I'm 67 years old, been scratching at a guitar since I was 14. Finally, someone explaining it in a way I can understand. Thank you.

Being a beginning guitar player I ran across you on KZfaq, sure a lot of the videos were old but after looking it over the information it is not only fresh but more valuable then you'd realize at first glance. After buying the "Easy Guitar Chord & Lead Tricks" and having the physical book in hand and re-watching the accompanying videos with it, eventually it began to sink in. Being 72 years of age has it's challenges both physical and mental, there must be millions out there that share the same problem. However, after struggling for a good while(well over a year) I am now watching your videos on your channel and my confidence is overwhelming. I have traveled the world many times and done things most people could only dream of but, learning to play a guitar was one of the biggest challenges for me. It was Song Bike with Jonathan Kehew's videos that opened the door for me and I am certain it will for many who try. The Secret is: if you don't get it? Do it again, and again, and again until it comes, eventually it will. Thank You, Jonathan

I have been playing guitar for over 45 years. This is simply one of the best introduction lessons to guitar that I have ever seen. Great job. 👍🏻

im 13, and i didnt know so many elderly folks want to learn guitar.. i kinda already knew this guitar rhythm. my dad tought me well. but you kinda watered down the entire lesson. a six year old could understand this. great lesson.

I find long videos like this more appealing than the short ones. Looks like a real one-o-one class. You give time to think, to adjust, to understand, to repeat. You are a very good teacher, Jonathan.

I’ve been lead singer in band since the 80s I lost my sight and 87 I started playing guitar. I’m 62 and for a blind person you explain it everything so perfectly well that a blind guy can understand it and play along so thank you. 😊😅appreciate it.

This is the best shuffle lesson I've found on YT😊

Hi Jonathan: I've been looking for various KZfaq guitar teachers trying to get unstuck with my guitar practicing. I'm 82 years old and you have helped me with your expert teaching method, hats off to you my friend. You are now my number one, you're awesome! Thanks very much. Ed

its crazy to see that this was released 10 years ago but since then so many people still return. Keep up learners, its a long road ahead but its fun. 90% of people who start learning an instrument give up a year in. Dont give up.

This guy has a serious talent not only in playing, but in teaching. He actually takes the time for you to absorb what is actually going on. If You are frustrated, don't give up. Watch this guy.

I’ve watched this video more than once because your teaching style is the Archetype of how to teach guitar. 😎👍

Out of all the YT guitar lessons free or not, yours are the easiest to understand stand. They aren't easy because there simple there easy because of the way you explain them. Thanks for the help Jonathan.

Jonathan, I am a 48 year "young" learner. You are a natural. Cheers.

Great teacher who keeps it simple. I play the harmonica blues and kinda scratch the guitar. Keep it simple, nothing flashy.

Love your lessons. I've had a guitar for over 20 years but never really took the time to learn to play except for basic chords that served me well. Now newly retired, I have time to play and enjoy my guitar and to learn and get better. Thank you!

I have been watching Johnathan for a few years now and repeatedly follow his teaching. I am a beginner and slow at learning. He is very patient and inspiring for all who want to learn. Thank you 🙏 so much for your good WORKS !😎

The blues shuffle pattern is the heart of rock and roll

Wow! Such a great lesson. I'm already singing hound dog to my beagle.

Such a great job teaching. Every time a question pops in my head you immediately answer it a split second later in the video. You're a gifted teacher. Just bought the book. Thanks.

