Beginner Guitar Lessons

How to Play Guitar is a free video lesson by Peter Vogl that will provide a brief overview of the absolute essentials you need to know to start playing guitar. For each topic, we have a more in-depth free lesson on the subject where you can work on proper technique. This lesson will give you a starting point during your first week of playing guitar. You’ll learn how the guitar is tuned, what to do with your right and left hands, how to read tab and chord diagrams, and how to play a beginner scale and strum an easy guitar chord.

• Understanding Chord Charts
• Beginner Guitar Chords
• Alternate Picking
• Basic Strumming & Chord Changes
• D Cadd9 G Chord Progression

Get started with a Free 7 Day Trial of our premium membership plan and access our 18 lesson beginner guitar course. This guided series of video lessons will teach you the same material you would learn during the first several months of private instruction. Peter Vogl will take you step by step through basics like playing chords, strum patterns, scales, and more. We will then move on to the techniques you will need to play a wide variety of songs. You’ll also learn the tips and tricks that separate a real guitarist from a beginner. Your membership also provides access to over 500 more exclusive lessons (full list) that will teach you how to be a great guitarist.

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10. Beginner Fingerpicking
11. Playing Arpeggios
12. Chord Planing
13. Beginner Techniques
14. More Fingerpicking
15. Chords with Bass Lines
16. Chords with Hammer Ons
17. More Chords & Patterns
18. The Ink Blot Lesson