Guitar Lessons: Video Series

Choosing a guitar, whether an electric guitar or acoustic guitar, requires playing the guitar first, listening to the guitar through an amp and finding a guitar with the right sound for the music that will be played. Avoid buying a guitar through the Internet with advice from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video on picking a guitar.

Teach or learn guitar using books that focus on basic tuning, rock and blues chords, strumming patterns, holding a guitar, and how to hold a pick. Work on the basics of playing the guitar properly before moving on to more advanced techniques with tips from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video guitar lesson.

Drop tune or down tune a guitar to drop B tuning by going down to the fifth fret on the A string and tuning down a whole step. Use drop B tuning on a guitar to play modern metal music with help from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video guitar lesson.

Get a buzz out of a guitar string by getting the guitar intonated by a professional to make sure that the neck is straight and the action is high enough. Make sure a guitar string has not slipped off of the hard tail bridge, which could cause buzzing, with advice from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video on guitars.

Making guitar stings is not something that can be done at home by an amateur. Stainless steel, copper, nickel and nylon guitar strings must come from the factory to have the right sound. Choose guitar strings that fit your playing style with help from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video on guitar strings.

Beginners learning to play bass guitar should get comfortable with the instrument, keep the thumb pressed around the back of the guitar and practice basic bass patterns. Work on the timing for both hands when playing bass guitar with tips from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video guitar lesson.

Play metal on a bass guitar by using a pick to get more of an attack, hammering down on the chords and following the drummer carefully. Lock in with the kick drum when playing metal bass guitar using advice from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video guitar lesson.

To play scales on bass guitar, be sure to use all four fingers at all times, develop stretch and strength in the pinkie, and keep the thumb on the back of the guitar. Spread the fingers out when playing bass guitar scales with instructions from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video guitar lesson.

Play the blues on a bass guitar by practicing a basic pentatonic blues scale forward and backward. Press the thumb against the back of the fret board to give the other fingers more power with advice from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video guitar lesson.

Restring a Fender guitar by loosening up the string, sliding a string out of the back of the guitar and putting on a new string to be tuned. Take out and replace one string at a time on a Fender guitar to avoid throwing the tuning out of whack with instructions from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video on stringing a guitar.

To string a guitar the right way, shimmy the string up through the back of the guitar, slide the string through the tuner, tighten the back of the tuner, and tune the string to the rest of the guitar. Be sure to string a guitar once string at a time with advice from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video on stringing a guitar.

Tune a guitar down a half-step by tuning the A string down to a flat E on the fifth fret. De-tune a guitar down a half-step to create a darker sound for the music with advice from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video guitar lesson.

Tuning a guitar to C requires going to the second fret on the A string, tuning the note appropriately and then tuning the E string down to the same note. Check to make sure the guitar is in tune by listening for any wobbly sounds with tips from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video on tuning a guitar.

Tune a guitar to E-flat by finding the E note on the A string, tuning down to an E-flat and using that notes as a guide for the rest of the strings. Use fifth fret tuning all the way to tune a guitar to E-flat with advice from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video on tuning a guitar.