Beginner Guitar Fundamentals

So you want to learn how to play guitar? First, you need to learn how to tune one. This lesson runs through tuning all strings with an electric tuner.

Learning how to play the guitar requires developing finger dexterity and strength. This beginner guitar lesson shows how to practice fretting and picking.

In this beginner guitar lesson, learn and practice troubleshooting a handful of the most common open position guitar chords, from A to G, in major and minor.

In this beginner guitar lesson, learn a down, down-up strum pattern and start playing chords based on the chord pairings listed in the lesson attachments.

In this introduction to music theory for beginner guitarists, learn how to find all the available notes, or intervals, along the guitar fretboard.