The Wiki Guitar Book is a comprehensive free Guitar reference and lessons. Everything a beginner needs. If your more adept to using a physical book - print it out (it’s 115 pages) and bind it. Should be under $17 if your copies are under 15 cents. Pretty good deal if you ask me.

This image might look familiar - it’s the same one I use for my anatomy page. I created it years ago and uploaded it into the public domain. Evidently, the wiki book picked it up and used it - although it looks like they have since replaced it.

I have posted the wiki book on this site, and it is available here.

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Chord Diagrams are a way of illustrating where to put your fingers (and where not to) to play a chord. Before you read these directions, why not see what one loos like for yourself and see if you can figure it out without going further. Don’t try and play it though, we aren’t that far yet!

Hopefully you were able to make some sense of the diagram to the right.

Lets see what each part means.

• G/D - This is the Chord Name.
• 4 - Represents the fret where the chord begins on the fretboard or the “fret-frame”.
• - Horizontal Lines represent the metal “outdents” or lines on the fretboard. The spaces in between them are the frets.
• | Vertical Lines represent the strings. The leftmost string is the thickest (6), and the rightmost string is thinnest (1).
• X - Represent strings you do not want to play because they aren’t part of the chord!
• O - Represents Open strings that you play without placing a finger down.
• - These are the spots where you put your finger down. The chord indicates that it begins on the fourth fret, and your to place 2 fingers on the 5th and 4th strings of the 5th fret, and one finger on the 3rd string of the fourth fret. Did you get all that?

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What is Tab?

Guitar tablature is a method used to illustrate how to play a solo, riff, or scale.

Put your guitar in your lap, as if you were about to play it. Then rotate it so that it lies flat on your lap, so that you’re looking at the strings and the top of the guitar from above.

The placement of the strings that you’re seeing is the placement that guitar tablature represents; the thinnest, highest pitched string on the top, with each successive string getting thicker and lower pitched as you go downwards.

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This is a fun song for beginners, but most of the melody comes from your voice - so you’ll have to sing along.

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Did you know you can make your own guitar picks from old:

• expired license
• Grocery Store discount card
• Identification card
• Unused or expired credit card

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A first guitar ought to be romantic. Unfortunately, for some, a first guitar becomes a mistake, ash tray, conversation object, or wasted space (since they buy it but “never have time to learn”).

To prevent this, some people will say, you should try learning something on the guitar before investing in one. I myself didn’t buy a guitar until I knew two chords (yeah its not much)- but it was enough to tell me I wanted to buy one.

There are several criteria on which to base your purchase.
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This for those of you who would like a separate computer just for recording. You know audio and video programs can put a strain on computer resources. Programs or operations running in the background slow your computer even more. You may not see them, but they’re there. There are other reasons you may want another computer. Back-up, security, more storage, maybe more speed?

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Before you get Started

Customize your display under search results so you can see the cost of shipping. Some sellers make a deal look good but charge ridiculous amounts for shipping. (Read More)