#19
Originally Posted by:
ChristopherSchlegel
Hey & welcome!
As technology improved GT updated the content (better video & audio quality, lighting, etc.). When the courses were updated GT used the opportunity to have a new instructor teach them to get a variety of approaches for students. Each of the 3 instructors teaching the Fundamentals have their own teaching style with slightly different approaches to the material. The idea is to provide a better potential experience for students that have more options.
Virtually all beginner guitar curriculums follow a broad, general path: simple chords, strumming, single notes, picking, full open chords, progressions, scales, barre chords. Then you are ready for stylistic specialized concepts & techniques.
Strumming is often done first because it's a wide motion & gets beginners introduced to the mechanics of playing. Playing single notes (and scales) often comes a little later on guitar because it's a more precise & difficult motion. Also, many beginner guitarists focus naturally on chords because that's the vast majority of what a guitarist does. And you can play songs right away! In fact many hobby guitarists exclusively play chords & songs.
There is some wiggle room in the order that things are taught. But usually you get some combination of the above list.
GT instructors do not get annoyed if a student skips around. That's an expected part of the structure. Explore & find what is of value to you.
I did the first Fundmentals courses. You might find them of value.
https://www.guitartricks.com/course/guitarfundamentals1v1(discontinued)
https://www.guitartricks.com/course/fundamentals2(discontinued)
Hope that helps! Please ask more questions if you have them. Best of success!