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Guitar lessons including the basics for beginners, and references for hundreds of guitar chords, scales and more to start learning to play the guitar!

Guitar Chord Lessons

Chords
Guitar Scale Lessons

Scales
Guitar Arpeggio Lessons

Arpeggios
Guitar Tab Lessons

Tabs

Learn How to Play Guitar

Start here if you don’t know how to read guitar tabs or guitar chord and scale diagrams. These learning tools will help on your journey to playing guitar!

How to Tune Each String of a Guitar

How to Tune a Guitar
Guitar Tab

How to Read Guitar Tabs
Guitar Chord Diagram for Open C Major

How to Read Guitar Chord Diagrams
Example of How to Play the G Major Scale on Guitar

How to Read Guitar Scale Diagrams
Example of an Easy Guitar Chord for Beginners.

Guitar Chords for Beginners
Guitar Scale Diagrams Showing Scales for Beginners

Scales for Beginners
Chord Key of C Major

Chord Keys
The I-IV-V Guitar CHord Progression

Chord Progressions

Video Lessons

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Video Lesson: The CAGED Guitar Method

The CAGED guitar method makes it easy to find multiple chords of the same root note using the chord shapes of open guitar chords.

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Video Lesson: Major Scale Basics

The major scale is the scale that other guitar scales and guitar chords are built from. This scale is played over major chords and progressions.

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Video Lesson: Minor Pentatonic Scale Basics

The minor pentatonic scale is a five note scale used often in rock lead guitar riffs and soloing, and is usually played over minor chord progressions.