Beginner Guitar Lessons

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Ready to start playing guitar? Guitar Tricks is renowned for having the best guitar lessons for beginners. Our Core Learning System includes the best beginner guitar lessons online. Follow the Guitar Fundamentals Courses and you’ll quickly learn how to play chords, scales and songs.

Popular Beginner Tutorials

Quick Tuning and Playing Your First Notes Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Quick Tuning and Playing Your First Notes

Learn some guitar basics: guitar string names, how to tune your guitar and good techniques for playing your first notes.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
Learn Simple Chords And Play Your First Song Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Learn Simple Chords And Play Your First Song

Learn two easy guitar chords and use them to play your very first song.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
Introducing Rhythm Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Introducing Rhythm

Learn some guitar basics: guitar string names, how to tune your guitar and good techniques for playing your first notes.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
Building On A Simple Strumming Pattern Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Building On A Simple Strumming Pattern

Learn a basic, but widely used strumming pattern to play open chords in time.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
Fun Finger Exercises To Get More Comfortable Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Fun Finger Exercises To Get More Comfortable

Learn some beginner guitar exercises that will help you gain finger strength and dexterity.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
Introducing Power Chords Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Introducing Power Chords

Beginner guitar lessons on power chords and the musical notes to name them.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
Learn Your First Rock Riff Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Learn Your First Rock Riff

Riffs are often the catchy hook of a song played on guitar. Learn to play a simple rock style riff.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
Learn Your First Blues Riff Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Learn Your First Blues Riff

Riffs are often the catchy hook of a song played on guitar. Learn to play a simple blues style riff you can use anywhere.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
Add Fun To Your Strumming With Root Chord Strumming Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Add Fun To Your Strumming With Root Chord Strumming

Learn to rhythmically separate the low strings from the high strings with a useful & widely used strumming pattern.

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Introduction To Arpeggiation Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Introduction To Arpeggiation

Learn to play full chords one note at a time for a simple yet beautiful sounding technique.

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Introduction To Finger Picking Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons play tutorial

Introduction To Finger Picking

Learn the basics and apply them to a simple song.

Beginner Guitar Lessons
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If you ever get stuck on a tutorial or you're not sure where to go next, our instructors are here to help guide you with personalized feedback. With Custom Lesson Plans, our Feedback System, Live 1-on-1 Lessons, and the Forum, you have lots of ways to get guidance.

How Guitar Tricks Lessons Work

Learning something new like how to play guitar can be overwhelming. Don't worry! Guitar Tricks' is designed to make your guitar learning journey as smooth as possible. Our lessons are structured in a way that gradually introduces you to the basics so you'll have a solid foundation.

To begin, we'll start with essential guitar lessons for beginners. The Guitar Fundamentals 1 course in our Core Learning System is a great place to start for everyone. In this extensive course, you will begin by learning basics like how to hold a guitar, how to hold a guitar pick, how to play easy chords on guitar, and how to strum the guitar. To keep things fun, you'll learn by playing simple songs!

If you already have some guitar experience, try Guitar Fundamentals 2. In this course, you will learn minor chords, get introduced to guitar scales and learn how to read music notation. Learning guitar is a lot of fun! With the right lessons anyone can become a great guitar player. We designed our Core Learning System to be a step-by-step curriculum that keeps beginners on-track and having fun.

Why Guitar Tricks Lessons Can Work For Anyone

As you progress, we'll introduce you to different playing styles and techniques from fingerstyle guitar to barre chords. You'll also have the opportunity to explore various genres and find your own unique sound. Our guitar instructors are experienced and passionate. They'll be along every step of the way to answer your questions and provide guidance.

To keep you motivated and engaged we provide popular yet easy guitar songs that are perfect for beginner guitarists. You'll have the chance to learn and play along with your favorite tunes, making the learning process enjoyable and rewarding.

Picking up a guitar and making beautiful music is a great feeling and a big accomplishment. Sadly, most people believe they will never learn how to play. That’s why we started Guitar Tricks – to provide online guitar lessons for those searching for an easy, fast, and fun way to learn how to play guitar.

Guitar Tricks invented online guitar lessons in 1998, and has grown its comprehensive lesson library to over 11,000 lessons, and hundreds of songs, with top-notch instructors from all over the world. You’ll feel confident taking beginner guitar lessons with our easy-to-follow curriculum that builds on your skills slowly, so you move on to the next level with ease. Sign up today and learn how to play!

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Once you’re signed up, all you need to do is log in to your account and start watching! Each of the 11,000+ lesson videos are right on the website for viewing at anytime. Lessons are organized into courses and tutorials, so it's always easy to know where to go next once you get started.

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Yes, our instructors are available for 1on1 Zoom lessons at additional cost if you would like some individualized instruction. We also have a video feedback feature where you can submit a video of yourself playing, and receive a video back from one of the Guitar Tricks™ instructors with personalized feedback on your playing!

Our toolbox is full of apps which will help you on your guitar journey including a guitar tuner, a chord finder, a scale finder, a metronome, a chord chart, and much more!

Each song tutorial or lesson course is divided into easy to follow, step-by-step instruction which includes a multi-angle video, written description, guitar tabs, guitar notation, and table of contents so you can learn at your own pace.

We get this question a lot! The great part about Guitar Tricks™ is that you can learn at your own pace. Our program is designed so that you could start with easy guitar songs and get playing right away, or jump into technical lessons to deepen your knowledge. With our Guitar Fundamentals courses and Core Learning System, you will start making music and having fun on day one! Surveys show that 9/10 Guitar Tricks™ users learn faster with our lessons than by watching free video lessons on YouTube. Do you want to learn fast? Then you want to use Guitar Tricks™. It's that simple.

Yes! We have apps available for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets. Once you sign up for a membership you can then go to the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and download our app to start learning! It’s best to sign up on the website first, then log-in on the app.

Guitar Tricks™ is a great value because you get detailed step by step instruction for a fraction of the price of an in-person lesson. All from the comfort of your home. For the cost of one 30-minute lesson with your local in-person guitar teacher, you get an entire month of Full Access to Guitar Tricks™ with over 11,000 lesson videos, hundreds of song tutorials, in-depth style courses and tools to help you learn so you can start playing right away and go as deep as you’d like.

The Guitar Tricks™ is the best online guitar lesson program. Our teaching method gets beginners making music faster than other lesson sites. We have 11,000+ lesson videos with new lessons being released every week, our song lesson library has hundreds of hit songs, our guided Core Learning System is the best in the industry, our feedback feature allows you to have personalized feedback if you ever get stuck, our Guitar Insider section has detailed videos on niche subjects, our toolbox is full of apps to help you on your guitar learning journey, and there’s so much more!

Guitar Tricks™ has taught over 4 million guitar players! Since inventing online guitar lessons in 1998 we have continually refined our teaching method, creating a system that is guaranteed to work. If you aren't making progress in 60 days we offer a full refund, no questions asked. Sign up today to start learning how to play guitar right away!