How to Find Free Guitar Lessons for Beginners

One of the coolest and the most popular instruments to learn how to play is the guitar. Many different styles of music use a guitar such as rock, blues, jazz, and country. This leaves beginners with a lot of options on their hands when looking for lessons to get started playing. Guitar can be a bit intimidating when first starting out, which is why it is always a good idea to try finding some lessons to help get you started in the right direction. Some guitar lessons can be very expensive, but if you put in the time and effort you will be able to find some beginner's lessons that will help you learn the basics for free.

Things You'll Need

• Computer Internet Phone book Newspaper

Instructions

1. Decide what style of music you would like to learn how to play. Every style of music is different and has a different set of techniques, chords, and scales that go with that style. Before you begin searching for lessons, you have to know what type of lessons you are looking for. If you want to play rock music you will need to find a guitar teacher and guitar lessons geared toward teaching you those techniques.

2. Get out your local phone book and search for all the music shops in your local area. A lot of music shops hire teachers to give lessons in their particular instrument. Call and see if any of the stores offer any free introductory lessons that you could take that would just simply teach you the basics of playing guitar. This works out really well if you are more of a one-on-one type of learner.

3. Buy a newspaper and check the classified section of the newspaper. Some guitar teachers teach privately and might have an advertisement in the local paper. Many of these type of guitar teachers will let you take the first few lessons for free before asking for a fee. Some might also be volunteering their time and might teach you permanently for free.

4. Go to Google and type in "free guitar lessons" and you will get a ton of hits. Some of these sites like Zentao will give you a completely free beginner's course about learning to play guitar.

5. Go to Youtube and type in "free guitar lessons." You will find a number of different videos and video series that will give you free guitar lessons ranging from beginners, to intermediate, to expert.

6. Sign up for guitar related Internet forums and ask for some help from an online community. Many professional guitar players would be more than happy to help you out and give you some free lessons online to help you grow in your craft.

Resources

• Zentao Guitar Lessons for Beginners
• Free Online Guitar Lessons
• Guitar Master Class
• More Lessons for Beginners