Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons

Guitar Fundamentals 1 v1 (discontinued)

Chapter: 1: Correct Posture and Technique

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

Published: 01/27/2011 Upgrade

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 pick, muting, using hybrid picking, fingerpicking.

Published: 06/07/2007 Upgrade

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 fingertips, fingerpads, barring with the whole finger, muting, hammer-ons, pull-offs and trills.

Published: 06/07/2007 Upgrade

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

Published: 01/27/2011 Upgrade

Chapter: 2: Basic Knowledge

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

Published: 01/27/2011 Upgrade

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

Published: 01/27/2011 Upgrade

This tutorial covers the functional aspects of various parts of a Stratocaster style guitar. Topics covered include the pickups, selector switch, knobs, vibrato system (block, bar, springs), and body shape and style. A Gibson style guitar is also included for comparison and contrast.

Published: 07/02/2007 Upgrade

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

Published: 10/16/2008 Upgrade

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

Published: 10/16/2008 Upgrade

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

Published: 10/16/2008 Upgrade

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

Published: 05/03/2011 Upgrade

Chapter: 3: Introduction to Chords

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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 mechanics of playing the guitar for absolute beginners in more detail; this covers the physical motions required of your arms, hands and fingers.

Published: 10/08/2008 Upgrade

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

Published: 12/04/2007 Upgrade

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

Published: 12/04/2007 Upgrade

Chapter: 4: Playing Melodies

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

Published: 01/27/2011 Upgrade

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

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade

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

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade

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

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade

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

Published: 01/27/2011 Upgrade

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.

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade

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

Published: 01/27/2011 Upgrade

Chapter: 5: Playing Full Chords

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

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade

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 tutorial for the beginning student introduces changing chords at a very slow pace.

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade

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 that form the basis for thousands of songs.

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade

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 tutorial for the beginning student introduces changing chords C, F and G at a very slow pace.

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade

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

Published: 01/27/2011 Upgrade

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 chords E, A, and B at a very slow pace.

Published: 12/05/2007 Upgrade