This tutorial shows you how to use a standard electronic tuner to tune your guitar.

This tutorial shows you how to use the Guitar Tricks Reference Tuner to tune your guitar.

This tutorial explores the mechanics of playing the guitar in more detail; this covers the physical motions required of your arms, hands and fingers. This tutorial explores the mechanics of playing the guitar for absolute beginners in more detail; this covers the physical motions required of your arms, hands and fingers.

Sick of having to spend money performing routine maintenance? Sick of your intonation being out? This series will help you learns ways to set up your guitar.

This tutorial explains how the CAGED system is a way of visualizing all the integrated, interlocking patterns that any given chord forms on a guitar fretboard. The name, CAGED, itself is a sort of acronym standing for the shape of the open chord forms C, A, G, E, and D.

Holding the guitar properly is absolutely essential. It is very important to work towards making any and all motions you make while playing guitar as smooth, efficient as possible. In order to do this, we start by focusing on proper body mechanics. Start with good posture! Sit up straight and do not slouch. Next, from your shoulder, to elbow, to wrist, hand and fingers, keep your body light ...

Let's start with the pick! The pick is more formally known as the plectrum. It is a small object held by a guitarist and used to strike the strings in order to create sound. Picks come in many shapes, sizes and are made in a variety of materials. The vast majority are triangular, or tear-dropped in shape, about an inch long, a millimeter thick and are made of plastic. The pick is held b...

This is the introduction video for the Guitar Fundamentals 2 Course.

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