Basics

Basic Rhythm Guitar

Now that you understand timing you can start to play some songs with chords in. When playing basic rhythm guitar you can do a downstroke (v) or an upstroke (^). A downstroke should go away from your face towards the floor and an upstroke the opposite.

How to Read Guitar Tabs

In this online guitar lesson I show you how to read guitar tabs the right way. Learning how to read guitar tabs is very important if you are going to progress with the guitar.

Left Hand Dexterity

Here is a good simple exercise that is designed to force your mind to use the fingers on the left hand independent of themselves. This is meant to be done on a table or a flat surface, but it can also be done on the guitar or just in the air as well.