Thanks Johnathan for your Guitar Instructional videos. I had almost lost hope at learning this instrument again. I used to play Guitar in church when I was in High School. A few of us had been taught by an older lady from another church in her home. She one told me in front of the entire class that I was not cut out to be a good Lead Guitarist BUT I would make a Great Rhythm Guitarist. At the time I wasn't quite sure how to take that comment. A few years later while I was riding my bicycle home from work, a drunk motorcyclist crossed over the center line and head me head on. I ended up with a crushed right wrist. So of course I had to quit playing guitar for awhile. And even when the wrist got better, I just never got back into it. Although I never got rid of THAT guitar. I still have her with me 46 years later. Recently my wife and myself moved from Denver, Colorado (where Guitar Teachers are Plentiful) to a town of 7,000 in Iowa and not a Guitar Instructor to be found. So I was forced to go to the Web to learn. Now that we have moved I am now really motivated to get back intro playing Guitar. So much so that I had to hang my old time friend on the wall because she needed too much work on her and they could not guarantee the sound. So I bought a used Washburn Acoustic / Electric Guitar. This video here of yours I discovered is amazing and at the right pace. However I do have a question for you and see if you have any creative ideas on how to solve my problem. You see not only am OLD and No Physical guitar Instructor, I am also legally blind. Which means I have 20/ 2100 corrected so I must sit really close to the Computer to read or see something. So that is where my problem lies, if I am sitting that close to the screen, I can not be holding my guitar in front of me and playing along with you. So any ideas would be appreciated. For anyone reading this and wondering if my vision problem will hinder me from playing guitar, NOPE. I have had this problem all my life and I player guitar once and I will be playing it again. Thanks for you time.

Jonathan is a great teacher, he communicates music with ease. Good on you Jonathan!

After a long stagnation just Strumming a Ukulele, I have just bought a Yamaha guitar. This simple lesson has given me such inspiration, confirming , my choice and improve my fingerstyle. Thank you Jonathan.

Thanks! You have a very patient pace of teaching. Lots of KZfaq lessons move at a blistering pace for beginners like myself. I'm 42 and attempting to continue something I left behind in my childhood. Keep up the good work!

My guitar knowledge has progressed more in two weeks than the last 30 years. You have opened a whole new way of my approach to the fret board. Thank you .

From a beginner.....Thanks so much! I got more from this lesson than many many face to face lessons in the past

I haven't played guitar since high school. Now at 53 I have rediscovered it and I'm so happy I've stumbled across your channel! I know these are old videos , but have been very helpful. Thank you much.

even though im just slightly past beginner--your lessons have helped me become more precise with my fingering and picking patterns--oh by the way I'm 6 months into guitar and 75 yrs old your never to old to learn.

I’m 34,dyslexic and have carp atonal and am picking up the guitar for the first time thanks for these videos they really help

Hi! I have wanted to learn to play since I was a Kid. I am trying at the old age of 60 years old and just wanted to tell you that you are a natural Teacher, Thanks and I am looking to pick up some tips. I hope I can still learn.

You are such an incredibly good guitar teacher. I am played guitar my whole life But most of what I know is something that I’ve learned from just playing the cords and trying to make my sound, sound like the song I am trying to play. You on the other hand give a detailed exclamation of what your fingers and hands left and right need to be doing. I am so impressed with your teaching ability

You are an excellent instructor. I am just starting to learn to play guitar and you have me practicing this hours. Because of this video my fingers are getting conditioned and I actually am sounding better and better.

Jonathan, I am a 67 year old living in the highlands of Scotland and have watched literally thousands of guitar teaching videos over the years but have yet to see to see a more technical and gifted teaching methodology, will be seeking out all your videos in future - tonight was my lucky night. I am a college lecturer (part time now) and I appreciate how difficult it is (and how good you have to be) to make it look that easy? Power to your elbow my friend and hopefully my guitar playing will improve significantly from watching your videos. As we say in Scotland arrabest!

I suffer from seizures , and thank for breaking this lesson down so that I can work along . Wish there was more teachers like you . I see it in my mind but yes the fingers wait , lol

I've picked the guitar up again after about 25 years and have learned so much off these instruction videos- invaluable!

hello. I think you are the most down to earth American on you tube. very calm, not loud and shouty and so easy to understand. This aussie thinks everything you do on here is awesome. Stay well, my friend.

Hi Jonathan, quick observation for older students like me (71) by using the capo higher up the neck, it makes the stretching a little easier (the frets are closer together right), and gradually ease the capo back a fret at a time until it becomes do-able.

He sketches ideas that ive known so long i dont know how i learned them reminding me how i got started and what my bad habits have become. He teaches me how i should teach. Sometimes i learn something about the guitar on here, but really its what he teaches me about so many much more subtle things. This is a true master of instruction. Before i tackle a "heavy" music lesson i like to watch him teach some old basic stuff my dad taught me and remember how it all builds from very simple things. I love showing my girlfriend and being like "ok, remember what i showed you, well this is what i meant to say."

