E-Folk
Guitar for beginners — Play real guitar and understand the music.
A beginner-friendly method: 12 progressive lessons with chord diagrams, tabs and a clear focus on understanding (harmony, chord building, and rhythm).
12 lessons
Chords + Tabs
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Three chaptersTune Up & Play
Holding the guitar, tuning, tablature, first riffs.
Open Chords
Open chords, strumming, chord changes, and arpeggios.
Barre Chords & Blues
Barre shapes, chord embellishments, and a first look at 12-bar blues.
1 — Boogie in E
How to hold the guitar. Tuning and notes on the fretboard.
Reading tablature: Boogie in E.
Reading tablature: Boogie in E.
2 — Arpeggios
Right-hand fingering.
Simple arpeggios with a bass-line melody.
Simple arpeggios with a bass-line melody.
3 — What Is a Chord?
What a chord is. Em and Am chords.
Fingering and chord diagrams.
Fingering and chord diagrams.
4 — Playing with a Pick
The C major chord.
Downstrokes and upstrokes with a pick.
Downstrokes and upstrokes with a pick.
5 — Folk Rhythm
The G major chord. Moving from C to G, adding notes to chords.
Hammer-ons.
Hammer-ons.
6 — 3-Beat Rhythm
The D major chord.
Progression: G → D → Am → C.
Progression: G → D → Am → C.
7 — Chord Arpeggios
Chord arpeggios. The D minor chord.
Thumb plays the root note.
Thumb plays the root note.
8 — Palm Muting
Palm muting.
E major and A major chords. Down-up strumming. The muted “chh” sound.
E major and A major chords. Down-up strumming. The muted “chh” sound.
9 — Minor Barre Chords
Minor barre chords. Learning notes on the fretboard.
A-minor and E-minor barre shapes. Swing rhythm.
A-minor and E-minor barre shapes. Swing rhythm.
10 — Country Club
Country Club.
E major barre shape. Adding a 7th to your chords.
E major barre shape. Adding a 7th to your chords.
11 — C Barre
The C barre. A major barre shapes.
A variation on the D chord. The C9 chord.
A variation on the D chord. The C9 chord.
12 — 12-Bar Blues
12-bar blues.
From a traditional acoustic shuffle to a funky blues with a more advanced rhythm pattern.
From a traditional acoustic shuffle to a funky blues with a more advanced rhythm pattern.