Getting Started 🚦
- How to Tune
- Fretboard Note Names
- Staff Notes & the Fretboard
- Music Notation Vs. Rhythm Notation: how to read notation and rhythms
- Strumming Pattern Basics
- Reading Chord Diagrams
- Reading Guitar Tab
Tools 🛠
- Online Tuner
- Virtual Guitar: interactive guitar with note names
- Metronome / Drum Machine
- Key Finder: input notes from a song and it will determine the key
- Scale Finder: shows all the possible notes for a scale on the fretboard
- Circle of Fifths: key and diatonic chord reference
- Chord Finder: shows chord shapes, inversions, and relevant scales
- Chord Diagram Maker
- Music Notation: Flat (online editor) / Musescore (app)
- Tab Creator
Chords & Scales 🖐🏻
Tab & Lead Sheets 🎼
- Ultimate Guitar: great for chord style lead sheets and tabs. Always pick the song version with the most stars and votes as they are more accurate
- Songsterr: great tabs that are also midi play-along
- Musician Tuts: great online lesson series. Check out the Beginner Lessons and Intermediate Lessons
- Hal Leonard: physical sheet music
Books 📖
- Guitar Player Repair Guide
- Songwriting for Guitar by Rikky Rooksby
- Guitar Sessions Book 1 / Guitar Sessions Book 2 by Kevin Daley
- Solo Studios Book 1 / Solo Studies Book 2 by Kevin Daley
Styles 🎵
- Blues Guitar: tutorials and blues specific resources
- Jazz Guitar: playing techniques and various technical resources on jazz guitar
Instrument & Care ❤️
- Acoustic Restringing / Electric Restringing (intermediate)
- Setup Intonation (advanced)
- Action Adjustment (advanced CAUTION!)