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Guitar
Learn guitar from scratch. A five step path for beginners, plus guides to chords, scales, tuning, tabs, transposing and changing strings. Don’t fret, everyone starts somewhere. 🎸
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How to Learn Guitar: From Zero to Your First Song
Five steps, in the right order. From buying a guitar to playing a full song on it.
Reference
Chords
Open chords, barre chords, and how to read a chord diagram.
Songs with Chords
Real songs, bar by bar. Every chord drawn, plus an easier capo version.
Scales
Major, minor and the two pentatonic scales.
Tuning
Standard tuning, the string names, and a tuner you can use right here.
Reading Tabs
What the six lines, the numbers and the symbols in a tab mean.
Transposing
Move a song to a new key. With a capo, or without.
Changing Strings
Step by step, for acoustic, classical and electric guitars.
Guitar Anatomy
Every part of the guitar, and what it actually does.