Guitar

Whether you're into jazz, blues, flamenco, or rock, playing guitar is a blast, so start learning today! Find learning resources here for a variety of grade levels and whether you're a beginner or just trying to polish your technique.

What is Guitar?

Guitar is a musical instrument played using a pick or the fingers. Guitars can be acoustic, electric, or a hybrid of the two. Guitars are typically played with the right hand, while the left hand is used to hold the instrument in place or to fret the strings.

There are a variety of techniques that can be used to play guitar, including strumming, picking, and finger-picking. Guitars can be used to play a wide range of music, from country to metal.

The instrument itself is relatively simple, consisting of just six strings. The hardest part of learning guitar is probably getting past the beginner stage, where chords and timing can be difficult to master. However, with some patience and perseverance, even the most novice guitar player can become quite proficient.

Guitar Resources

The Electric Guitar Handbook: How to Buy, Maintain, Set Up, Troubleshoot, and Modify Your Guitar

The Electric Guitar Handbook: How to Buy, Maintain, Set Up, Troubleshoot, and Modify Your Guitar

This is the first hands-on how-to manual devoted to all electric guitars. This guidebook shows owners and dreamers the basics of selecting and buying electric guitars; maintenance and repairs such as tuning, setting intonation, fret repairs, bridge a...

Guitar Scales Handbook: A Step-By-Step, 100-Lesson Guide to Scales, Music Theory, and Fretboard Theory (Book & Streaming Videos)

Guitar Scales Handbook: A Step-By-Step, 100-Lesson Guide to Scales, Music Theory, and Fretboard Theory (Book & Streaming Videos)

Learn guitar scales, techniques, and how to use them in a musical context. This new edition, with over 200 lessons, guitar licks, exercises, streaming videos, and scales-over chords concepts, is all you will ever need for learning guitar scales and h...

Simply Guitar Book & DVD

Simply Guitar Book & DVD

Gain a better understanding of guitar playing with this all-inclusive book and DVD kit. Internationally recognized guitarist and professional guitar teacher Steve MacKay guides you step-by-step through everything you need to know to play the guitar w...

Teach Yourself to Play Guitar: A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners

Teach Yourself to Play Guitar: A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners

(Guitar Educational). Teach Yourself to Play Guitar has been created specifically for the student with no music-reading background. With lesson examples presented in today's most popular tab format, which also incorporates simple beat notation...

Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar with Steve Krenz - Homeschool Edition

Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar with Steve Krenz - Homeschool Edition

A complete 2-year guitar curriculum designed for homeschool families.

The Electric Guitar Handbook: A Complete Course in Modern Technique and Styles

The Electric Guitar Handbook: A Complete Course in Modern Technique and Styles

(Book). Backbeat's successful Handbook format applied to the world's most popular instrument. The Electric Guitar Handbook is the latest entry in Backbeat's best-selling handbook series, combining a two-part book and an audio CD in...

Guitar Chords: Easy-to-Use, Easy-to-Carry, One Chord on Every Page

Guitar Chords: Easy-to-Use, Easy-to-Carry, One Chord on Every Page

360 chords, organised as a chord per page, this is a flexible, comprehensive solution for anyone learning or playing the guitar at any level. This no-nonsense, easy to carry, wiro book will fit into a gig bag, flight case or hand bag with the minimum...

The Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitarists: Second Edition

The Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitarists: Second Edition

Master Music Theory for Guitar While Playing and Hearing it in Context. Over 200 Notated Audio Examples! + Professional Backing Tracks Guitarists are often very guilty of ‘collecting' musical theory without taking the time to learn to a...

Guitar Adventures: Fun, Informative, and Step-By-Step Lesson Guide, Beginner & Intermediate Levels (Book & Streaming Videos)

Guitar Adventures: Fun, Informative, and Step-By-Step Lesson Guide, Beginner & Intermediate Levels (Book & Streaming Videos)

Teach yourself how to play guitar! This fun, step-by-step book and streaming video course gives the beginning guitarist a comprehensive introduction to essential guitar-playing fundamentals and songs. It is an easy, quick, effective, uncomplicated, a...

Advanced Guitar Chords: Easy-to-Use, Easy-to-Carry, One Chord on Every Page

Advanced Guitar Chords: Easy-to-Use, Easy-to-Carry, One Chord on Every Page

The perfect companion to the ‘Guitar Chords' book, ‘Advanced Guitar Chords' is a handy resource for guitarists who feel they are able to take the next step. The simple and clean layout provides 360 chords shown as chord boxes,...

Maran Illustrated Guitar

Maran Illustrated Guitar

Produced by the award-winning maranGraphics group, Maran Illustrated Guide to Guitar is a valuable resource to a wide range of readers-from those who want to play a few songs with their family around the campfire to those who aspire to become serious...

The First 100 Chords for Guitar: How to Learn and Play Guitar Chords: The Complete Beginner Guitar Method

The First 100 Chords for Guitar: How to Learn and Play Guitar Chords: The Complete Beginner Guitar Method

Master Essential Guitar Chords and Establish Good Habits for a Lifetime Discover how to play every essential chord on guitar Understand how chords work together Build chord progressions and master strumming Understand chord theory and construction I...