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TheGuitarLesson.com is designed for beginner-intermediate guitarists, which means every bit of information is written to be as easy to understand as possible. You’ll “learn through doing”, since you’ll be playing popular songs right from the beginning. You’ll also gain a sound knowledge of practical guitar theory you’ll actually use during playing, and help you reach a solid intermediate level.

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Summer of 69 Guitar Lesson - Bryan Adams
Summer of 69 Guitar Lesson - Bryan Adams
Guitar techniques you’ll learn: chords chord changes strumming rhythm Who doesn’t recognize the intro strumming pattern to Summer of ‘69?!? Everyone [...]
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Difficulty: Level IIILevel IIILevel III
Genre: Rock
Brown Eyed Girl Guitar Lesson - Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl Guitar Lesson - Van Morrison
Guitar techinques you’ll learn: scales chords strumming (without a plectrum) 3rds double stops The original version of Brown Eyed Girl played [...]
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Guitar type:
Difficulty: Level IIILevel IIILevel III
Genre: Pop
Someone Like You Guitar Lesson - Adele
Someone Like You Guitar Lesson - Adele
Guitar techniques you’ll learn: basic guitar chords chord changes how to use a capo fingerpicking strumming Someone Like You was absolutely th[...]
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Difficulty: Level I
Genre: Pop
Smoke on the Water Guitar Lesson - Deep Purple
Smoke on the Water Guitar Lesson - Deep Purple
Guitar techniques you’ll learn: power chords double stops slides strumming The intro riff to Smoke on the Water is most likely one of [...]
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Difficulty: Level I
Genre: Hard rock
How has TheGuitarLesson.com helped other beginners?

Since 2008, we’ve helped over 40,000 students start their guitar journey and become better guitar players. This many people can’t be wrong.

Here are some letters we’ve received across the years, have a look.

“Hi Tom, …so I’m really glad I found your guitar lessons, they are really useful, I especially like how the tabs move, so its easy to keep up with what you’re teaching.” -- Andrea from Budapest, Hungary

…I’m very happy with these lessons. Everything is explained very clearly and I feel that I’m really making progress. So thank you for everything. I really appreciate your quick and detailed response, encouraging words, and practical advice.” -- Samuel

“…your website inspired me to go out a buy an acoustic guitar over here. Your online lessons are fantastic and your enthusiasm for the instrument is outstanding …. ONE THING THOUGH? My fingers are bloody killing me ;0)” -- Tom from South Korea

“…As I am practicing, and it is actually getting easier to manipulate my fingers to do what they are supposed to do. From what I have been able to find on the internet, I found your teachings the best. Keep up the good work!” -- Rick from Ontario

Why is TheGuitarLesson.com is so popular among beginner guitarists? Tom Fontana, your guitar teacher on the site, has been teaching private students for years, and has found that the best way to keep beginner guitar students motivated to learn and advance is to start playing songs right from the beginning. The reason is simple. Learning guitar is not exactly the easiest thing in the world, and to make it worse by teaching dull exercises is the no 1. reason why beginners quit playing. Our beginner guitar lessons focus on learning to play famous songs right off the bat, which keeps the learning process interesting, since our students learn to play real songs, to which they’ve probably been listening to for years. This motivates our students to practice, and thus improve their technique. This is the secret to learning to play guitar.