First Guitar Lesson for Absolute Beginners!
This beginner guitar lesson was made with the absolute beginner in mind. This is the ONLY first guitar lesson for absolute beginners that you will ever need!
We go over two beginner guitar chords (that sound pretty darn cool) and practice switching between them by playing the “chord switching game.” It’s a great way to get started as we go over some really important basic concepts: counting along the strings and frets to know exactly where to place your fingers, as well as playing along with a simple beat and knowing exactly when to switch chords.
Whether you have an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar, this free guitar lesson for beginners will help you understand the most fundamental parts of playing guitar and is a great starting point no matter which direction you’d like to head in.
Once you’ve completed this lesson, I recommend downloading our eBook from here. It’ll help you with the next steps, such as learning the 10 basic guitar chords, making fast clean switches, strumming & rhythm and common chord progressions.
These are the 2 easiest beginner guitar chords:
Near the end of the video, we add a couple fingers to make these other easy guitar chords for beginners:
Learning beginner guitar songs is the best way to stay motivated and keep practicing! Here’s a list of easy guitar songs, and the beginner guitar chords used by each.
It includes video tutorials for songs like:
- What I Got by Sublime
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door by Bob Dylan
- Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton
- Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
- Dreams by Fleetwood Mac
- and more!
Try these extended play-along’s and get the most out of this lesson
