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How To: Play "Hey There Delilah" from a beginner's perspective
Want to know how to play "Hey There Delilah" by on the guitar as a beginner? Learn how with this free video guitar lesson, which presents an easy-to-follow overview of the popular song. For more information, and to get started playing this aughties folk pop ballad on your own guitar, watch this how-to!
How To: Play David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" on acoustic guitar
Ziggy played guitar—and so can you with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete overview of how to play David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust." While this tutorial is best suited for intermediate players, rock guitarists of all skill levels can play along given a little sticktoitiveness. For more information, and to get started playing this glam rock classic on your own guitar, watch this how-to!
How To: Play Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd acoustically
Want to know how to play an unplugged version of Lynyrd Skynrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" your acoustic guitar? Learn how with this free video guitar lesson. While this tutorial is best suited for intermediate players, rock guitarists of all skill levels can play along given a little sticktoitiveness. For more information, and to get started playing this southern rock anthem on your own guitar, watch this how-to!
How To: Play along with "Hey There Delilah" on acoustic guitar
Want to know how to play "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White Ts on the guitar? Learn how with this free video guitar lesson. While this tutorial is best suited for intermediate players, rock guitarists of all skill levels can play along given a little sticktoitiveness. For more information, and to get started playing this aughties folk pop ballad on your own guitar, watch this how-to!
How To: Play Neil Young's "Old Man" on acoustic guitar
Want to know how to play "Old Man" by Neil Young on the guitar? Learn how with this free video guitar lesson. While this tutorial is best suited for intermediate players, rock guitarists of all skill levels can play along given a little sticktoitiveness. For more information, and to get started playing this seventies folk ballad on your own guitar, watch this how-to!
How To: Play "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young on acoustic guitar
Want to know how to play "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young on the guitar? Learn how with this free video guitar lesson. While this tutorial is best suited for intermediate players, rock guitarists of all skill levels can play along given a little sticktoitiveness. For more information, and to get started playing this seventies folk ballad on your own guitar, watch this how-to!
How To: Play the Beatles' "Day Tripper" on acoustic guitar
Want to know how to play "Day Dripper" by Beatles on your acoustic guitar? While this free video lesson is best suited for intermediate players, rock guitarists of all skill levels can play along given a little sticktoitiveness. For more information, and to get started playing the Beatles' "Day Tripper" on your own guitar, watch this how-to!
How To: Fingerpick the Beatles' "Blackbird" on acoustic guitar
Want to know how to play Paul McCartney's "Blackbird" on your acoustic guitar? While this free video lesson is best suited for intermediate players, guitarists of all skill levels can play along given a little sticktoitiveness. For more information, and to get started playing this gentle Beatles ballad on your own guitar, watch this how-to!
How To: Play "Canned Heat Blues" by Tommy Johnson on guitar
Popularized by artists like Son House and Skip James, Delta blues is not only one of the oldest forms of blues music, it is among the most stylistically distinct and technically rewarding to play. In this video guitar lesson from YouTube user deltabluestips, you'll learn how to play Tommy Johnson's "Canned Heat Blues" on the guitar.
How To: Play "In My Place" by Ana Free on acoustic guitar
Big fan of Ana Free's successful 2008 single "In My Place"? In this tutorial, learn how to play this Portugal born singer-songwriter's hit with a little help from Ana herself! Be sure to watch both part 1 and part 2 from this lesson to get this heart wrenching song mastered!
How To: Play "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas on the guitar
Do you love Kansas' 1977 mega-hit "Dust in the Wind" off of their album, Point of Know Return? Who wouldn't? It's melancholy, full of nostalgia and heart break! In this guitar tutorial, learn how to play "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas on acoustic guitar.
How To: Play "Somewhere In Between" by Lifehouse on guitar
Big fan of "Somewhere in Between" featured on Lifehouse's 2000 debut album "No Name Face". You're not alone. Someone loved it so much, they created a tutorial for fans like you to learn the song on acoustic guitar! In this video, learn how to play "Somewhere In Between" by Lifehouse on acoustic guitar.
How To: Play "Fairytale Gone Bad" by Sunrise Avenue on guitar
This video tutorial demonstrates how to play the popular song "Fairytale Gone Bad" by Sunrise Avenue on acoustic guitar. It features handy chord notations, which are in French but should still be understandable to English-language players familiar with chord notation.
How To: Play "Live Like We're Dying" by Kris Allen on acoustic
This easy acoustic guitar instructional video demonstrates how to play the popular song "Live Like We're Dying" by Kris Allen. It breaks the song down into very simple terms, including descriptions of the picking and chords, but if you want the tabs, they can be found here.
