Beginner Guitar Lessons

Start off your journey in guitar playing with our beginner guitar lessons and build a solid foundation for your playing. Since bad habits can cripple the progress of any guitarist, learning from a knowledgable instructor is a must!

This section of JamPlay will teach you the raw basics of playing guitar, including topics such as tuning, posture, finger technique, and many other topics. Most of the instruction found in these lesson sets are very similar, just taught by different instructors. Feel free to browse these lessons to see which instructor you enjoy the most.

Our beginner ciriculum starts as if you've never touched a guitar before, and will equip you with the fundamentals needed to build your knowledge of the guitar.

Physicalities of the Guitar

Proper Guitar Mainetenance

The Importance of Posture

Holding the Pick

Strumming Technique Instruction

Playing Your First Chords

Playing Your First Scales

Basics of Music Theory

Are you self taught? Our beginner lessons will allow you to fill in the gaps of your playing and knowledge, and help you progress into a well-rounded player.

What Makes a Chord a Chord

Read Tab and Sheet Music

Scale Relationships to Chords

Understanding Time Signatures

Building a Pratice Routine

Utilizing the Metronome

Understanding Modes

Putting Together Progressions

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Beginner Acoustic Guitar Teachers

Our beginner acoustic guitar lessons are taught by qualified instructors with various backgrounds with the instrument.

Steve Eulberg

Mr. Steve Eulberg is a seasoned player and teacher with over 25 years of experience. Steve is an easy-going and charismatic instructor, making his lessons a staple of JamPlay.com.

21 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

Jim Deeming

Jim is a fingerstyle expert with over 30 years of experience. His series offers a wealth of information for any beginner guitarist, and especially those interested in fingerstyle.

25 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

Jessica Baron

Jessica Baron, founder of Guitars in the Classroom, brings her very own unique series to JamPlay. In this highly interactive, easy to follow set, Jessica invites students of all ages to journey through fun, song-based instruction.

34 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

Mark Lincoln

Mark is an expressive player and energetic teacher, which gives his series an entertaining but insightful set of lessons to start you off in your guitar playing.

52 Lessons Series Details

Randall Williams

Singer, songwriter and international touring performer, Randall Williams believes that learning the guitar should be fun. His concise approach to teaching starts you playing easy and recognizable chord progressions right away.

10 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

Eve Goldberg

In this lesson series Eve Goldberg will be your guide into the world of acoustic guitar. She will start out with the basics and move on to talk about chords, strumming, alternating bass lines and an assortment of other topics.

49 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

Orville Johnson

Discover the essentials with Orville Johnson by learning some of the most popular topics and techniques in beginner guitar.

11 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

Steve Eulberg

Mr. Steve Eulberg has taken his years of experience teaching children and has created lessons just for the younger crowd. His easy going personality makes him a favorite for kids.

42 Lessons Series Details

Beginner Electric Guitar Teachers

Our beginner electric guitar lessons are taught by instructors with an incredible amount of teaching experience.

Mark Brennan

Mark blends 45 years of playing experience, a classical and rock n' roll background, and his love of teaching to create a thorough, step-by-step method for learning electric guitar.

25 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

David MacKenzie

Combine a passion for rock guitar with genuine personality for instructing, and you have David MacKenzie. DMac's series focuses on beginner skill-building in the arena of classic rock.

42 Lessons Series Details

Chris Liepe

Chris Liepe, critically acclaimed guitarist and songwriter, will guide you through the world of the electric guitar. He will start with the absolute basics and move on to quickly get you playing your guitar.

23 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

David Wallimann

David Wallimann is a natural and personable educator with vast amounts of guitar knowledge and experience. He provides a comprehensive guide to beginner electric guitar that will give you a solid foundation in your guitar journey.

11 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

Lisa Pursell

Lisa will guide you through the world of the electric guitar with a Rock and Blues flavor. She will start with the absolute basics and move to more in depth styles so you can quickly expand your knowledge of the guitar.

60 Lessons Free LessonSeries Details

Brad Henecke

Brad Henecke guides you through the world of beginner guitar with his keen intellect and beginner friendly approach.

19 Lessons Series Details