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Free Online Resources For Learning to Play Guitar

A Growing Collection of links to the Best Free Online Guitar tutorials, Guitar Games, & Music Theory, That I have found online. So Discover, Explore, Learn and have Fun! Also free lessons I have put together for myself to learn more about music and the guitar.

Guitar Player of the Week

Carlos Vamos

If you haven't heard of Carlos Vamos yet, Please give him a listen! I think his musical arrangements and incredible tapping techniques show case something more than somebody who knows a couple of power chords on the guitar. The equivalent of swimming in music : )
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Guitar Games

From Music Theory to Guitar Progressions to Tone Intervals this is a list of links to the best free Online Guitar Games on the Internet.
Guitar Games
With a quick sign up form, this internet site provides excellent learning tools for guitarists. There is a gold membership available for a fee but there are still some great tools for just giving them your email address. The Games offer you the ability to learn Music Theory, How-To read Musical Notation,
Key Signature, Guitar Chords , Melody,Scales & much more... My Favorite game is the Fret Tester
Cool Guitar Tools
Learn Arpeggios, Scales, Progressions and more at this Website.
This internet site provides excellent learning tools for guitarists. There is a gold membership available for a fee but there are still some great tools for Free!
Interval Madness is my favorite game at this website.
Basic Music Theory by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
If you have the time and want to learn basic music theory for free, this is the most extensive Free Learning Course online. Not only is this course well thought out and written very well, it's unbelievable that someone would share this much information for free, a truly valuable resource.

Online Guitar Tools

From reverse chord finders to reverse scale finder to guitar tuners. these links will have a few free programs to help you learn and study the guitar.
Multiple Free Guitar Playing tools
learn chords to scale, scales to chords, guitar scales, chord progressions, and many more tools here.
Fretboard Memory Drills
warm up exercises as well as some fretboard memory tips.
Free Guitar lessons and more!
There are some good lessons on this site, so have a look around and see if you can learn a new tune or a few riffs.

Meet Some Friends

Another Great Place to learn guitar online is to talk to people with the same passion for guitar through Online Forums
Jam with your friends and people all over the world online
Indaba Music is an international community of musicians, music professionals, and fans exploring the creative possibilities of making music with people in different places
Guitar World
Sign- Up and make a connection with other like minded Individuals.
Great Acoustic Guitar Forum
Sign-up & Hang out while learning something new about the Guitar and Meet new Friends that share a Passion for Picking or Strumming at this great forum.
OurStage
this is a great place to start performing your music it has songwriting contests as well as tools to create a vibrant online electronic press kit to start booking gigs, Plus the ability to sell your music online through the site and aol as well.

Musical Words and there Meanings

One of the best ways to learn more about music without reaching in your wallet is to learn the meaning of musical Words. Below is a list of Words I have personally wanted to know more about, to further my own Informal Musical Education with each word is a direct link to wikipedia.org explanation of that word.
Musical Scale
what is a Musical Scale
Musical Notes
What Are Musical Notes
whats a Major Scale
whats a Major Scale

Part 1 Lesson on Modes

This is a Great Video With one of the Greatest Guitar Teachers Explaining Scale Modes
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Part 2 Lesson on Modes

From Scale Structure to melody creation Joe Satriani is one of the best teachers because of his unique views of music as well as his explanation of musical terms.
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Yamaha C40

I Recommend this product because I own one myself!
Yamaha C40 Classical Guitar Package

Yamaha C40 Classical Guitar Package

Amazon Price: $139.00 (as of 05/26/2012)Buy Now
List Price: $249.99

I own this guitar model, I picked it up for $100 5+ Years ago and it still sounds great! I have definitely received my moneys worth plus some. With a lifetime warranty and good tonality Yamaha makes a great beginner classical guitar at an exceptional price!

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The only Strings I will use are Savarez

Savarez Corum Alliance 500AJ High Tension Classical Guitar Strings

Savarez Corum Alliance 500AJ High Tension Classical Guitar Strings

Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 05/26/2012)Buy Now

With an incredible responsive high end these strings make my low end classical sound comparable to most medium priced guitars!

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