Hello Mark,
You can also check Lisa’s course. It has a more structured approach. The scales are introduced later : they tend to scare students !
Why start with this chord instead of this other one : on the guitar, the shape of your fretting hand is different for different chords. E minor is one of the easiest chords, so it is one of the first ones to be taught.
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