How To: Play "Breakeven" by The Script on acoustic guitar
This video demonstrates how to play the popular song "Breakeven" by the Irish rock band The Script on acoustic guitar. It goes into great detail on what notes to play and the picking required, and also offers tips for beginners to play an easier version of the song that still sounds like the real thing. Rock on.
How To: Play lead guitar licks like Angus Young from AC/DC
Angus Young of AC/DC is one of the true icons of rock guitar, both for his style on stage and for his amazingly simple but awesome-sounding blues rock licks. This video teaches you how to play six very cool such licks on electric guitar (did you think you were going to play Angus on acoustic? Come on.) quickly and easily. It breaks the licks down at low speed so that you can practice, practice, practice them until, even as a novice guitar player, you end up shredding just like the legend hims...
How To: Hold your guitar and pick and have correct posture
There's more to playing guitar than just holding it and strumming it. There's a correct way to do things. You need proper posture and you need to hold the guitar correctly, whether you're left-handed or right-handed. Also, you need to hold your guitar pick the right way. This will teach you that. Extremely helpful for any beginner guitar player.
How To: Play Taylor Swift's "White Horse" on acoustic guitar
If you love Taylor Swift, her simple but pretty compositions can be a great gateway to learning to play the guitar. This tutorial teaches us how to play a cover version of her song "White Horse" on acoustic. It may not be exactly how the original song is played, but it is a good facsimile and will allow you to perform the song for your friends and mirrors . Handy graphics illustrate the chords and the strumming pattern. Some of the instruction is in French, but non-speakers should still be ab...
How To: Play Daughtry's "Life After You" on acoustic guitar
This tutorial teaches us how to play an acoustic guitar cover of Daughtry's "Life After You". Done entirely from the performer's (not Daughtry, as should be immediately apparent) bed, it features handy graphics that help to overcome the somewhat quietly recorded audio and make the video an effective tool for learning how to play this popular song by the former American Idol finalist.
How To: Play The Fray song "How to Save a Life" on the guitar
Are you learning on the guitar so you can play your favorite songs? If the answer is yes and you love the song How to Save a Life by The Fray, then this video is just what you need. This video will show you how to play How to Save a Life.
How To: Tune your guitar to standard tuning
An untuned guitar can be huge setback for a lot of players. Get your guitar in tune and get that song sounding right with help from this tutorial on how to tune your guitar to standard tuning.
How To: Substitute diminished chords for 7b9ths in jazz guitar
Ready to make your brain hurt? In this free video jazz guitar lesson from Justin Sandercoe, you'll learn about dimished/7b9 chord substitution. In short, if you have a functioning 5 chord, you can substitute a diminished chord (with one of the root notes a semitone above the root). For more information, and to get started using this substitution in your own jazz playing, watch this helpful tutorial.
How To: Play the chords to "Jingle Bells" on the guitar
In this how-to video, you will learn how to play the song "Jingle Bells" on the guitar. You will need a guitar, acoustic or electric, and basic knowledge of chords in order to do this. The song consists of the chords C major, F major, G major, and back to the C. This makes the intro of the song. The next consists of C, F, C, D, and G. Repeat this for the chorus of the song. With these two chord progressions in mind, you will now be able to play the song "Jingle Bells" on the guitar. This vide...
How To: Read and play guitar chords
If you are just starting out learning to play the guitar, one of the first things you need to know is how to read chords. In this tutorial, learn exactly how to read and play certain chords on your guitar. This video is fairly straight forward and offers useful examples for finger placement and playing tips.
How To: Read and play chord lines on guitar
In this beginner guitar lesson, learn how to read chord lines - a very popular way to write out chords that is used in the guitar playing community.
How To: Master reading guitar chords in one minute
In this tutorial, professional guitar player David Wallimann, demonstrates how to read and understand guitar chords in less than one minute. With this straight forward approach you should be on your way to reading and performing proper chords in no time at all. Follow along and practice finger placement along with David, and start playing like a rock star. Reading chords is very important and is one of the first things you will learn when you start jamming, so get a head start and check out t...
How To: Play Big Star's "Back of a Car" on acoustic guitar
In order to play Big Star – Back of a Car on your guitar, you will need to play the following chords: D followed by a diminished D 7. Then, move on to a C followed by a C add 9. Next, play a D chord followed by Am7 (g, f#).