This guy is the man... I don’t know if he’s still alive cause the recording seems archaic, but million blessing from a happy soul! Thank you

Thank U Solo much for your guidance, last year exactly on Nov4th, I ended u p in hospital from complications from amorphine pump implanted inside of me, long story short I ended up in a coma for a week, I had forgotten patterns that I knew with eyes closed, thank U for your wonderful articulation of lesson, for that matter of ALL your lessons,I now am back on the road again. Now I shall shuffle off... Be Well, looking forward to more of your videos. Peace

Thank you Alex Hannold, the greatest free climber ever.

What an excellent lesson. Blues Shuffle in 6 keys and easily presented. Wish I learnt this a long time ago. Thanks so much.

very easy going well structured guitar lessons with the real results at the end, which is all that is needed for most guitars who wish to learn quickly.

I cant believe how easy this guy is to follow

best teacher of the centry award in my heart.outstanding teaching methods that leave you hungry for more of your knowledge and very interesting theories.i can't get enough .love and respect what you teach and the way you playand think of helping others instead of of holding them back.amazing how much i learned in the 7 hours listening and playing along with you thank you my friend.tom c.

Yup teach I got it. Very good slow easy and fun lesson. I always get a new skill watching your videos. Excellent job ! Thank you. I like your NO pressure approach, it puts beginners at ease.

I had a friend teach me this years ago. First thing I actually learned. Never used the pinky. He taught me to slide the ring finger up to fret 5. That little slide through a chorus pedal sounds so nice.

I like the way you take the time to explain the shuffle Jonathan, I struggle to make a nice sound currently but I will keep practicing.

Jonathan I just started playing and have spent so much time looking for teaching videos. Although I only have seen the one on the blues shuffle it was explained and demonstrated in a way that a beginner can actually understand and actually learn. It’s almost like a lot of other videos are instructors wanting to show you how well they play. They go so fast you end up more frustrated and feeling worse about not being able to understand or come close to actually executing what they are trying to teach you. Good job and please keep it up.

I learn so much from your lessons. You're the best on-line teacher!

Great lessons, wish you were in Spartanburg SC!! Took lessons at 15 and now I’m 67, bought a Clapton Strat and started lessons again!!! Your lessons are great

At the age of 52 (2019) I picked the guitar up for the first time and decided to have a go, still struggling a year down the line lol. Great lesson, hopefully the little trick with the thumb will help me reach those third and fourth frets. I can't put the damn thing down, despite the fact I'm struggling so much with it. Subscribed

I'm 7 years older than Terry Curtis and I am trying to learn to play the guitar. And I agree with him that you are a great teacher. I still can't make my fingers do what I want them to do but your assurance gives me motivation to press on (unintended pun) and keep trying. Thank you.

THANKS FOR THIS .....NO ONE ELSE IS DOING THIS...REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

Thank you for going slow for those of us who need it. Appreciate your teaching style. You must have incredible patience.

Thank you ! I’m an old dog learning new tricks and I appreciate your instruction

I just started to play guitar (52 y.o.). You are an excellent teacher. Thank you so much.

I am an ole dawg, too, tho not a complete beginner, and I am learning new stuff from you also. Thanks

I really appreciate the time taken to go so slowly and patiently by such an accomplished guitarist. Thank you, great stuff.

Jonathan Kehew....you're flippen fantastic. I wish I could be your student.....I love your lessons

He's the best...so chill...so simple

I appreciate your clear, succinct explanations and demonstrations; also, your warmth and encouragement. You break things into manageable steps and make me feel that I can take on challenges.Thank you!!

John, you were born to teach. I gave my son my old Takamine (like he needed another guitar) he's pro musician. I gave it to him because I stopped playing 25 years ago. A good friend gave me a nice acoustic, so here I am again. Relearning some things I had forgotten. Your lessons are outstanding. I use your lessons and another really good teacher. Keep it up. BTW got my calluses back 8-)

What a great simple lesson. I should have learned this years ago. Very many thanks Jonathan.

