Electric Guitar for Beginners

This is your unique chance to learn classical guitar from a master. William Kanengiser shows you how to develop proper sitting positions, rest and free strokes, rasguedos, right- and left-hand synchronization and technique, slurs, stretching exercises and more.

The All-Access Pass gives you just that, instant online access to every single video tutorial currently on the site and any ones that get added during your membership.

In this video tutorial and lesson series, get a lesson from the masterful Jimmy Bruno, who has played guitar with some of the all time greats, including Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand and Elvis Presley.

In this video tutorial and lesson series, one of Nashville's leading session guitarists Brent Mason takes you through a dazzling array of the techniques and styles. Brent teaches you how he approaches chicken pickin', rhythm and lead guitar, and the Jerry Reed style.

Hangout and take a lesson with one of Nashville's true guitar stars, Johnny Hiland! Johnny takes you through some key aspects of his country playing style and techniques including chicken pickin', double-stops, pedal steel licks, pick-and-finger hybrid picking, banjo rolls and lots more.

The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world. It also includes 164 full-band audio tracks for demonstration and/or play-along!

This hour-long video lesson with the late Emily Remler covers some of latin jazz guitar's most important topics, such as true bossa nova style, samba rhythms, unique chord positions, alternating bass lines, syncopated guitar parts, passing chords, jazz minor scales, arpeggio licks, learning to put various scales over certain chords, eighth-note improvisation, II-V progressions and V-I resolutions. This is truly a jazz master class!

In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, The ex-Procol Harum guitar master shares his secrets on this rare session. He demonstrates vibrato techniques, bending styles, special blues licks, working with a bass player, Memphis-style lead, and more!

In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, Joe Pass, one of jazz guitar's all-time masters, shows you the blues elements of jazz guitar. Joe covers bebop blues, new chord substitutions, pedal tones, jazz/blues improvisation and much more.

In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, take a lesson with blistering country guitar star Danny Gatton. Gary teaches you an endless array of topics, such as harmonic techniques, volume and tone control usage for pedal steel effects, B3 organ effects, jazz chord and mode juxtapositions and substitutions, new blues progressions, jazz/country styles, pick-and-finger independence, and more!

In this Hal Leonard video tutorial, George Lynch - Wicked Licks, teaches you the tricks and concepts behind George Lynch's incredible rhythm playing.

This is your opportunity to learn with one of jazz guitar's most gifted artists, the late Emily Remler. All of the essentials of true jazz bebop and swing are taught here, including Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino styles, working with the metronome on 2 and 4, learning to identify changes, jazz-style blues, turnarounds, practice tips, passing notes and chords, chord substitutions, the “Charleston” rhythm, octave-style playing, Latin swing style, and much more!

In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, Musicians Institute instructor Tom Kolb teaches you licks in the styles of rock guitar masters such as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, the Allman Brothers, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, Billy Gibbons, Dave Navarro, Mark Knopfler, and other great players!