Playing With Other Guitar Players Source: Guitar Basics Playing With Other Guitar Players By now, we are almost a half year into the lesson material (Okay 5 months), and maybe you have been talking to your friends about playing guitar or you have found others who have been taking guitar lessons or can already play [...]

Fingering the First Fret Source: Guitar Basics First note that when a string is played without any left hand fingers on the Fretboard, the strings are said to be played “Open”. One of the most important things about playing the guitar is the position of your left hand fingers on the Fretboard. If you place [...]

What is a Position: Up to this point you have been playing almost all of your notes on the guitar in what is called the first position. This is also called the open first position or the “home” position. A position is just a fancy term for shifting your right hand to play up higher [...]

Hammer-Ons: This is a funny name for the way you play these notes, but hammer-ons are used all the time on the guitar – especially on songs that are played fast. A hammer on is a close relative of the slur or slide. It is similar to the slide in this way: You only pick [...]

Learn how to mute a single string or chords in this free kids guitar lesson. We will show you the proper way to hold the right hand and pick to get the best muting sound. We will then move on to rhythm chords for You Belong to Me by Taylor Swift.

How to Strum a Guitar Source: Guitar Chords – Guitar Basics How to Strum a Chord: This may seem like a very basic and natural thing to do on the guitar, but there are do’s and don’ts that we should adhere to. Here are a few basic recommendations to make things easier for you to [...]

Guitar String Maintenance Source: Guitar Basics Guitar Strings: Every guitar needs to have the guitar strings changed occasionally. This time between changing strings varies depending on a number of factors: How much the guitar is played. (acoustic and classical) If the strings are wiped down after playing (acoustic and classical) Is a string lubricant used. [...]

Oops Pick in the Sound Hole – Now What? Source: Guitar Basics Do You Carry All Your Extra Picks Inside Your Guitar By Accident? Alright don’t laugh about this one. I can’t tell you how many kids play their guitar with at least one guitar pick rattling around inside the guitar, but I know it’s [...]

How to Hold a Guitar Pick Source: Guitar Basics Holding the Guitar Pick: Believe it or not, there is a poor, good and best way to hold a pick. The Poor Way To Hold Your Pick: The poorest way is to hold a Guitar Pick is with the tips of your index finger and thumb [...]

Guitar Pro 5 Source: Guitar Lessons Guitar Pro Software: As you will note, with each Guitar Lesson, you have access to the .pdf file of both the text and score portions of the lesson as a free download. You also have access to the Guitar Pro file which has a extension of .gp5. Guitar Pro [...]