Beautiful Martin btw my pops had a 71 Martin D28. Was a beautiful warm full bodied acoustic.

So easy to follow for a beginner. Great teacher! Thanks!

Best beginning lesson I've viewed in perhaps a dozen 🎸 tutorials. They fail to instruct throughly what each hand & finger needs to be doing, and the sound to expect.... great job.

you're one great easy going teacher,,making it simple...ty

hello there Jonathan, iam 36 years old, I had this ancient wish to learn music, today because of you I bought my first guitar, you made it easy for honestly. I don't want to get frustrated at my first day 😊 but I think I will make it thank so much, you are aowsam

This was the first thing i learned when i got my guitar. Then i figured out the opening for smoke on the water.

Being an old retired guy I began trying to learn the guitar and I really am getting quite a bit of great tips from the various lessons I've watched. Thanks for the great work your doing to help us enjoy this wonderful instrument. I'm actually surprising myself that I'm actually really playing music.

thanks so much my guitar is probably wondering why I am playing it so much lately thanks for the lessons

I like that he shows you something to do.

Your an awesome teacher, I learn so much watching your lessons.

Thankyou Jonathon, your a brilliant teacher , 🥰

Watching this in 2019. Just found your site. Thanks Jonathan. Very informative and your patience and explanations are VERY helpful for me as a beginner. Thanks a lot! ✌🏻🇱🇷

When i am reborn I will start learning the first day of my life. Thank you

Relaxing voice. Relaxing lesson. The Bob Ross of guitar!

The first video I have watched all the way through,learning at the age of 69 years thank you.

Great instruction, nicely paced. Slow enough for it all to sink in. Plus he seems like a nice bloke.

You are the greatest teacher on the world.

Hi I'm truing to learn by my 75 Birthday in November,2015 thank you

Thank you for this lesson. I started learning guitar about a year ago @ 54 years old, and I'm still in book one. Due to work hours its hard to be consistent. This lesson is a step forward and I will be seeking other videos to help me get better. I finally feel like i'm playing something. I'm working with a Lotus Strat, electric. This pattern sounds cool. I will be drilling it over & over with your video, along with the other video you did with a friend doing scales up and down the neck.

I have downloaded all your (free)videos that i could lay my hands on, i am a better guitar player because of this indispensable contributions of yours... I want to say a big thank you in my language (yoruba) OSE oooo

One of the nicest guys on KZfaq, for so many years now 😀

Great video! The pace was perfect and explanations were clear! Can't wait to try these out! Thank you!

Best online teacher. Absolute legend!

You explain very well in detail and with lots of patience. It really helps improving the guitar skill

Your style of teaching and speed at which you go always suits my speed of learning and how I like to learn. Thank you

Your guitar lessons are amazing! Great job teaching beginners like me. I already have learned a lot of techniques with you. I can feel myself improving day by day. Thank you!

Dear Jonathan,thank you very much.Greetings from Czech republic💞

WOW! I have seen hundreds of instructional guitar lessons, but this is the best I have seen. I'm going to look further!! Nice going!

This is great! You are a great teacher! Fred 76 year- old from Sweden hank you!!!

Your teaching style is amazing, thank you so much.

Certainly one of the best if not truly the best of teaching methods for guitar, and believe me I have wandered through many instructional videos. Thanks!

I so appreciate your teaching, It helps me ALOT. Thanks so very much. Jane

Jon just brillant, learnt more in 20 mins than years of trial and error, many thanks, great teacher.

Hi Jonathan,Thanks for sharing your talent in playing guitar.I can play some basics chords and accompany someone sing and your teaching kinda inspire to go the next level in learning.Thanks for a friendly,clear way of teaching .Godbless

Just came across this video! Wow best teacher on KZfaq!

Hi Jonathan, I'm a latecomer to the guitar and find your style of teaching very useful, I've watched quite a few of your videos, its just a pity most of them are quite old and not HD quality but a least you do show a close up of your finger positions on the fret, which is essential for someone just starting off.

By teaching slow like this video we are able to learn it quicker .thanks a lot