Guitars lessons for Beginners

– Fingerpicking is not as hard as it might seem. In this lesson, you will learn a picking pattern that you can use with any guitar chord. We will also take a look at proper fingerpicking hand position and how to use all four of our fingers (thumb, index, middle, and ring) rather than just using our thumb and index finger to fingerpick. [Read more…]

5.) – The 12 bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in traditional blues music, jazz, country, rock, pop, funk, and almost every other genre of modern music. In this lesson, you’ll learn the form the 12 bar blues and some variations on this pattern. [Read more…]

6.) – When you’re first learning how to play the guitar, the best thing you can do is start applying the chords you’ve been learning to actually playing a song. That’s why I’ve compiled a list of ten easy guitar songs for beginnings with guitar chords, lyrics, and videos of your favorite songs like: Free Falling by Tom Petty, Yellow by Coldplay, Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynard, and Teardrops On My Guitar by Taylor Swift. [Read more…]

7.) – This a continuation of the easiest guitar songs for beginners. You’ll find guitar chord charts, lyrics, and videos for the following songs: House of the Rising Sun by The Animals, I’m Yours by Jason Mraz, Keep Holding On by Avril Lavigne, I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash, and Viva La Vida by Coldplay. [Read more…]

– One thing I hear asked by beginning guitar players is how to eliminate string buzz. A lot of this has to do with the way your fingers are positioned in between the frets. In this lesson, we’ll learn the correct way to place our fingers on the frets and eliminate the unwanted string buzz. [Read more…]

– There’s nothing quite like being able to improvise a sweet solo over a chord progression on the spot but in order to do so we have to start at the very basics and understand some of the theory behind guitar scales. In this lesson, you will learn how a scale is composed and how the notes within a scale interact and relate with each other. [Read more…]

10.) – In this lesson, you’ll learn how to play a major scale and a major pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale, which is a five note scale, is one of the most popular scales used for soloing. If you’re planning on doing any guitar soloing you will definitely want to learn your major and pentatonic scales. [Read more…]

– Triads are simply three note chords. You might not know that you can play a C major chord more than 15 different ways across the fretboard. Knowing your triads all the way up and down the fretboard in conjunction with knowing your guitar scales is an excellent way to learn the guitar fretboard. [Read more…]