Guitar Lessons for beginners

These guitar lessons are designed for people who own (or have borrowed) a guitar, but don't yet know the first thing about playing it.

What you'll need for these Guitar Lessons

• A guitar with six strings. Any type of guitar will work fine.
• A guitar pick. Medium gauged picks are recommended to start with, but any will work okay in a pinch.
• A chair without arms.
• A reasonable amount of patience.

Guitar Lesson Overview: What you'll learn

By the end of this guitar lesson, you will have learned: the names of many parts of the guitar, the names of the open strings, the process of tuning the guitar, how to hold and use a pick, how to play a chromatic scale, and how to play a simple song using Gmajor, Cmajor, and Dmajor chords.