Free Online Guitar Lessons

totalguitarist.com is a collection of free guitar lessons, sheet music and tab, guitar chords, and more. The lessons cover everything from how to play chords to music theory and beyond. Our sheet music archive includes classical guitar music, easy guitar tab for beginners, and much more.

New Guitar Lessons

Learn how to read chord symbols and diagrams for guitar.

Get started with learning blues guitar by playing the 12-bar chord progression.

Swing rhythms are common in blues, jazz, and other styles. Learn how to count and play these rhythms.

Learn the basics of chord progressions, including several different systems for labeling a progression.

Simple chord voicings for major, minor, and various seventh chords that can be moved around the neck.

Techniques for playing bass notes with power chords. Includes an explanation of pedal points.

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