If you’re new to guitar and not sure where to begin, start with our Beginner Guitar Lessons guide. It pulls together the most useful early lessons in a sensible order so you can build a solid foundation without getting overwhelmed.
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Basic Guitar Knowledge
- Names of the parts of a guitar
- How to tune a guitar
- Tone, volume and selector switch
- Guitar pickups
- How to read guitar tabs
- About the guitar pick / plectrum
- Guitar body types
- How to change guitar strings
- Choosing a guitar strap
Suggestions on Guitar Improvement
- About guitar practice
- Forming a band
- Guitar pick strokes
- Using a metronome
- Keep the distortion down
- How to get the hang of new chords
Basic Guitar Techniques
- Hammer ons and pull offs
- Bending a note
- How to play vibrato
- Tremolo picking on a guitar
- Guitar harmonics
- Plucking behind the nut
- Pick scratch
- The slide
- Dead notes / left handed muting
- How to play power chords
- Palm muting
- Bar chords