Beginning Classical Guitar

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Start with the Basics, Learn How to Use Both Hands, Play Solo Classical Guitar

This course has everything you need to start playing classical guitar. Even if you have no experience or musical training, you can start playing classical guitar faster than you might think. The course material is structured so that you will make steady progress building your skills and playing solo pieces on the classical guitar.

The main goal of the course is to play the great Spanish composition "Malaguena." You will also learn several other pieces/songs: "Spanish Cancion," "Ode to Joy," and "The Pami Song." Along the way you will pick up many helpful practice tips. This course will help you go from being a non-guitarist to a guitarist, as you will be able to enjoy playing real pieces of music all the way through.

Learning is easy because the video lectures feature multiple camera angles, letting you see the hands clearly whether you are watching on a computer, tablet, or phone. Every lecture that includes a musical example has a PDF file of that musical example written out in standard musical notation and in guitar tablature.

The musical exercises, scales, and songs are the result of years of teaching students in-person and online, and everything is designed to help you start playing the best in the shortest amount of time.

Classical guitar is a beautiful art form, but it can be intimidating. If you have ever wanted to learn to play classical guitar but were worried that it would take years of struggle, or would require some sort of special background or skills, then this course will be perfect for you. There are no shortcuts, but playing classical guitar doesn't need to be difficult or frustrating.

Learning from an online video course means that you can go at your own pace and re-watch the lectures as many times as you want, all on your own schedule from the comfort of your own home. When you are playing classical guitar pieces all the way through you will be glad that you took the first step.

While there is a lot of great information in the course, the real value lies in the sequencing of the information. In this course you will never be asked to play something or do a certain technique without being prepared for it. When you watch and listen to a good classical guitarist, what you are seeing is someone who has put together the mechanics of playing in the correct sequence, so that everything flows. Putting things in the proper sequence is something that is really important. It will allow you make progress quickly and with ease.

You don't need to have large hands or fast reflexes to play classical guitar, all you need is a willingness to learn and an understanding of the fundamentals and how to put them together.

This course is really a course of possibilities. Think of it as a point of departure, where you embark on your musical journey as a classical guitarist.


  • You'll learn how to play classical guitar in this course, and you'll be amazed at the sounds coming out of your guitar by the time you get to the end.

  • Everything you need to know is laid out in the course step-by-step. No experience is necessary.

  • You will start with the parts and types of guitars, move on to sitting and hand positions, learn how to make sounds on the guitar.

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Brian Riggs

My name is Brian Riggs and I am a classical guitarist and guitar teacher from Chicago, IL. I have a degree in classical guitar performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts, and I've played in master classes with some amazing guitarists, most notably Christopher Parkening at his class at Montana State University. I want to share what I've learned...

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4.9 course rating
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ui-avatar of Regina Hodgson
Regina H.
5.0
1 year ago

This is a great course. Pacing is perfect and I'm enjoying practicing what I've learned.

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Chris A. P.
5.0
1 year ago

So far very good!

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Yu Y.
5.0
1 year ago

this is a great course I love it.

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ui-avatar of Chris Sitton
Chris S.
5.0
1 year ago

Great begining course. It is very helpful with the proper technique.

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ui-avatar of Neil Schuck
Neil S.
4.0
1 year ago

So far so good!

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ui-avatar of Stuart Mulligan
Stuart M.
5.0
1 year ago

So far so good. Easy to understand and follow.

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ui-avatar of Sue Rayfield
Sue R.
4.5
2 years ago

Everything was clearly stated

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ui-avatar of Bill Crafts
Bill C.
5.0
3 years ago

Really nice course. Great for beginner classical

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Michael T.
5.0
3 years ago

Very clear instructions.

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Dennis B.
2.0
3 years ago

As an older adult, learning completely via video is not normal. An e-book accompanying this course would have worked better for me. Call me "old fashioned"...call me old fashioned. I just thought, "Classical Guitar" being taught with non-classical methods. It appears I will buy another course that INCLUDES an e-book.

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