per week per student
Guitar Basics | Western Style | Guitar Teacher Teaches How To Play The Guitar
This course is the first step forward for any guitar enthusiast wishing to learn the instrument, guitar. It touches on the elementary and rudimentary factors of guitar playing, that are absolutely essential for students to progress and enhance their guitar playing abilities, both professionally or as a hobby.
Bangalore
Karnataka
India
Educator Profile

Course Details
This beginners course in guitar is a must learn course for students interested in progressing to become a guitarist, be it to satiate their urge for pursuing a hobby or progressing professionally. This course will begin with the very basics about the guitar, its physical attributes and terminology, the types of guitars available, the correct posture when holding the guitar as well as the right and left-hand coordination.
Further on the course will educate students about the different roles played by a lead guitarist, bass and rhythm guitarist. Moving on further, the course will dwell upon the theoretical aspects of scales and chords, educating students about major, minor scales and chords on the guitar. It would teach students chordal accompaniment, meaning, the part a guitarist plays when someone is playing the melody or soloing.
The course will continue by providing students know-how about comping that derives from the word complement and means the effort of the guitarist to complement or support a musician’s improvised solo or melody lines. It will then educate students about, time signatures, strumming, which relate to the action of the guitarist making a sweeping action, where a fingernail or plectrum brushes across all strings in order to set them into motion. The course in its later stages will train students on finger-friendly techniques such as flat-picking and dynamic control with the playing hand, finally concluding with training on the practice routines and basic guitar maintenance.
After successful completion of this course, students can gear themselves for the next course tailored by Sanjay Chandrakanth: Specialization Course on Guitar | Western Style
About Sanjay Chandrakanth: Adept at playing different styles of music, be it blues, rock, jazz, funk or sufi, Sanjay’s heart lies with classic rock. His knowledge about music, especially the guitar has been honed through 3 decades of dedication. Inspired by legends such as Carlos Santana, David Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen, Gary Moore and Joe Satriani, Sanjay has been a member of umpteen bands through the 80’s, when rock culture was still in its nascent stage in the country. Having mastered the guitar, Sanjay now dedicates his efforts towards imparting the treasure trove of knowledge he has accumulated through the years. Sanjay’s intent at sharing his best with his students and everyone else keen to learn about the guitar helped him develop this digital tutoring module for guitar. Sanjay currently oversees his guitar tutoring firm ‘Stringdom’, as mentor.
This course is best suited for people who are looking for how to learn guitar for beginners and who then wish to master the guitar. The tutor with more than 3 decades of guitar playing and teaching experience educates you intricately and in detail about all aspects of the guitar, right from the posture, key notes, tuning and basic notes. This course is an enabler for anyone wishing to pick up the guitar as a hobby or profession, to create a strong foundation to build upon.
Students enrolling for this long term course on ipassio can be sure that they receive individual attention from the teacher, as the class strength is limited to 3 students. It also gives teachers the opportunity, to gauge their students progress in depth and make changes whenever and wherever required, to ensure the student gets the maximum out of this course. Since, long term courses are detailed, students get the advantage of learning intricate details about this art form. The limited strength of the class also ensures that there is a strong bond between the students and their teacher clearing out any inhibitions that the student might have. Learning from a revered, experienced exponent of this art form, through the long duration of this course, keeps the student inspired and motivated to achieve more.
This course provides students with all the theoretical understanding about the guitar lessons for beginners online. The faculty with his immense knowledge spanning decades makes learning fun and long lasting. He gives a step by step insight into the various aspects of guitar playing, be it the physical attributes of the guitar, scales and chords, playing styles, tuning or for that matter the basic upkeep required to keep the guitar in good shape.
- Needs to own an acoustic guitar in playable condition
- Basic knowledge of communicating in English
- No physical impairments/setbacks, especially with regard to finger/phalange movement, wrist rotation, elbow joints & overall arm movements
- Proper eyesight to read/write music notes & related symbols
- Ensuring availability of time to practice the guitar exercises at least for an hour everyday
Weekly Schedule
These sections are for individual students.
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Section A
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Sun 08:30 PM - 09:30 PM America/New_York
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Section B
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Sat 11:30 PM - 12:30 AM America/New_York
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2 Seats |
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Section C
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Wed 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM America/New_York
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0 Seat | Seats not available. |
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Section D
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Sun 01:00 AM - 02:00 AM America/New_York
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1 Seat |
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Section E
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Tue 12:30 AM - 01:30 AM America/New_York
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1 Seat |