Guitar Noise Staff

Fingerpicking, if you’ll pardon the pun, isn’t all that hard to pick up. In fact, it’s quite easy for most people to get started.

Are you just starting to learn guitar? These free guitar lessons cover everything for beginners from chords to tuning and easy songs you can learn to play.

Are you looking for advice on how to buy your first guitar? We’ve got loads of really helpful information on shopping do’s and don’ts for musicians.

If you’ve spent any amount of time around guitars you’ll know that there’s a really big difference between practicing and playing guitar.

Beginners are not the only ones who find strumming difficult. These lessons start with some very basic techniques working up to more advanced ideas.

Have you ever wanted to sing and play guitar at the same time? It’s not nearly as hard as you think. Not only is this something you can do, but with proper practice, you can even learn to do it quite well.

A chord melody is basically a solo guitar arrangement of a song. You want the melody to ring out so people can easily recognize what you are playing.

Blues Music is synonymous with the guitar. Do yourself a favor and check out all the great blues guitar lessons full of tips and information we have.

Have you ever wanted to teach guitar but then thought you might not be qualified? Let’s dispel a few of the myths about what it takes to teach guitar.

We’ve always tried to approach music theory for guitar with a simple idea: it’s not supposed to be rocket science. Music theory should be simple and fun.

A good guitar solo is usually the result of planning. These lessons help you get ready to play those spontaneous sounding, spur of the moment solos.

Without a properly tuned guitar, it’s nearly impossible to sound good. These are some of the most common questions beginners ask about guitar tuning.

What we guitarists consider “standard tuning” has been around pretty much since the fifth and sixth strings were added to the instrument in the late 1700’s.

A bass player doesn’t have to be flashy or loud, but a band won’t survive long with a weak bass.

Do you remember where you were in 2000? We know exactly where we were thanks to the Guitar Noise archives.

Putting together solos is not easy, and the conventional teaching (“just use your scales”) doesn’t usually make a lot of sense for beginners.

If you approach songwriting the same way you approach practicing guitar, it is something you can get better at with a little work.

Whether you are just starting out or you’ve been playing guitar for a while, there are all sorts of things to consider when playing live in front of others.

Putting together solos is not easy for a lot of people, and the conventional teaching (“just use your scales”) doesn’t always make sense for beginners.

A popular reader request is a lesson on how to get a Celtic sounding guitar style. These lessons will give you more than a few ideas to achieve that sound.