Welcome to the tutorial section
Each tutorial listed in the menu could be considered a stand alone section. It would be best to go through each tutorial in sequential order.
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- Getting Started:
This section contains basic information on playing the guitar centered around getting the beginner up to develop good habits. This includes how to sit, how to hold the pick, how to tune the guitar and left hand technique. - How the
guitar works
This section includes information on the guitar, including the names of all of the parts of the guitar. There is also a comparison between acoustic vs. electric guitars and a brief sound and music introduction. - Guitar chords
This includes the basic set of major and minor chords as well as a quick explanation on barre chords as moveable forms. Here you will also learn to read chord diagrams. - Guitar scales
Here you will learn the basic major and natural minor scales. This section also includes the major and minor pentatonic scales, which are the basis for many a rock guitar solo. You can also find more intermediate major and minor fragment scales. Here is also where a description of how to read tablature can be found. - Strum patterns
This section contains information and exercises to help beginner guitarists learn to strum effectively. - Picking patterns
This section contains information and exercises to help beginner guitarists learn to pick effectively.