Free online courseBeginner Guitar Course - 26 Structured Lessons

Course Description

Beginner Guitar Course - 26 Structured Lessons is a free, step-by-step introduction to electric guitar designed to take you from absolute basics to confident playing. Learn essential guitar terminology, how to tune correctly, and the core techniques that build clean sound and solid timing from day one.

Progress naturally into reading TAB, smooth chord changes, and strumming in time, then expand your musical vocabulary with an approachable introduction to scales and fundamental music theory, including note values. As your control improves, you will connect technique to real playing through iconic riffs and songs while developing fretboard knowledge, blues phrasing, and the ability to move patterns across the neck.

Along the way, you will strengthen picking accuracy and speed, explore alternate picking and swing feel, and learn expressive techniques such as string bending and vibrato. You will also get practical guidance on amp settings for electric guitar tone, plus the building blocks of rock rhythm with power chords and the next step into barre chords.

The course rounds out your toolkit with fingerpicking, hammer-ons, ghost strumming, classic licks, and a focused lead guitar masterclass. By the end, you will have a structured practice path and a well-rounded foundation for rhythm and lead playing, helping you feel comfortable learning new songs and creating your own solos.