Beginner Guitar Lessons
These lessons will teach you the very basics of playing guitar. They assume no knowledge of the guitar or music. Complete beginners are recommended to read each of these one by one, as lessons may use knowledge gained from the previous lessons.
I am always looking to improve these lessons. If there is anything you feel needs to be improved, email me!
Buying your first guitar
Advice for choosing and buying your first guitar.
Essential Guitar Vocabulary
What is a fret? What is a bridge? What are those knobs on my guitar? If you can't answer these, start here.
Tuning
A guitar that isn't tuned can only make noise. Get your guitar in tune before doing anything else with it.
Holding and Hand Positioning
Learn the correct ways of holding the guitar and basic left hand technique.
Easy Guitar Chords
Probably the first good sounds you will produce from the guitar.
Tension
This is something that needs to be fixed right away.
Notes on the Guitar (Chromatics)
Learn the names of the notes all over the guitar fretboard.
Reading Guitar Tabs
Learn to read and write the most popular way to write guitar music online.
Right Hand Technique - Pickstyle
Learn the ways of the right (picking) hand.
Right Hand Technique - Fingerstyle
Learn the ways of the right (picking) hand.
Basic Left Hand Techniques
Learn some simple tricks you can perform with your left hand.
Barre Chords
More chords.
Strumming
This lesson teaches you strumming and some basic strumming patterns.
What Next?
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