This single lesson tutorial gives you some tips on how best to learn and practice music.

This tutorial shows you how to use a standard electronic tuner to tune your guitar.

This tutorial shows you how to use the Guitar Tricks Reference Tuner to tune your guitar.

This tutorial introduces notes on the 5th and 6th strings with a simple melody to practice what you learn.

This tutorial introduces notes on the 1st and 2nd string with a simple melody to practice what you learn.

This tutorial introduces notes on the 3rd and 4th strings with a simple melody to practice what you learn.

In this tutorial we'll zoom out and look at the big picture of blues musicianship: improvisation, using backing tracks, playing live, and writing music. These aren't playing...

By the end of this tutorial, you should understand how to read guitar tablature (or tab).

In this tutorial you will learn how to read guitar tablature, or tab.

The goal in this short tutorial is to learn how to hold the guitar comfortably so you can begin to play the instrument.

In this tutorial you will learn how to hold a pick and how to start using it.

In this single lesson tutorial, you'll learn about all the different parts that make up an acoustic guitar.

In this single lesson tutorial, you'll learn about the parts that make up an electric guitar.

In this single lesson tutorial, you will learn how notes are named, using A to G terminology.

In this single lesson tutorial, you'll learn about natural and accidental notes.

This single lesson tutorial provides a simple reference for reading music notation. This chart shows you rhythm symbols, the time duration, and how to count them.

In these 13 videos, I'll show you how you can build your own custom guitar. You'll get a listing of all the parts you'll need before you start, then we'll go step-by-step through...

In this tutorial, we'll introduce you to drop C tuning. This tuning is used by many metal artists, as it is a full two whole steps down from the standard tuning and gives a...

Every guitar player should have a working knowledge of how to change his/her guitar strings. What happens if you break a string on a gig? You should know how to put on a new...

This tutorial has no hands-on examples, yet has some of the most practical advice offered on the site. This is how you should use the information we give you here. This is how you...

This is a non-playing lesson series meant to give you an idea of how to practice and set goals that better you as a musician. Music is a performance art that is driven by YOU and...

Non-playing lessons on important components of guitar playing that help you grow as a musician.

In this tutorial we'll have an upclose look at the various types of necks and fretboards used to make electric guitars. Featured are maple necks, rosewood and maple fingerboards,...

This tutorial will include many of the techniques and learning tools I use everyday. Some came from hours of trial and errors, others were passed on to me by other guitar players.

Guitar Fundamentals 1 & 2 will take you from the bare beginning - how do I hold the guitar? - all the way through to playing simple melodies, learning how to play all the most...

The next free lessons that we want to show you take up where Guitar Fundamentals 1 & 2 left off. We call this moment, where you have the basics down, but not too much experience...

We have three types of lessons on the guitartricks website, designed for people with different learning styles, or maybe just different amounts of free time on hand. Our...

Once you have mastered the basics, either in your previous experience or through the Guitar Tricks Fundamentals and Level One courses, you are then able to explore all the rest of...

One of the great things about Guitar Tricks is it is always getting bigger and bigger. We add new lessons and instructors all the time. These specially selected players are...

We really hope you enjoyed these free lessons and learned some new techniques. Inspiration is everything in music, so we hope we have inspired you to put in some quality time...

This is the introduction video for the Guitar Fundamentals 2 Course.

Pick up your guitar, put it on your right knee with the knee in the curve of the bottom of the guitar, grab the neck with your left hand, and...

Left Hand First Now, you are going to play your first two-handed note. What you want to do is press down on the fretboard just behind the fret. The fret is the metal thing...