Beginner Guitar Course, Grade 1 (JustinGuitar)

About this course

Learn guitar the right way from day one with Justin Sandercoe's famous beginner course. Grade 1 takes you from holding the guitar to your first chords, strumming patterns and songs. Who it's for: complete beginners on acoustic or electric guitar. These are the free, official videos of the "JustinGuitar Grade 1 - Beginner Guitar Course" playlist from the JustinGuitar YouTube channel (youtube.com/@justinguitar). All videos belong to JustinGuitar; Sikhami is not affiliated with JustinGuitar and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• Tuning the guitar and holding it properly • Your first open chords, including G, and changing between them quickly • Strumming patterns, rhythm and strumming dynamics • Time signatures, the open-string notes, and sharps and flats • Alternate picking • Practice routines for every lesson, and easy songs to play

This course at a glance

Lectures

74 video lectures

Video

6h 31m in all

Level

All levels

Language

English

Access

Lifetime access

Certificate

On completion

Lectures last updated September 2026

Course content

1 section · 74 lectures · 6h 31m

1. 1. JustinGuitar Grade 1 - Beginner Guitar Course

   • JustinGuitar Beginner Course Grade 1 Introduction1m
   • How to Tune Your Guitar For Beginners7m
   • How to (Really) Hold a Guitar When Playing4m
   • How to Avoid Finger Pain When Learning Guitar3m
   • How to Read Guitar Chord Charts3m
   • How to Hold a Guitar Pick & Best Guitar Picks5m
   • How to Strum a Guitar WITHOUT a Pick17m
   • How to Play the D Chord on Guitar8m
   • How to Play the A Chord | Guitar for Beginners6m
   • The Secret for FAST Chord Changes3m
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   • Get FASTER Chord Changes On Guitar!5m
   • Your FIRST Strumming Pattern EVER! | Guitar for Beginners4m
   • Strumming (Only) The Right Strings | Guitar for Beginners2m
   • 3 Awesome TIPS to Handle Guitar Finger Pain | Guitar for Beginners4m
   • Super EASY 2 Chord Songs | Guitar for Beginners5m
   • JustinGuitar Lesson 1 Practice Routine | Guitar for Beginners5m
   • My Practice Assistant: Track Your Progress for FREE | Guitar for Beginners10m
   • Ready to Move On From Lesson 1 Practice Routine? Guitar for Beginners2m
   • Welcome to Module 2: Rhythm & Chord Change Essentials + Your First Riff!2m
   • How to Play the E Chord | Guitar for Beginners6m
   • A, D, and E - Easy Chord Changes Using Anchor Fingers2m
   • WHY and HOW? Foot Tapping While Playing | Guitar for Beginners4m
   • Why Pick Angle & Strumming Mechanics are CRUCIAL! Guitar for Beginners9m
   • Are You Strumming on the Beat?6m
   • Get Strumming & Chord Changes Right! | Guitar for Beginners3m
   • Picking Notes Exercise & Cool Riff? Peter Gunn | Guitar for Beginners5m
   • Super EASY 3 Chord Songs using A, D, E | Guitar for Beginners4m
   • Welcome to Module 3: Capo, Minor Chords & Up Strums1m
   • What are Minor Chords on Guitar? | Guitar for Beginners4m
   • How to Play the Em Chord | Guitar for Beginners1m
   • How to Play the Am Chord | Guitar for Beginners6m
   • Holding the Guitar with Your Fretting Hand? | Guitar for Beginners2m
   • Strumming: How to Practice Counting the Beats | Guitar for Beginners3m
   • Strumming: All About Up Strums | Guitar for Beginners6m
   • Easy Strumming Patterns With Up Strums | Guitar for Beginners7m
   • All About Guitar Capo | Guitar for Beginners8m
   • 3 Easy Songs on Guitar using Em and Am | Guitar for Beginners2m
   • Guitar Practice Routines for Lesson 3 | JustinGuitar Beginner Course5m
   • Welcome to Module 4: Metronome, Stretches & THE Pattern3m
   • Short Finger? Stretching Exercises | Guitar for Beginners9m
   • The Dm Chord on Guitar is EASY! | Guitar for Beginners5m
   • HOW and WHY to Use a Metronome | Guitar for Beginners4m
   • The Most Common Strumming Pattern of All Time! Guitar for Beginners8m
   • How to Read Guitar TABs made EASY for Beginners!4m
   • Easy Minor Chord Songs using Am, Dm and, Em2m
   • Guitar Practice Routines for Lesson 4 | JustinGuitar Beginner Course6m
   • Welcome to Module 5: Basic Theory & Strumming Development1m
   • How to Play the C Chord | Guitar for Beginners5m
   • Learn ANY Strumming Patterns with this Guitar Exercise16m
   • How to Level Up Any Strumming Pattern | Guitar for Beginners6m
   • Sharps, Flats, and Enharmonic Equivalents for Beginners6m
   • Easy Songs for Beginners! Awesome Hits with Open Guitar Chords2m
   • Guitar Practice Routines for Lesson 5 | JustinGuitar Beginner Course6m
   • Welcome to Module 6: 6:8 Time, Fast Changes & Alternate Picking1m
   • 3 Tips to NAIL Alternate Picking | Guitar for Beginners5m
   • How to Play the G Chord... HACKED! | Guitar For Beginners5m
   • All You Need to Know About Time Signatures | Guitar For Beginners6m
   • The 6 : 8 Strumming Pattern You NEED3m
   • Learn the Open String Notes on the Guitar!3m
   • Stopping Between Chord Changes? Here's How To Fix It!4m
   • Awesome Songs Using the G Chord | Guitar for Beginners3m
   • Guitar Practice Routines for Lesson 6 | JustinGuitar Beginner Course3m
   • Welcome to Module 7: Air Changes, Dynamics & Consolidation!1m
   • 8 Open Chords That You Should Know! | Guitar for Beginners7m
   • Practice Common Chord Changes - and Save Time! :)3m
   • Fast Chord Changes On Guitar For Beginners5m
   • Strings Ringing Out Between Chord Changes4m
   • Why your strumming sounds so bad - and how to fix it!6m
   • Strumming Dynamics for Beginners | Transform Your Play!12m
   • How to Memorize a Song on Guitar - And WHY You Should Do It!1m
   • Why You Need Ear Training - And How to Get Started!5m
   • Playing the Guitar? Music Theory Matters4m
   • How to Pass JustinGuitar Beginners Course Grade 18m
   • JustinGuitar Beginners Course - Practice Routine Grade 17m

How long it takes

6h 31m of video in 74 lectures. Pick a pace that suits you:

• Steady

  about 2 weeks

  at 30 minutes a day

• Regular

  7 days

  at 1 hour a day

• Fast track

  4 days

  at 2 hours a day

Video time only: practice takes a little longer. Your place in every lecture is saved, so you can stop any time.

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Who teaches it

Sikhami InstituteNew Delhi · 297 courses · 694 learners · 473 followersSikhami Institute is Sikhami's own institute for free learning. We pick some of the best free courses on YouTube, from Harvard's CS50, MIT, NPTEL, Khan Academy, Google, Microsoft, the BBC, Crash Course, PW, Magnet Brains, CodeWithHarry and many more, and turn them into proper courses on Sikhami that you can follow lesson by lesson while your progress is saved. Free courses in every category, in English and Hindi: school and competitive exams, programming and AI, languages, music and dance, art, yoga and fitness, cooking, trades, business, marketing, farming and more. All videos belong to their creators and play from their official YouTube channels, and each course credits its creator. Questions or suggestions? Write to help@sikhami.com.

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