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Learning String Names and notes on the Guitar fretboard?

Learning the String names on your Guitar?
This is going to be one of the most vital lessons, for any new guitar player, or even a person that has been playing the guitar for a few years that we cover. Learning the notes of your strings and the notes up and down the fretboard, is vital [...]

Guitar Warm-ups and finger strength building exercises

It’s a good habit to get into before you play to warm up your fingers, because if you try to play when your fingers are not warmed up you can really hurt and damage them!
Here are a few good warm ups to do for a few minutes before playing your guitar.
I call it the spider, [...]

How to tune a Guitar?

Tuning is one of the most essentials things to learn and master, because if your guitar is not properly tuned, then you cannot play correctly. There are many alternative ways to tune the guitar, but for the purpose of this lesson will only cover the most common way of tuning.
A standard guitar has six [...]

What do you need to get started playing guitar?

This lesson is going to cover the things you will need to get started with learning how to play the guitar, and learning the lessons provided.
What you need to get started:
1.    A Guitar with six strings, preferably newer strings (Electric, Acoustic, or Classical Guitar)
2.    A Guitar Pick (Thick, thin) use whatever pick you find comfortable [...]