Guitar Lessons

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Here is your guide to all the guitar lessons available at Guitar Charts.

Each lesson is compact and pretty much holds up by itself. You shouldn't need outside knowledge to understand any given lesson. Where there are holes, I'll point you somewhere to fill in the gaps.

Got questions?

I will be constantly writing more lessons for this site, so if there is something you would like to have explained, please feel free to email me. Let me know what you're having trouble with, and I'll do my best to explain it for you.

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On to the Lessons:

The Importance of ALWAYS Being in Tune

It may sound silly, but it's the most important thing you can easily do to make yourself sound good.

Ear Training

Music is all about sound. Training your ear will lead you to a whole new world of musical experience. Imagine being able to recognize what's happening in a song you're hearing over the radio for the first time!

Chord and Scale Formulas

This one is technically not a lesson. Here you'll find a listing of all the most commonly used chord and scale formulas, and how to make use of them.

How to Practice

If you think practising is over-rated, guess again! Your competition is serious about this and you need to be, too.

Improvisation

Learning to ad lib as you go is a whole lot of fun. Imagine yourself being able to play out those ideas you come up with in your head, and do it right on the spot!

Learn to Read Guitar Tablature

If you think reading music is too much work, you're in luck. Guitar tablature is a guitarists dream come true. It's real easy to learn and there's loads of free tabs on the internet just waiting for you.

The Basics of Music for Blues and Rock

A primer on music as it relates to Rock and Blues.

Understanding the Numbering System

If you don't understand why we diagram chords and scales by numbers in addition to note names, read this quick primer.

The Guitar and Its Parts

For those of you that need a quick reference to the identify the various parts of the guitar.