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Beginner guitar guides
Short answers with pictures you can hear. Each guide ends with a song to try what you just read.
Standard guitar tuning
Standard guitar tuning is E A D G B E, thick string to thin.
Guitar string notes
The notes on every guitar string, open and up the neck, with a fretboard map.
How to read guitar tabs
How to read guitar tabs: six lines are the six strings, numbers are frets, left to right is time.
Guitar scales
Guitar scales for beginners: what a scale is, the three to learn first (C major, G major, minor pentatonic), with fretboard maps and tab you can hear..
Guitar fretboard
The guitar fretboard explained for beginners: frets, strings, the dots, and every note on the first twelve frets, on a clear map you can read..
Easy songs to play on guitar
Easy songs to play on guitar for beginners, sorted easiest first, each with its chords and a player that lets you slow it down and follow along..
C major scale
The C major scale on guitar: the notes C D E F G A B C, where to play them in open position, the fingering, and how the scale builds the C, F and G chords..
Basic guitar chords
The basic guitar chords every beginner learns first: C, G, D, A, E, Am, Em and Dm, with diagrams you can hear and the order to learn them in..
Pentatonic scale
The pentatonic scale on guitar: five notes, two shapes, and the box that fits every key.
Beginner guitar keys
Beginner guitar keys explained: what a key is, the five easiest keys on guitar, the chords in each one, and how a capo moves a hard key into an easy one..
Guitar notes
Guitar notes explained for beginners: the twelve notes of music, where they sit on the neck, what sharps and flats are, and how notes join up into chords..
How to play guitar
How to play guitar from scratch: how to hold it, tune it, press a string, make your first chord and strum your first song, all in one sitting..
How to learn guitar for beginners
How to learn guitar for beginners: a week by week plan for the first three months, what to practise each day, the mistakes that slow people down..
Easy Christmas songs on guitar
Easy Christmas songs on guitar for beginners, easiest first: Jingle Bells, Away in a Manger, Silent Night and more, each playing along at your speed..
Looking for one chord? Every shape has its own page in the chord chart.