[Clancy]

Hi, and welcome to the Guitar for Beginners and Beyond discussion forum...

To make it easier for those of you who have just started playing the guitar, I've listed below links to other parts of the Guitar for Beginners & Beyond site.

You'll find most of the basics are covered here along with examples.

The Guitar
About guitars in general - Buying a guitar - Tuning your guitar - Re-stringing your guitar - The anatomy of a guitar

What is Music?
What is music? - Notes - The major scale - Time and tempo

Chords
Chords defined - The open chords - Chord progressions - Other chords - Extended chords - Barre chords - Easy barre chords - Chord pictorial - Chord finder

Playing the guitar
Playing the guitar - Strumming - Fingerpicking - Hammer ons - Pull offs - Harmonics - Vibrato - Bending - Sliding - Muting - Slide guitar - Reading tablature

Any questions, just come back to the forum and ask away.

Looking for the free lessons?

Kirk's Beginner Guitar Lessons - Check out these lessons if you want to start with some guitar lessons designed especially for complete beginners. Movie examples with all lessons.

Neilsonite's Lessons - this is where you'll find some lessons on strumming and chords. Great for beginners.

Kirk's Finger-Style Guitar Lessons - this is where you'll find over 70 finger-picking guitar lessons. Movie examples and TAB with all lessons.

Lesson on the basics of reading and understanding TAB - Find it here.

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* Don't forget, to access any of the free guitar lessons, you first need to be a registered member and logged into the forum. If you haven't joined already, it's free and it only takes a minute, so Join up here.

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Clancy