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.Grab your free printable Beginner Guitar Chord Chart
Also in this series...
Guitar
Chord Picking Learn how to pick correctly using
some of the chords you've learned. Beginner
Guitar Strumming Many beginners find strumming in
time
difficult to grasp at
first. This lesson provides the first logical steps for developing your
strumming rhythm. Includes video, audio, jam tracks and diagrams to
help you lay
the foundations for your rhythm and timing. Three
Chord Progressions How to write your own
three-chord songs using the chords learned from earlier.
Gets you playing around some key relationships used in popular music. Basic
Chord Progressions Shows you how to use
the
basic open position chords to craft meaningful chord progressions based
on a few
important relationships. Beginner
Guitar Tips Important article you should print out
and read in your own
time about organising your practice time effectively, overcoming
frustrations and other essential tips to help straighten the learning
curve.Beginner Guitar Lessons Help
Stretching
Stretching, a type of warm up, is important for better performance and response from your fingers and to prevent strain injury.
Visit the finger stretching exercises page for some good ideas.
Use a metronome!
A metronome is a rhythm
keeping device to help you time your chord and note changes. Here's a
great
free metronome you can access online...
You can change the tempo and gradually speed up as you get more confident. Metronomes are essential for improving your rhythm and timing.
You can also find help with interpreting the diagrams on this site on this help page.
