There are tons of free lessons out there. I have tons of free lessons on this very website, but how do you know what you need to know? This is here to help.

I have explicit walkthroughs for Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced players that can guide you through this site and how to gauge where you are. This is a simplified 15 step overview for all players to see what lies ahead of them and fill any gaps that might have been missed. The order is subjective… there’s really no straight line on the best way to learn guitar. If I had to start over I think this would be the order I’d choose for myself:

Basic Open Chords Strong Stumming Technique Barre Chords 7th Chords (Both open 7th Chords & Barre Chords) Open Major/Minor Scales CAGED Chords Fretted Pentatonic Scales Theory Arpeggios Fretted Major/Minor Scales Triads 7th Arpeggios 7th Chord Inversions Modes Diminished Arpeggios

All this is useless without putting everything into context by playing songs. Not sure of what songs to learn? Pick out your favorites, not what you think is most impressive. If it’s above your playing ability, use it as an excuse to learn something mentioned above. If it’s below your playing ability, try utilizing some of the things you know that aren’t implemented in the song, into the song. For example, here’s all the things I can practice with a simple chord progression:

G – D – Em – C

Maybe #16 was a bit much, but as you can see, from 4 chords, I can make it as simple or complex as I’d like. 4 chords, gives me an endless amount of material to practice.

I hope this gives you ideas on where to go, what to review and what to work on. I have video lessons on all the above topics on my Free Lessons page, then click the category or search using my search bar. Each bold word is a link to a video but the free lesson categories/search bar/walk-through blogs might be better for you to find exactly what you need.

Oh and here’s a backing track of G – D – Em – C to begin your journey of ruling the world. 🙂