How To: Play the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" on guitar
If you want to pay the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" song on guitar you should first the chords for the verse are D to a B minor, to a G and then to A. That is for the first half of the verse. The second half of the verse starts with a D chord, then goes to D7, then to a G then a G minor (barre on the 3rd fret). Now, when you play this, you should just repeat both phrases again. For the bridge, start with a G chord, to A, to D and B minor. You should also repeat this portion for the bridge then g...
How To: Hold an acoustic guitar correctly
True Fire TV and Guitar Lessons for Beginners demonstrate how to correctly hold an electric guitar. Good posture and hand positions will affect the sounds that you are making. Cross your legs to prop up your guitar which gives you more flexibility and freedom. Prop out the neck for better hand and finger positions. Don't look over the guitar. Remain loose, comfortable and relaxed. The left hand fingers should be close to the end of the fret. Press the strings only as hard as you need to using...
How To: Restring guitars with a stop-bar tailpiece
In this Music & Instruments video tutorial you will learn how to restring guitars with a stop-bar tailpiece. The video shows how to do this on a solid body electric guitar. First, with the Planet Waves pro winder rotate the tuning key button clockwise to release the tension on the string, then pull the string put. Now slide the new string through the back of the tail piece, place the tail piece back in to position, pass it through the tuning key post and pull it tight. Wrap it around behind t...
How To: Hold your guitar pick in two different ways
Before learning how to play a guitar your going to want to know how to hold your guitar pick. First there is the one finger hold, this looks like you're making a fist. You don't want to make a hard fist but a loose one, not a of strain should be put on the hand. Move your thumb down a little and your first finger too so that it looks like a ribbon or a bow. You have to line up the edge of the pick with the edge of your index finger. Once that is done adopt the hold defined above to complete i...
How To: Hold a guitar pick with the NYC Guitar School
In this how to video, you will learn how to hold a guitar pick. This is useful if you want to successfully rock out. A pick is a triangular piece of plastic. First, lay the back of the pick into the crease of your index finger. Next, lay your thumb perpendicularly across the back of the pick. If you look at it from this angle, the flat of the thumb is on one side while the side of the index is on the other. When playing, you will have a little bit of pick past the finger as you slide along th...
How To: Play "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed on acoustic guitar
If you want to play 'Perfect Day' by Lou Reed on acoustic guitar you first need to play an E chord, then go to Am, and repeat this. Now move to a D and crawl up to a G, then play a C and go to F. Move to Dm and play E. When you play the E chord you should play it with your pinkie. After playing the E, you play the last two strings in order and then continue on with the chord progression. If you continue on with this chord progression you will play the song. Listen to the song to get the strum...
How To: Play the guitar and sing at the same time
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to play the guitar and sing at the same time. Before trying to sing and play, users will first need to know how to play the song well. Learn the song well and play it over again. Do this so that you can memorize each strum without looking at the guitar. Sing and talk to yourself as you play. Keep doing this and practice alone to help you learn faster. This video will benefit those viewers who play the guitar and would like to learn how to play the gui...
How To: Properly hold a guitar pick
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to properly hold a guitar pick. Begin by placing the pick on the index finger. The bend the index finger to the thumb. Let the thumb hold the pick. It should be in a form of an X as you hold the pick between the index and thumb. The corner of the thumb nail should be at the edge of the pick. Don't hold the pick so close to the edge, making it sticking out too much. This video will benefit those viewers who are beginning to play guitar and would like t...
How To: Play "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple on guitar
How classic is "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple, right? It's one of the greatest classics of all time! And now, you can learn how to play this hit on your acoustic guitar by yourself. Impress anyone who's listening with this rockin' tune. This tutorial will show you exactly how to play "Smoke on the Water" with your guitar, from finger placement to the proper chords.
How To: Strum chords on an acoustic guitar
In this episode of Acoustic Guitar for Beginners, Rich Maloof shows you how to strum on an acoustic guitar. Strumming is important to a lot of songs and gives you a cool, carefree playing style.
How To: Play the acoustic guitar with correct fingerstyling
One of the first things you will learn when you start to play guitar is how to use correct finger styling. In this tutorial from Ulli Boegershausen, you will find out exactly how to use your fingers properly when playing acoustic guitar.
How To: Apply muted percussive techniques to acoustic guitar
There are many ways to play acoustic guitar. Often, you will need to learn different styles to enhance your songs. In this tutorial, learn step by step how to apply muted percussive techniques to acoustic guitar playing and get a new sound.
How To: Play the acoustic guitar like Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson is a great musician. His music is catchy and heartfelt and it seems like everybody is a fan. In this tutorial, learn how to play your acoustic guitar in the style of Jack Johnson and impress your friends.