Here are the first thing that comes to mind, if you’re interested in starting to play guitar:

1: C Major scale, first position. Everything you need is right there and it’s easy to spell.

2: C Major scale on the the A string, ditto- and you can start to see how the neck works (incidentally you’ve just played “Joy to the World” backward so that’s a bonus).

3: Hand-friendly C chord which is the 1 chord for C. You’ve heard of 1, 4 and 5 chords; a ton of folk, rock, country and bluegrass tunes use these chords, and the C is a great place to start.

4: Hand-friendly F chord which is the 4 chord for C. F is tricky but you can play it in a bunch of ways right at the top of the neck so no worries if you can’t make a barre chord yet, you can get away with a three-finger F chord by playing F, A and C notes. Keep at it.

5: Hand-friendly G chord, which is the 5 for C so a ton of folk, rock, country tunes- pick your poison.

6: D chord, using the open D string. You can ignore the 5 and 6 strings and make a triangle on the 1,2 and 3 strings just to get started. Open  string is a freebie!

7: E […]