FreeGuitarLessons

To register please email us at GraceGuitarLessons@gmail.com

NEXT CLASS:

7- 8pm on Tuesday nights from May 22^nd to June 26^th

FUTURE CLASSES:

7- 8pm on Tuesday nights from July 10^th to August 14^th7- 8pm on Tuesday nights from August 21^st to September 25^th7- 8pm on Tuesday nights from October 2^nd to November 6^th7- 8pm on Tuesday nights from November 13^st to December 18^th

Classes usually run 6 weeks. These classes are ongoing, and future classes will cover the same material, so if you can't make the dates above, please check back later for future dates.

Logo art by Melinda Applegate. Please check out her site: http://scandblue.clustershot.com

Lessons are given at:

Grace Christian Center
1500 Royston Ln.
Round Rock, TX 78664
http://www.gracechristiancenter.org

Map: http://mapq.st/hcf5vY

RECENT NEWS:

Here is an article about the class we are doing for STARRY at the Texas Baptist Children's Home.

http://www.childrenatheartministries.org/page.aspx?pid=1743

We offer free guitar lessons, which are open to the community. Since we started, we have had about 1000 people participate in these lessons. Lessons are given as a group in a 6 week class.

The ages of the students have ranged from 7 (with parental guidance) to 87 (no parent needed). Students are encouraged to take the class with friends or family, so that they have someone to practice with, and we’ve seen whole families take the class together. Because of where we are located, most of the students are from Round Rock and Pflugerville, but people come from all over Austin.

The guitar lessons are free, but you will need to bring your own guitar.

This is very basic stuff for beginners, but you will learn over 20 chords, several songs, how to read Chord Charts and Tabs so that you can learn songs on your own, and how to find other resources, so you can continue to learn after the class without ever having to pay for lessons.

Each lesson will focus less on formal music training and spend more time on what you need to get playing quickly, as well as continue to learn on your own for free after the class is over. Some of the things covered include:

* Guitar basics
     - How to hold your guitar
     - Parts of the guitar
     - Names of the strings
     - How to tune your guitar
* How to play basic chords – (You’ll learn the Major, Minor and 7^thforms of A-G chords, as well as several songs.)
* How to read Chord Charts (so that you can learn to play any chord on your own)
* How to read TABs (so that you can learn just about any song without having to read music)
* Strumming patterns and Fingerpicking styles
* How to find any note on the fretboard (as well as some basic scales)
* How to play Power Chord/Barre Chords
* How to find free resources on the internet to learn songs / take online lessons / video demonstrations of how to play, etc.