Style & Genre Guitar Lessons

Our genre-based lessons focus on learning skills and concepts that pertain to a specific style of music. However, as you will soon learn, many concepts can be applied to several different genres. Genre lessons expand on concepts taught in our beginner guitar lessons, so it would be a wise idea to check out those lessons before jumping in here!

130 courses 3,489 lessons

We cover 20 genres in total, with courses built for acoustic or electric guitarists.

4k and 1080p

Lessons stream to your device or computer in 4k quality for newer lessons, and 1080p for a majority of our catalog.

Interactive Tabs

Tabs powered by Soundslice, the powerful interactive tab software, working natively in your browser.

Guitar Pro

Tabs are also provided in Guitar Pro and PDF formats. All tabs are fully downloadable to your devices.

Practice Help

Know what to practice after each lesson with guided suggestions, tabs, jamtracks and more.

Explore our Styles & Genres

Of course, all courses, libraries and live courses are included with your membership.

One of the richest and most uniquely American styles of music, blues has been a major inspiration for jazz, bluegrass, country and rock.

Blues Guitar Lessons

861 lessons & 24 courses

Fingerstyle technique allows guitarists to combine melody, bass lines, and harmony to create a complete, orchestral sound.

Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons

491 lessons & 20 courses

Originating from a reference to the loud, mechanized sounds of the modern world and the harsh, British factory sounds of the 1960's.

Metal Guitar Lessons

275 lessons & 13 courses

One of the world's great guitar traditions and called ki ho'alu in Hawaiian, slack key developed in the 19th Century as a fun, fingerpicking style.

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Lessons

63 lessons & 1 course

A sub-genre of country music which blends improvising with folk-like melodies. Pioneered by Bill Monroe in the 1930s in the "bluegrass" state.

Bluegrass Guitar Lessons

205 lessons & 9 courses

From the 1950's to the present, rock and roll, along with its wide range of sub-genres, has dominated popular music.

Rock Guitar Lessons

475 lessons & 16 courses

Although not a native celtic instrument, celtic-style guitar adapts folk and fingerstyle to accompany reels, jigs, and polkas.

Celtic Guitar Lessons

23 lessons & 1 course

Born in the 9th century, “classical” guitar is characterized by fingerstyle technique and nylon strings, producing organic timber and dynamic quality.

Classical Guitar Lessons

82 lessons & 3 courses

A style of American popular music, country has it's roots in the folk music of the rural south and the cowboy music of the western United States.

Country Guitar Lessons

187 lessons & 8 courses

The classic swing sound emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, and blends classic melodies, intricate harmony, and improvisation.

Jazz Guitar Lessons

246 lessons & 11 courses

Study the ideas and techniques of artists like Dick Dale, The Ventures and more! Learn how to create Surf hooks, get Surf tones, and make the information you already know on the guitar useful in the Surf genre!