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

In this single lesson tutorial, we're going to learn how to play a B major chord.

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 explores the mechanics of playing the guitar in more detail; this covers the physical motions required of your arms, hands and fingers. This tutorial explores the...

One of the most challenging tasks for a new guitarist can be making chord changes smoothly and quickly, without creating a pause in the music. Often times, coming up with a...

This tutorial explains the concept (theory) of the A Minor Scale and how to apply it (practice) to the guitar. This tutorial is primarily written for beginners. But even...

Playing chords is the first step in guitar playing. Switching between chords is the first great leap in guitar skill. If you can switch between chords, you can play a song. This...

Playing chords is the first step in guitar playing. Switching between chords is the first great leap in guitar skill. If you can switch between chords, you can play a song. This...

Playing the B chord can be very challenging. Switching from B to other chords is also difficult in the beginning. This tutorial for the beginning student introduces changing...

This series introduces you to some of the basic chords on guitar: A, D, and E.

This tutorial introduces the beginning guitar player to the full (non-simplified) versions of the C, F and G major chords in first position. These are the standard basic chords...

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

This tutorial introduces three slightly more complex melodies that will help the beginning student to learn to play across all six strings of the guitar.

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.

This tutorial introduces simplified versions of the C and G chords at a beginner level.

This tutorial introduces simplified versions of A, E and C chords at a beginner level.

What does the left hand do? This tutorial of 3 lessons shows absolute beginner guitarist students the basics of left hand technique. Topics include fretting the strings with...

What does the right hand do? This tutorial of 4 lessons shows absolute beginner guitarist students the basics of right hand technique. Topics include striking the strings, using a...

In this Tutorial Series we are going to expand upon our 12 Bar Blues in the key of A.

In this Tutorial Series we are going to learning how to play a 12 Bar Blues in A.

Let's learn a very simple arrangement of a beautiful melody: Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" theme! We'll take this one in three steps: first the single note melody, the we'll learn the...

In this set of lessons, Caren Armstrong will teach you how to develop good left hand technique. We'll start with an overview of the lessons, then look at the elements of basic...

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...

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

Holding the guitar correctly...how to properly use a guitar strap...position of the foot make a difference in how you hold the guitar and how you play...more.

This video lesson will show you how to hold your pick...talk about all the different motions a player will have when holding the pick properly...show you the way not to hold a...

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...