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Beginner Guitar Lessons
The Fundamentals
These lessons are perfect for those of you that are brand new to the guitar or revisiting the basics of guitar.
Things to know before starting the guitar
How to learn guitar by yourself
Guitar Tips for Beginners
Top 15 guitar terms you must know
How to tune a guitar
Easily remember guitar string names
Play with pick or fingers?
How to read guitar chord charts
How to hold a guitar pick
How to read guitar tabs
Learn the notes on the guitar neck
Beginner Guitar Chords
Top 5 tips to nail chord changes
Barre chords for beginners
Beginner Guitar Chords Lessons
Whether you're learning acoustic or electric guitar, these are fundamental guitar chords you need to learn.
Moving Forward
There are lots of paths to take when you move past the basics. These are my suggested paths and lessons for taking that next step in your guitar-playing journey.
Guitar Theory Lessons
Understanding Theory
Music theory helps you understand music, and guitar theory helps you understand music theory as it relates to the guitar.
Understanding Chords
These lessons help you understand advanced chords, diatonic harmony, chord progressions, and how guitar chords are built.
Guitar chords in the key of C major
Guitar chords in the key of E minor
1 4 5 chord progression explained
7th chords explained for guitar (How to play)
10 easy jazz guitar chords for beginners
How to play dominant 7th chords
How to play Major 9th chords
Beautiful guitar chords and how to use them
What are Sus2 and Sus4 chords?
What are diminished and augmented chords?
The 7th chords of the C major scale
Playing Scales
These lessons will teach you how to play and visualize scales.
5 common and essential guitar scales
3 notes per string major scale
5 major pentatonic scale shapes for guitar
CAGED major scale shapes
Chromatic scale guitar lesson
C major scale guitar lesson
A minor pentatonic scale shapes
C major pentatonic scale shapes
G major scale guitar lesson
A major scale guitar lesson
E minor pentatonic scale guitar lesson
E blues scale tabs, positions, and PDF
Heavy metal scales
How to play blues scales on guitar
Extended pentatonic scale guitar lesson
3 octave scale lesson in C major
Understanding Scales
These scale lessons mostly pertain to the construction of scales and the differences between scales.
Guitar Technique Lessons
Understanding Guitar Techniques
Guitar techniques lessons can help you play music in the most efficient and accurate ways possible.
Essential Lead Guitar Techniques
What are picking techniques?
Guitar Tapping Exercises and Basics
Sweep picking technique: How to sweep pick
Best Economy Picking Exercises
Right-hand technique fundamentals
Guitar Trills (How to play)
Fundamental metal guitar techniques
Pinch harmonics (how to play)
Artificial harmonics explained (How to play)
Exercises and Licks
Guitar exercises and licks are super fun, help with improvisation, and help you increase your technical prowess day by day.
Guitar Gear
Understanding Gear
These guitar lessons will help you understand the pros and cons of guitar gear, how guitar gear works, and whether or not you need particular guitar gear.
General Guitar Education
Guitar educators/education
These posts showcase the best resources you can use for your overall guitar education.
Entertainment
Music
While these aren't formal guitar lessons, they'll help you understand the instrument as a whole and its history.