Recommended Guitar Lessons for the Beginning Guitarist

• Memorizing the Fretboard • Basic Major Chords (C,A,G,E,D) • Other Major Chords in Barre Form • Basic Minor Chords (Am,Em,Dm) • Other Minor Chords in Barre Form • Moving Open Chords to Barre Form • Strumming Technique • Hammer-Ons and Strumming • Advanced Chord Practice

• How Chords are Constructed • The C Major Scale • The A Minor Scale • Alternate Picking I • Alternate Picking II • Advanced Scale Practice • Basic Fingerpicking • Stringing Your Guitar • 12-Bar Blues: What is it?

Guitar Chord Finder C Db D Eb E F F# Gb G Ab A Bb B Major Minor Sus4 b5 Diminished Augmented Major6 Minor6 7 7sus4 Minor7 Minor7(9) Minor7(9,11) Major7 Major7(9) Major7(#11) Major7(13) Major7(9,13) Major7#5 Major7#5(9) MinMaj7 MinMaj7(9) 7b5 Minor7b5 Aug7 Dim7 Add9 MinorAdd9 Major6(9) Minor6(9) 7(9) 7(b9) 7(#9) 7(13) 7(b13) 7(9,13) 7(b9,13) 7(#9,13) 7(b9,b13) 7(#9,b13) 7(9,#11) 7(9,#11,13)

Ear Training Interactive exercises to help you figure out tunes quicker and easier.

Guitar Scale Finder C Db D Eb E F F# Gb G Ab A Bb B Blues Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian Diminished (H-W) Diminished (W-H) Whole Tone Melodic Minor Dorian b2 Lydian Aug Lydian b7 Mixolydian b6 Locrian 2 Altered Harmonic Minor Locrian 6 Ionian Aug Dorian #4 Phrygian Major Lydian #9 Altered bb7 Pentatonic Major Pentatonic Minor Augmented Arabian Balinese Byzantine Chinese Chinese Mongolian Double Harmonic Egyptian Eight Tone Spanish Enigmatic Hindu Hirajoshi Hungarian Major Hungarian Minor Hungarian Gypsy Ichikosucho Kumoi Leading Whole Tone Lydian Diminished Lydian Minor Mohammedan Neopolitan Neopolitan Major Neopolitan Minor Overtone Pelog Persian Prometheus Prometheus Neopolitan Purvi Theta Six Tone Symmetrical Todi Theta

Intervals Interactive exercises to help you remember how they sound and function.

Guitar Arpeggio Finder C Db D Eb E F F# Gb G Ab A Bb B Major Minor Sus4 b5 Diminished Augmented Major6 Minor6 7 7sus4 Minor7 Major7 Major7#5 MinMaj7 7b5 Minor7b5 Aug7 Dim7

Guitar Theory Charts Chord & scale formulas, fingerboard diagrams, circle of 5ths, chord-scale relationships, etc.

Name That Guitar Note  Get familiar with note names on the fingerboard with these interactive flash cards!

Name That Guitar Chord  Get familiar with how different chords sound with this interactive ear-training exercise!

Name That Guitar Interval  Get familiar with intervals on the fretboard with these interactive flash cards!

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