Free Online Video Guitar Lessons

When you start to look for guitar lessons on the web the first thing you realize is that you have a lot of choices. There are DVDs for sale, there are web sites with video lessons at first and then they want you to buy DVDs, you will find web sites and DVDs dedicated to electric guitar and the same for acoustic. Some lessons start from the beginning and other teach nothing but songs, the later would be more for the student that has some experience. Some of the web sites will tell "you can play your favorite songs tonight", some say "you be playing in a couple of days" and my favorite " Play Now, Learn Later". Most people when beginning to look for guitar lessons are looking for a bargain if they can find it and I certainly don't blame them. Many web sites offer free lessons which show you how to hold the guitar and give you the name of the strings but don't really show you how to play the guitar until you begin to pay for the lessons. However one of the best places to find free instruction on the guitar is http://www.youtube.com/ here you will find all kinds of different ideas, songs and styles to choose from and they are all free.

I would like to introduce you to Music Ala Carte, video online guitar lessons. The first information I want to give is that learning guitar is not an over night process, it takes time to strenghten your hands, learn techique, develop your rhythm with the guitar and just get comfortable playing your guitar. I teach on the acoustic guitar but the beginner lessons will work for acoustic or electric.

The Guitar Lessons start right from the beginning; the introduction lesson shows you how to hold the guitar, talks about the music staff and the names of the lines and spaces, shows what time signatures mean and how to count them, introduces the parts of the guitar and much more.

The first lesson is on the notes of the 1st string in the first position and includes 3 exercises to work on and the second lesson is the notes on the 2nd string and 3 exercises to go with it. All the lessons have easy to follow videos and printable resources to read as you go through the lesson. As you go through the lessons if you find that you need more work on a certain part of the lesson you can go back to any part of the video and go over it again until you feel comfortable with the information.

All three of the first three lessons are offered in the Free Lessons at Music Ala Carte, you can go there, start you guitar lessons and take your time as you go. You can go the the web site and the free lessons any time 24/7 when it's good for you. These three lessons could take a month to accomplish but you will get a good idea of what it will take for you to learn the guitar. Also on the Free Lessons are examples of the Song Lessons and the NEW 2 Minute Songs for you to take a look at and see the other fun you can have with your guitar.

I hope you stop by Music Ala Carte for a look around,

Bob Swinton