of teaching basic guitar from full time guitar teacher Andy Read. He takes you (and student Jane) from absolute scratch, and slowly and surely gives you confidence and ability on the instrument. This week we focus on page 5 of the Guitar Steps Coursebook (available from www.guitarsteps.com..also free pdf download of the first few steps to get you on your way) that introduces us to the chord of D. Full chord list covered this week are E, A, B7, and D. | 8/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cleanlearn to play guitar 2 | The chords of E, A, and B7. Full time guitar teacher Andy returns for this second session on how to play the guitar. Along with his live learn-as-you-go student Jane he teaches through page 4 of the course tuition book (pdf for these first few sessions can be downloaded free from www.guitarsteps.com) covering the new chord of B7. This podcast also recovers tuning and the chords of E and A from last week. | 7/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cleanlearn to play guitar 1 | Intro session - chords of E and A. Full time guitar teacher Andy Read takes student Jane through the simple steps of learning to play the guitar, and you, the listener, are the other student! Taking everything back to basics, Andy draws on his incredible wealth of experience of teaching over 100 students per week for the last 10 years to bring the method to a far more global audience. He has had time to road test, perfect, and refine these steps so that they are easy to follow, and simple to understand. The first few steps of the tuition book can be downloaded for free from www.guitarsteps.com. On the podcast programmes Andy will be working through this book at a steady and relaxed pace, and these free pages will be enough to get you on your way for the first few sessions. Hard copy books may be purchased from the website for £13.99 (approx $28USD/€20EUR) delivered free worldwide. The first few sessions include basic chords (E, A, B7, D, C, G) choosing the right size guitar, and most importantly, tuning - come and join in! | 7/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
There are just so many other podcast of this quality that have videos.
Only the first lesson has a video. Bummer. Very informational otherwise and good quality. I would definetrly subscribe if there were more videos. There are just so many other podcast of this quality that have videos. This would be among my favorite though. Very easy and smooth teaching.
The best podcast on learning to play the guitar so far.....
I love this podcast it really helped me learn to play the guitar.............
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