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Guitar Beginners are excited about learning the guitar but often get nervous about making wrong first-steps in the beginning. Here are answers to some questions that are asked repeatedly in my beginner guitar lessons. I hope this helps some of you out. 1) Should I buy an acoustic or an electric guitar? Buy whichever guitar ... Full story

Which do you play more, electric guitar or acoustic guitar? That was the question in our last reader poll here at GuitarTeacher.com. 453 readers took the time to respond. Thanks to all of you who responded! The results shown below: The poll shows slightly more of our readers play electric ... Full story

Exotic Guitar Scales are great for adding spice to your lead guitar playing. I wouldn't suggest learning any of the 12 scales shown in this lesson before learning the minor pentatonic scale, the natural minor or the major scale (see 4 Scales You Should Know) but they might be part of the sound and guitar style you are searching for. Each of these 5 ... Full story

This poll question would be one of the hardest for me, personally, to answer: If you had to focus on one Guitar Style, which would that be? Choosing a favorite guitar style is as difficult for me to pick as a favorite ice cream flavor. There are good licks (ha-ha!) and great players to be found in each and every one of them! I guess since I ... Full story

In the following Dorian Mode Jam Track we use G major chords over a repeating A bass note. This keeps reinforcing that 'A' is the root note for our soloing. Full story

Maybe you have watched a YouTube video of some great guitar playing and thought "I would love to learn that but the guitar playing is too darn fast". Well, as proof you are not alone, GuitarTeacher.com reader ~Daniel~ recently commented to my Canon Rock video guitar lesson the following: "hey thanks for the awesome post but do you know a program i can use ... Full story

I recently saw the movie "It Might Get Loud" featuring Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (U2) and Jack White (White Stripes/The Raconteurs). In the movie Jimmy Page digs through his mammoth vinyl collection and plays some favorite songs, one of which was Link Wray's "Rumble". This song was also famously featured in "Pulp Fiction". It is a classic instrumental and a real easy song, ... Full story

It is that most wonderful, gift-giving time of the year. In an effort to help out those looking for inexpensive gifts to give to the guitar players in their life, following are 10 inexpensive items that any guitarist would appreciate in their Christmas stocking. All are under $15. Some of these items have more expensive counterparts, but those wouldn't be appropriate for this list. Maybe ... Full story

In 1983, Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut album "Texas Flood" reintroduced blues guitar back into popular consciousness. The title track is a slow blues in G, much like the jam track from our earlier lesson. While covering the entire song would be best tackled in private lessons, the intro alone is a cornucopia of classic blues triads, 6th chords, 9th chords and a great single-note ... Full story

When I first started taking guitar lessons, I was anxious to understand the explanations provided in the different guitar magazines I was reading at the time. There was a language being used that I did not comprehend. You probably hear it thrown around by musicians all the time: "It's a 1-4-5 progression in G." "His solo uses the flat 6th." "Sing a 3rd above the melody ... Full story