If you're just starting out on guitar, or perhaps you've just taken your very first guitar out of its box and you're raring to get playing, this is the place to start. Here in the first of a series of ...

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Alternate picking: the key to accurate riffs and killer solos! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You know how to play a few chords, ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Guitar maker Fender has just debuted Fender Play, a new guitar lessons web platform and iOS app aimed ...

Guitar lessons: You’d be forgiven for thinking that you’d use the minor scale to construct minor 7th chords, but that’s not quite how it works. All scales and chords are compared to the major scale, ...

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The course focuses on what Donkers calls “functional guitar,” rather than formal music theory. “Usually beginner guitar lessons are one-on-one, so it's you and a teacher. And often with guitar lessons ...