Welcome to LearnGuitare. Here you will find information on guitar, bass, or ukulele lessons for students of all ages and skill levels. It doesn’t matter if you are brand new to playing the guitar or if you already have a little or even a lot of experience. Our lesson programs can help you get started with the basics or pick-up wherever your past studies left off.
If you are looking for young beginner guitar, bass, or ukulele lessons (ages 6-11), beginner guitar lessons (ages 12 and up), intermediate lessons, rhythm guitar lessons, lead guitar lessons, or blues, jazz, rock, metal, folk, country, bluegrass, rockabilly, you name it – we’ve got you covered! All of these styles can be applied to acoustic guitar or electric guitar.
For young beginners ages 6-11, we have the Beginning Guitar, Bass, or Ukulele for Kids Lesson Program. This is an absolutely fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Popular songs such as “Yellow Submarine,” “Hokey Pokey,” “I'm a Believer,” “Surfin' U.S.A.,” “This Land Is Your Land” and “Hound Dog” keep students motivated, and the clean, simple layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method is equally suitable for students using electric or acoustic guitars. Lessons include Parts of the Guitar, Holding the Guitar, Hand Position, Basic Music Symbols, Reading Music and Counting Rhythm, Notes on the first Three Strings, C, G7, Em, G, D, and A Chords, and Strumming and Picking. A good foundation to build upon for the young student.
If you are new to the guitar we recommend that you start with the Beginning Guitar, Bass, or Ukulele Lesson Program. It’s a method that will give you a solid foundation for all future lessons. You’ll learn how to play, hold, tune, strum, play your first chords, play single-note melodies, read music and understand their symbols, and even how to play your first songs on the guitar. This course is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. Lessons include tuning, playing position, musical symbols, reading music, first-position melody playing, C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em Chords, Strumming, and Picking. You'll be playing melodies of world music, classical, traditional, spiritual, gospel, blues, pop, and rock tunes in no time.
Once you start working with the Beginning Guitar Lessons Program, after a few weeks you will be ready for the Pop Rhythms and Pop Melodies Lesson Program. These lessons are perfect for students interested in learning to play popular songs from the 1950s to the present. These programs cover essential topics like understanding key signatures, reading rhythm notation, playing power chords, open position major, minor, and 7th chords, playing barre chords, major barre chord shapes, minor barre chord shapes, common chord progressions, strum patterns, and much more.
If you’re interested in playing lead guitar or performing guitar solos and improvising, you’ll want to check out our Lead Guitar Lesson Program. This program is based and built around the students' musical interests. This lesson program covers everything you’ll need to know to start exploring lead guitar. You’ll learn basic picking techniques, the major scale, the natural minor scale, the major pentatonic scale, the minor pentatonic scale, and their blues counterparts, hammer-ons, and pull-offs, bending, vibrato technique, how to play a solo, and much more!
More experienced guitarists may be interested in the Intermediate Blues Guitar Lesson Program. Not only is the blues an incredibly important style of music in its own right, but it can also influence the way you play other styles of music including rock, metal, jazz, and country. Jump into this program if you are interested in learning how to play blues guitar, the 12-bar blues progression, dominant 7th and 9th chords, blues phrasing and expression, turnaround blues licks, how to add blues licks to the blues riff, and much more.
There are specific stylistic programs as well. These focus on one genre of music at a time. Classical, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Metal, Country, Bluegrass, Fingerstyle, R&B, and more...
It doesn't matter if you are brand new to playing guitar or if you just want to take your playing to the next level.
LearnGuitare is here to help you reach your musical goals!