David MacGregor’s Guitar Basics is a course that has been designed to give you all the important foundations required to get you started on your guitar journey, while making sure that you avoid any bad habits that could affect your playing negatively in the future. The course also comes with a 30 day, no questions asked, money-back guarantee. 


Guitar Basics is split into 4 video lectures with PDF notes. Below you will find a list of what you will learn in each video: 


Video 1

  • The String Names 
  • How to Tune the Guitar 
  • Navigating the guitar 
  • Your first chord (E minor)
  • How to hold the pick
  • Your Second Chord (A minor)
  • How to read chord box’s 
  • How to change between the E minor and A minor chord


Video 2 

  • Introduction to Rhythm Guitar 
  • Strumming Exercises
  • Using a Metronome 
  • Major Chords (A and D)
  • Changing between A and D 


Video 3

  • Your first riff (Wild Thing) 
  • Warm Up and Finger Strength exercise 


Video 4

  • Advice on the best way to practise 
  • G major and C major chords 
  • Learning your first full song (Knockin on heaven's door)
  • Performance Tips 
  • Advice on what to do next


By completing the Guitar Basics Course, you will have set up a solid foundation in your guitar playing, and congratulations will be in order! The course ends with advice on how to continue to grow and improve on your playing so that it doesn’t just end here, but this is really just the beginning of your guitar journey.




Learn more about the course with this video





Meet your teacher


David MacGregor is a Scottish Guitarist, Composer, Producer, Music Educator, Recording and Touring Artist.

David has worked professionally in the music industry for over 20 years and has performed, Composed and recorded many different styles of music from Jazz, Rock, Heavy Metal, Folk and World Music.

Along with his touring, recording and composing career, David has taught hundreds of people guitar from absolute beginners to professionals, which he continues to do to this day.





Great guitar lessons from an awesome teacher! Would definitely recommend!!


— Dana Finies - The Netherlands

David is a great guitar player, musician and teacher! Highly recommended.


— Fraser Laing - UK

Highly recommend David as a guitar teacher, he’s superb!

My son Cameron is only 10 and has learnt so much from him, and so have I!

— Debbie Lyon - Scotland



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