{"id":12328,"date":"2016-03-02T15:16:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=12328"},"modified":"2019-07-19T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:05:49","slug":"free-guitar-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/free-guitar-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Bars, counting and chord charts &#8211; free beginner music theory lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a quick beginner theory lesson on the topic of bars, counting and chord charts.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TsrNgDV9540\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/christian-guitar\/beginner\/beginning-worship-guitar.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10048 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/NBG_Flat_Front.jpg\" alt=\"New Beginning Worship Guitar Course\" width=\"250\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a>The lesson is taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/christian-guitar\/beginner\/beginning-worship-guitar.html\">Musicademy&#8217;s Beginning Worship Guitar Course<\/a>\u00a0but has learning\u00a0suitable for any musician. 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