First Steps - The Beginner Guitar Blueprint

Never played before? Start here.

First Steps is the beginner guitar method used at DCM Music School, written for adults starting from zero on acoustic or electric guitar. In your very first 30 minutes you'll learn three chords, a rock riff and a complete song, then build from there one clear step at a time.

Inside you'll find:

• Your first song in 30 minutes, using just A, E and D

• All the essential open chords, sus chords and your first barre F, each with a clear chord box

• Strumming patterns, rhythm and smooth chord changes that keep you in time

• Seven complete songs, 12 famous songs with their chords and capo positions, and the four-chord trick behind hundreds of hits

• Single-note riffs, melodies, power chords and your first rock riff

• TAB and notation examples, with the counts printed above every note

• A practice box in every chapter, checkpoint quizzes, a progress tracker and a certificate