Beginner Guitar Lessons - Get Started the Right Way
This is the hub of all your beginner guitar lessons. Even if you're beyond the absolute beginner stage, it's worth going through the lessons below as a check list. Learn at your own pace, set yourself realistic goals and experiment with the guitar in your own time.
These lessons will lay the foundations for your guitar learning, and hopefully give you a push start.
Wondering if you're cut out for learning guitar? See the article Is Learning Guitar Hard? for some important perspective. A lot of guitarists give up after learning a few chords. It's not as easy as it all looks, but with a little patience, persistence and a solid beginner guitar lessons resource, you'll quickly become more and more confident.
Simply follow the lessons below in the logical order they are presented.
Learn to Play Guitar Step by Step
Parts of the Guitar First, get to know your instrument. In this preliminary lesson you will learn the function of each part of an acoustic and electric guitar. Don't skip it, it's important!How to Hold the Guitar Learn how to hold the guitar correctly, avoiding problems later on. Includes how to position the body and holding the neck and pick correctly.
Fretboard Basics Learn how the fretboard works, including where to press your fingers and fret numbering.
Tuning the Guitar The very basics on tuning up.
Guitar Chord Basics Learn how to finger chords on the guitar fretboard correctly. This lesson covers the physical aspects of chord fingering and how you should position your fingers. Quick and simple.
How to Read Guitar Tab Tab, short for tablature, is musical notation for guitar (because traditional notation can be a bit of an eyeful). Learn how it works and how to read it so you can then go and learn your favourite songs easily.
Basic Guitar Chords Learn all the essential chords and use the jam tracks to practice changing between chord fingerings confidently. By the end of this 4 part mini-course, you will have a huge chord library with which to create your own music confidently. Over-the-shoulder photos, diagrams, audio examples and of course jam tracks.
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