Free guitar lessons since 2005
Pick up your guitar.
Learn your first chords, build your technique and make each practice session count.
A good place to begin
What would you like to work on?
Follow the lessons in order, or find help with something you're playing today.
Explore the fretboard
Scale patterns with tablature, playback and a guide to every note.
Browse guitar scales →Find a chord
Clear shapes for open chords and movable chords, with the strings and frets explained.
Build your technique
From holding a pick to bends, harmonics and finger tapping.
Understand the music
Get to grips with rhythm, intervals, keys and how chords fit together.
Look after your guitar
Strings, tuning problems and the adjustments that affect how a guitar plays.
Take time with the rhythm.
A steady pulse helps you hear where your playing needs work. Start slowly and keep the notes clean.
Open the metronomeNot sure where to put your fingers?
Learn how chord diagrams show strings, frets, open notes and finger numbers.
Read a chord diagram →