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To follow up our article on Youtube keyboard tutorials, here’s one for you budding guitarists. Whether you’re learning electric or acoustic guitar, many of the skills are the same, and you should find something here to help. Here are 15 Youtube videos that will give you something to practice.
Again, the videos start pretty basic. If you’re new to guitar, start at the top. But the tutorials get more difficult and interesting from there. Jump to the end if you want to learn some advanced tips from the experts. Let us know in the comments which videos you found most helpful. And if you know of a better guitar tutorial video, leave the link in the comments.
1. Learning Guitar Beginners Lesson #1
“First in a series of video lessons, designed to teach even the most inexperienced guitar player the basics and eventually more advanced techniques. “
2. Learning Guitar Beginners Lesson #2
“In this lesson we will take a further look at the staff and begin learning what notes go where, and we will learn our 1st songs.”
3. Beginner Guitar Lesson: Beginning Scales
“This lesson will cover the first set of scales I teach students regardless of what type of music they are interested in playing.”
4. Learn Guitar Strumming Patterns – Part 1: The Basics
“Those just learning guitar will benefit most from this easy to apply video lesson on strumming patterns. Check out more helpful tips, lessons, and resources at: www.guitarfriendly.net.”
5. Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson Spice Up that Bluesy Playing
“In this lesson we teach an acoustic blues lesson on how to spice up some blues progressions and move around the guitar neck. Works with electric guitars also.”
6. Tommy Emmanuel Hammer On / Pull Off Lesson
“Tommy giving us another little lesson.”
7. Tommy Emmanuel Guitar Lesson
“Joking on the alternating bass practice.” This is a great video, but has very low volume.
8. Guitar Lesson Tommy Emmanuel Harmonics Lesson
“Tommy Emmanuel Harmonics Lesson. This guy is so good. It’s a gift.”
9. Learn Guitar Lesson Lynyrd Skynyrd Les Paul Southern Rock
“Learn guitar lesson Lynyrd Skynyrd inspired Southern Rock guitar lesson
Les Paul.”
10. Learn How to Play Like Metallica – Guitar Tuning
“How to play like Metallica does it! This is the different tunings they use. From the the Metallica Guitar Licks 1988-1997 DVD.”
11. Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Lesson
“Stevie gives a lesson.”
12. Speed Kills – Metal Method Guitar Lesson DVD
“Speed Kills is the original neoclassical shred guitar lesson. It’s now available on DVD. This video guitar lesson is the ultimate in shred technique featuring sweep arpeggios, alternate picking, and alternative picking. This is a demonstration from the Speed Kills DVD available at www.metalmethod.com. Please remember, this is a demonstration from the guitar lesson. It is not a lesson.”
13. Joe Satriani’s Guitar Tips
“Joe Satriani’s tips to become a better player.”
14. Dave Mustaine – Guitar Lesson
“Dave Mustaine gives a guitar lesson.”
15. Steve Vai Demonstration – Freak Show Excess
“Steve Vai demonstrating Freak Show Excess from his album Real Illusions: Reflections. Steve explains how he was inspired by the insanity of Bulgarian wedding music. “
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Awesome list! That’s what I was looking for. I thought I gave up with the guitar and throw it away. Thank you, guys!
Best guitar teacher on youtube has to be Justin Sandercoe http://www.justinguitar.com/.
And all his videos are free though you can make a donation if you like.
Yes! I’m learning with Justin.
I learnt guitar with justin and I am now completely competent. I wanted to ask if you knew of a similar kind of tutorial for keyboard lessons?
Hi Yannick. We’re considering running some basic keyboard tuts in the new year. Sound good? Is there anything in particular you would like covered?
So funny, I’ve just been doing a bunch of blues guitar lessons and found them all on youtube.com.
Check this guy out for some really cool funk guitar techniques:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMdU_lS3Izk&feature=related
Am laughing in amazement as after 20 years of gathering dust I picked up my guitar just this week and have been giving the lessons on Apple GarageBand a shot ! What a coincidence !!!
Hi! Is there any way that you can put the YouTube videos after a break in the page, so that those of us who read your site in a RSS reader don’t have to page down through all the videos, not to mention waiting for them all to load?
Thank you!
Hi Josh. I do that, but the whole page is being sent to your RSS reader. Fortunately those types of articles are fairly rare.
Love the videos! thanks for sharing!
Dave’s just the best
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Although I have to say that many of these videos don’t really teach you. As I play for seven years or so, I’d say that those are merely advices when playing or how to play.
That last Steve Vai video is fantastic, I remember watching it a while ago on youtube, some of the phrasing reminds me of Jeff Beck for some reason…
A site with video guitar lesson that has been around for a good couple of years is http://www.PlayGTR.net there is some great material on there and all the lessons are free.
Hey I find videos to be THE MOST helpful when trying to learn something new on guitar! These videos were extremely helpful to me!
A good tip you can do when learning online is learn all the basic chords first and then get more comfortable with strumming. Once you’ve done that you can master any cover song!
CM
Hey, great vids. Loved the more advanced ones near the end by the guitar gods. They know what they are talking about for sure. I think one thing beginners need to understand more of is the mindset and motivation. I’ve been noticing a lot of talk on guitar forums where either the motivation is for the wrong thing (and hence they lose it) or they’ve just lost the passion for guitar that they used to have. I’ve been there too. If I can, I’d like to add these videos along with the list above. They all fall into the “motivation” department, which like I said, is half the equation.
http://www.nobsguitar.com/inspiration/ <– For motivation to play guitar
~Johnny
Excellent resource here, those videos are great.
I hope it is okay to mention here that I have over 150 free videos on http://www.dolphinstreet.com in a variety of styles.
That Tommy Emmanuel video is so great. What an amazing player he is!