6 Best Online Guitar Lessons – TOP Rated Sites in 2024

6 Best Online Guitar Lessons – TOP Rated Sites in 2024

ByTom Fontana - TheGuitarLesson.com

So you just got your first guitar, and are looking for a way to learn to play?

Or you’ve been playing for a while, and want to take things to the next level?

Using the best online guitar lessons to learn guitar is a very efficient and cost-effective way to advance your chops, no matter what level you are at.

I have been playing guitar for 20+ years and teaching for 15+ years. I still use online lessons to learn new things almost every day.

If you are interested in which online guitar teaching websites I use and can honestly recommend, and also which ones I stay away from, read on. I will also list my favorite guitar YouTube channels on this page.

Blues Guitar Techniques

ByTom Fontana - TheGuitarLesson.com

The blues is one of my favorite genres on guitar, I teach it to students all the time. Why? Because it’s easy and loads of fun. If you’re at an intermediate level, you’re already at a stage where you can play astonishing blues riffs and solos like BB himself if you know some basic blues guitar…

Alternate Picking Tips

ByTom Fontana - TheGuitarLesson.com

One of the most important and useful lead guitar techniques beginner guitarists must learn at an early stage is alternate picking. Most beginners tend to pick the strings only downwards, which is a bad habit to get used to. If it’s not dealt with right in the beginning, changing to alternate picking will be harder…

Guitarist Rhythm Troubles – How to Stay on Beat!

ByTom Fontana - TheGuitarLesson.com

Lots of beginner and even intermediate guitarists have rhythm problems. I did as well. Actually, guitarists are notoriously known to have no sense of rhythm whatsoever. That’s why drummers were created, to help us stay on beat 🙂 The problem is not really that we don’t have a sense of rhythm, but I think it…

Best Beginner Guitar Books

Top Guitar Books for Beginners and Beyond in 2024

ByTom Fontana - TheGuitarLesson.com

Learning to play the guitar from beginner guitar books is still huge in , despite the availability of the more modern form of learning guitar, online video tutorial sites. Thousands of “learn guitar books” (both acoustic and electric) are sold daily, so it is safe to say they are here to stay. For this reason, I thought…

How to Hold a Guitar Pick

ByTom Fontana - TheGuitarLesson.com

Learning how to hold the guitar pick correctly is one of the first things you should learn when you decide to learn the guitar. If you learn it well in the beginning, you’ll never need to worry about it again, and it’ll make your learning experience much easier. Many beginners instinctively hold the pick between…

Guitar Exercises Beginners Book Amazon Listing

Guitar Exercises for Beginners by Guitar Head | Book Review

ByTom Fontana - TheGuitarLesson.com

Guitar instructors say that a good player is made in the practice room. This is because it’s the only place where you can build the muscle memory, stamina, and dexterity you need to advance your guitar skills. But the thing is, beginner guitar students often don’t know what they are supposed to practice. Even if…