Category: Beginner Acoustic Guitar

Guitar Tricks – Online Video Guitar Lessons Guitar Tricks is one of the most popular sites for online video guitar lessons. What sets them apart from the rest is their curriculum of 1500 videos, that starts from the very beginning from “How Do I Hold a Pick?” to advanced courses that cover blues, rock and...

Learn how to play Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” with this free acoustic guitar lesson. This song was released in September of 1969 and was written and is performed by Neil Diamond. This song appears on the album: Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show. You can read more about this song over at Wikipedia. In order to...

Learn how to play the song “Bubble Toes” by Jack Johnson with this free guitar lesson.  Bubble Toes is from Jack’s debut album “Brushfire Fairytales” released in 2001.  Apparently this song is based on a cute nickname that Jack had for his Wife. The following video lesson was simplified somewhat to make it easier for...

Learn how to play the song “Wanted Dead Or Alive” by Bon Jovi with this free guitar lesson. “Wanted Dead or Alive” is from the album Slippery When Wet released in 1987.  It was written by both Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi.  The song eventually made it to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100...

Here is a six part video guitar lessons on how to use Shortcut Capo (Also known as a Partial Capo) from Randall Williams, who is an instructor over at Jamplay yet?  Shame on you! JamPlay is a membership only service which broadcasts high-definition video guitar lessons. They teach by “lesson set” instead of just flopping out a ton of small...

Learn how to play the Asus2 guitar chord with this free lesson. The Asus2 (also known as A suspended 2, A Suspended 2nd) is found by locating the 1, 2 and 5 positions (A, B and E) of the A Major Scale: A B C# D E F# G# A.  See the chord chart below...

Learn how to play the song “Waiting On The World To Change” by John Mayer with this easy guitar song lesson. This song is from Mayer’s 2006 album “Continuum”. It was released in August of 2006.   This song was a huge hit and won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal at the 49th...

Learn how to play the song “Last Kiss” as performed by Pearl Jam with this free easy guitar lesson. “Last Kiss” was originally released by Wayne Cochran in 1961. It was not a very successful song on the charts. It was then later covered by The Cavaliers, Wednesday and then Pearl Jam. You can learn...

So you would like to know what guitar chords are in the key of D Major?  This is an excellent area of study for guitarists especially those of you who would like to someday play with other musicians. Basic Chords in the Key of D Below are basic chords that you find in the Key...

Learn how to play the song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Queen with this free guitar lesson. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, this song peaked the charts at number two in the UK and number one in the USA. It is from the album “The Game” released in 1980. Read more about this...