Here you will learn guitar from the start. Step by step you are guided through a program that will take you from beginner to an advanced level.
The lessons are divided into levels (courses) with 10 lessons in each level. Each lesson is based on a piece of music, a study. The first two courses, twenty lessons, are already recorded and uploaded here on the website. The third course is being recorded and uploaded right now.
Samuel Edvardsson is a Swedish classical guitarist who graduated from the master program in performing arts at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 2004. Since then he has given over 600 concerts as a freelance guitarist, in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and Brazil.
Samuel has a fondness for collaborating with singers and playing Brazilian music, preferably in combination.
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In the first course you will learn to play simple melodies with the thumb on the bass strings. You will also learn to play chords and strum them. In the second course you willstart to play with your fingers on the treble strings. In the third course you combine the thumb and the fingers to play classical pieces and plucked accompaniments.
In the videos at Optimum Guitar School, you will observe other guitar students playing the exercises and learn along with them.
The lessons are suitable for all ages. Children can start playing with some help from their parents as soon as they are able to press the strings on the guitar with their left hand.
It is important that you take your time with each lesson to get the right technique. I recommend that you focus on one lesson and study per week.
Children who can hold the guitar but are still not strong enough to press the strings with their left hand can start with the children's course.
In this course the child plays the bass notes to children's songs on open strings. The songs are in Swedish but the child doesn't need to know any Swedish to take the course.
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