How to play the guitar

Learn the correct way to hold your new guitar, and how to adjust the guitar’s position to best play different styles of strumming, finger picking or other guitar playing techniques.

What is a fretboard and, for that matter, just what are these “frets” anyways? This lesson explains these in detail.

What are the parts that make up a guitar and how do they all work?

Get your guitar in tune using an electronic tuner… you don’t need to have perfect pitch to tune your guitar perfectly.

From strumming and plucking through to sliding and finger-picking, we’ll cover it all.

Learn how to play a melody and construct chords.

How to play the G and D major chords.