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# Your Child's Very First Guitar Lesson | Total Beginner

 

 ## Summary

Everything is detailed at length in the free beginner's level 1 course! https://www.guitargate.com/courses/level-1-welcome-guitargate-free Key Takeaways and things to work on for first lesson: 1. Parts of the guitar & how they work together. 2. Assigning numbers to strings and fingers. 3. Learning the names of the open strings (EADGBE) and that music contains the notes A-G (to start) 4. How to shorten a string & increase pitch by fretting a note, and common buzzing issues. 5. Practice 1234 fingers and frets on each string. 6. How to use a tuner (feel free to help your child) 7. Leave with a win - a song they can hear and repeat that's super easy. I use "Nothing Else Matters" - Metallica because it's all open strings for the intro. Wyatt thanks you for watching! -- Michael

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