How to Play Guitar

In order to learn to play guitar, most budding guitar players would play in their high school band (pul-eeeze!) or find a local instructor and pay $20 - $40  for a one hour guitar lesson a week. Now you can find complete guitar lessons online for about the price of one guitar lesson from an instructor.

I started out in a garage band and only learned to play guitar the hard way; by listening to records and trying to figure it out on my own. It's so much easier today with all of the resources of the Internet.

I've assembled a few of the best programs and videos that teach you how to play guitar fast and easily, plus some more advanced guitar lessons for learning lead guitar solos and riffs.

Online Guitar Lessons

The first is a yearly subscription to an online site that shows you how to play guitar using step by step tutorials that are presented in a combination of sound files, pictures, diagrams, graphs, MP3 tracks and videos. The subscription is less than $40 a year (if you act soon) and includes many bonuses such as traditional and tab music for both electric and acoustical guitars, music notation for those of you wanting to learn classical guitar, plus bass guitar lessons and finger picking lessons.

There's lots of downloadable stuff, too. For more information or to sign up for a full year of guitar lessons for the price of one click here. Has a risk free 90 day money back guarantee.

The methods used above are also available from a site for $19.95/yr focusing on how to play blues guitar and a second site specializing in lead guitar riffs for $49.95/yr with note-by-note instruction on the best guitar song leads from the 70's, 80's and 90's.

Another one I've found teaches you guitar leads, not complete songs. The course features classic rock songs, with a bit of country rock, and blues.  However, the course isn’t designed to teach you a song, rather it is designed to help you become a better guitar player using a format that is fun and enjoyable. 

The skills that you learn from the Guitar Leads course are transferable to any genre of music, whether it is classical, country, blues, Christian, punk, or anything else.

Guitar Lessons On Video/DVD

For those of you wanting guitar lessons on video or DVD (a great gift for a beginner that doesn't have a computer, or at least not in their bedroom, which is where you would prefer they practice) I've found one that has 7 full guitar lessons plus lots of "Secrets the PROS use" for less than $25. For more information click here.

Guitar Basics Volume 1 - $19.95 for VHS or DVD.

Fender's Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar - over 50 interactive acoustic guitar lessons from Keith Wyatt for $24.95 on DVD.

If you are serious about learning to play guitar try out several of the online guitar lessons that come with a free trial or money back guarantee. I'm sure you'll find at least one to suit your taste and be playing guitar like a pro in no time!

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