Your calm, 90-minute start on the guitar. Hold it right, play your first chords and strum your first songs, one short lesson at a time. No endless theory, just you and your guitar.

“Your teaching is so fun and easy… it makes me enjoy playing my instrument more each day.”
Course reviews
Feedback from Guitar Playing Made Simple students, in their own words.
202 course reviews. 173 of them gave 4 or 5 stars. “Easy to understand” scores 4.5 / 5.
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Join the community“I feel so lucky to start my journey of guitar through this course. After completing it I feel so confident. The last 10 tips are the ones I’m never going to forget.”
“For a total beginner, this series of lessons was extremely helpful. As Gaurav said, consistency is the key.”
“I am enjoying the process.”
“The practice exercises were particularly helpful, improving my fluency and smoothness in playing. Clear explanations made learning enjoyable.”
“I feel so lucky to start my journey of guitar through this course. After completing it I feel so confident. The last 10 tips are the ones I’m never going to forget.”
“For a total beginner, this series of lessons was extremely helpful. As Gaurav said, consistency is the key.”
“I am enjoying the process.”
“The practice exercises were particularly helpful, improving my fluency and smoothness in playing. Clear explanations made learning enjoyable.”
“You made my guitar learning very easy. Now I am able to play something on guitar, which I thought would be very difficult.”
“The way of teaching is very sober, and it’s really helpful.”
“I really liked the structured approach: starting with very basic things and gradually adding layers, and the importance given to rhythm and dynamics.”
“Covered almost all the topics a beginner needs.”
“You made my guitar learning very easy. Now I am able to play something on guitar, which I thought would be very difficult.”
“The way of teaching is very sober, and it’s really helpful.”
“I really liked the structured approach: starting with very basic things and gradually adding layers, and the importance given to rhythm and dynamics.”
“Covered almost all the topics a beginner needs.”
“As a beginner, the sessions were easy to understand, and it helped me build confidence step by step.”
“Your teaching is so fun and easy. I’ve learned so much because of how clearly you explain everything, and it makes me enjoy playing more each day.”
“Gaurav sir made me understand so well.”
“For a beginner course it’s really good, especially the rhythm section.”
“As a beginner you need confidence, and this helped me through my fear. It made learning easy and faster.”
“As a beginner, the sessions were easy to understand, and it helped me build confidence step by step.”
“Your teaching is so fun and easy. I’ve learned so much because of how clearly you explain everything, and it makes me enjoy playing more each day.”
“Gaurav sir made me understand so well.”
“For a beginner course it’s really good, especially the rhythm section.”
“As a beginner you need confidence, and this helped me through my fear. It made learning easy and faster.”
About this course
No long lectures. No endless theory. Just the exact steps you need to start strumming, explained simply. Whether you’ve never touched a guitar or tried before and felt overwhelmed, this cuts through the noise.
It’s a shortcut to your first win with the guitar, because the sooner you start playing, the sooner you start enjoying music.

Your 90 minutes
Shorter than a movie. Watch once, play along, keep it for life.
Not 10 hours. 90 focused minutes.


Most beginner courses drag on for 10+ hours of theory and filler. This one doesn’t. Every minute is intentional, so you spend less time watching me talk and more time with a guitar in your hands.
It’s not about the quantity of lessons. It’s about the quality of what you learn.
Course lessons
Downloads with every module, a quick self-check after the first three, and a certificate when you finish.
A guitarist from Tuticorin. I studied music at KM and Berklee, and now I help complete beginners play their first songs.

Guitar on other artists’ songs, and four songs of my own.
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