Learn to Play the Acoustic Guitar


If you've never played guitar before it would be easy to get frustrated when things don't sound great. But don't worry, you have chosen just the right place to start. What will make the difference to your experience is having Richard Durrant in front of you guiding your hands and training your ears.

Quick Start Acoustic Guitar Lessons will get you making music straight away. Richard will show you how to play some cornerstone chords whilst strumming basic rhythms. 

These lessons will help you produce a lovely, open, ringing folk sound as well as exploring more jazzy chords . All are payed with a plectrum on metal strings. This really is the perfect start to your Acoustic Guitar playing.

Filmed between the end of 2017 and early 2018.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - Easy First Chords

    • Acoustic Guitar - Easy Chords

    • Acoustic Guitar - Easy Chords. PDFs
  • 2

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - Chords in the key of Dm

    • Acoustic Guitar - Chords in the key of Dm

    • Acoustic Guitar - Chords in the key of Dm. PDFs
  • 3

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - The all powerful E chord

    • Acoustic Guitar - The all powerful E chord

    • The all powerful E chord. All chords.pdf
  • 4

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - Chords in the key of G

    • Acoustic Guitar - Chords in the key of G

    • Acoustic Guitar - Chords in the key of G. PDFs
  • 5

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - Big D Little D

    • Acoustic Guitar - Big D Little D

    • Acoustic Guitar - Big D Little D. PDFs
  • 6

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - Using a drop D tuning

    • Acoustic Guitar - Using a drop D tuning

    • Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - Using a drop D tuning. PDFs
  • 7

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - Chords in E and Em

    • Acoustic Guitar - Chords in E and Em

    • Acoustic Guitar - Chords in E and Em. PDFs
  • 8

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - 12 Bar Blues & 1st Bar Chords

    • Acoustic Guitar - 12 Bar Blues & 1st Bar Chords

    • Acoustic Guitar - 12 Bar Blues & 1st Bar Chords
  • 9

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - The 9th chord and left hand damping

    • Acoustic Guitar - The 9th chord and left hand damping

    • Acoustic Guitar - The 9th chord and left hand damping. PDFs
  • 10

    Quick Start Acoustic Guitar - The diminished chord

    • Acoustic Guitar - The diminished chord

    • Acoustic Guitar - The diminished chord. PDFs

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