Beginner training plan
Your first lessonFirst lesson is always free! My goal is to make everyone feel as comfortable and inspired as possible. Parents or guardians can feel free to stay through the lesson. I discover what they are inspired by, and play a live demonstration of their favorite artist. Every student follows a custom lesson plan catered directly to their needs and playing style, so the first lesson is when we begin to breakdown the trajectory of lessons 2-10.
Lesson 2-3If teaching a beginner, lesson two will almost always consist of the ‘anchor’ technique, where I show them how to anchor their pinky and ring finger to play a basic 1-4 (G/C) progression in the key of G. It might sound complicated for a first exercise but 100% of my students have been able to grasp it! By the end of lesson 3, the student can play a 1-4-5-6 (GCDEm) progression in the key of G with 2 different strumming patterns. As important as theory and technique is, keeping students inspired and eager to learn always takes top priority for me.
Lesson 4-10This is where I start to introduce a little more technique and theory mastery. I take the ‘anchor’ method and apply it to the key of C, teaching them not only new chord shapes and finger positioning but also the ability to see how different key signatures interact using the Nashville Number system (NNS). This system is used by every single prominent musician in Nashville, and all over the US. Like learning a language, it’s important to link these parts of the brain early on. By lesson 10, the student will have either shifted to learning bar chords and major scales (electric) or learning a 1-4-5-6 progression in the key of G,C,D,A, and E using several different strumming patterns and picking patterns (acoustic).
