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Absolute Beginner Guitar

Help with basic skills such as tuning your guitar, reading chord diagrams and chord sheets.

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Beginner Electric

Beginner Electric Level 1

Beginner Electric? Start HERE!

Beginner Electric Level 2

Three Chord Songs & Rhythm Guitar Introduction

Beginner Electric Level 3

Beginner Rock & Blues Rhythm Basics

Beginner Electric Level 4

Easy Lead Guitar & Rhythm Consolidation

Beginner Electric Level 5

Minor Pentatonic vs Major Pentatonic for Beginners

Beginner Electric Level 6

Beginner Electric Blues & Chord Embellishments

Beginner Electric Level 7

Rock Power Chords & Moving Pentatonics

Beginner Electric Level 8

Major Pentatonic Scale and Rhythm Embellishments

Beginner Electric Level 9

Beginner Electric Consolidation

New Songs

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Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight Guitar Lesson

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Ain't No Sunshine - Intermediate Electric Guitar Tutorial

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Hendrix - Hey Joe for INTERMEDIATE - Intro, licks and SOLO!

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Kodaline - The One guitar tutorial with chord/ melody acoustic playing

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Easy Led Zeppelin Songs to Learn On Guitar

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Learn the neck with these two HENDRIX songs

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Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right Beginner Guitar Lesson Tutorial

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Oasis - Stand By Me guitar lesson - Chords + Solos

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Top 10 Easy Beginner Riffs for Electric Guitar

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Sweet Home Chicago electric guitar lesson - Clapton Style (Sessions for Robert Johnson)

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Fairytale Of New York guitar tutorial for different levels

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Major Pentatonic Scale EXPLAINED With Easy Song Examples

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The Beatles - Saw Her Standing There - Electric Guitar

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Play Superstition by Stevie Wonder on Guitar!

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The Most Difficult Rolling Stones Song to play On Guitar?

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Hallelujah - Tips to play it like Jeff Buckley

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TWO Classic Simple Solos - Seven Nation Army & Apache

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Cream - White Room & Sunshine Of Your Love w/ Woman Tone tips

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Top 5 Arctic Monkeys Songs for ACOUSTIC Guitar

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Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not at 20 (Improved audio)

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Sam & Dave - Soul Man

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Re-learning Papa's Got a Brand New Bag & I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

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Steve Cropper - Knock On Wood and In The Midnight Hour

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EMF - Unbelievable

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Grease - Summer Nights

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The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

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Green Day - Brain Stew

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Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine with EASY chords!

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The Cramps - Big Black Witchcraft Rock

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Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop

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Wild Thing - The Troggs (electric tutorial)

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From Open D to DADGAD Tuning in 14 Minutes - for BEGINNERS!

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The Cramps for Beginners: How to Nail Their Raw Rockabilly Sound!

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2000 Miles by The Pretenders

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Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn

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Toto Hold The Line Guitar Lesson

Beginner Acoustic

Beginner Start Here

Beginner Acoustic? Start HERE!

Beginner Level 1

First Chords, Skills and Songs for Absolute Beginners

Beginner Level 2

Three Chord Songs & Strumming Patterns

Beginner Level 3

G major Chord & Common Chord Progressions

Beginner Level 4

Most Common Chord Progressions & Strumming Patterns

Beginner Level 5

Theory, Catchup and Half Way Consolidation

Beginner Level 6

Beginner Blues & Busker Chords

Beginner Level 7

Acoustic Embellishments & The Key of C Major

Beginner Level 8

Fingerstyle Introduction, Minor keys and the A Minor Pentatonic Scale

Beginner Level 9

Beginner Acoustic Consolidation

Intermediate Acoustic

Level 1 Intermediate Acoustic

Level Up Your Picking and Fretting

Level 2 Intermediate Acoustic

Barre Chords, Pentatonics and Higher Level Tab

Level 3 Intermediate Acoustic

Power Chords, Arpeggios and Fingerpicking

Level 4 Intermediate Acoustic

Improvising Lead and Rhythm with Fingerstyle, Major Scale and Pentatonics

Level 5 Intermediate Acoustic

Fingerstyle & Singer Songwriter Techniques Explored

Level 6 Intermediate Acoustic

Triads & Tricks for Chord & Soloing Freedom

Level 7 Intermediate Acoustic

Advanced Strumming & Triad Soloing Techniques

Level 8 Intermediate Acoustic

Solo Acoustic Blues & Solo Fingerstyle Methods

Live Replays

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Rhythm Workshop

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Acoustic Chord Embelishments

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Love Songs for Valentines

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Rolling Stones Special

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Learn The Fretboard Through Songs

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Songs By Grade

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Classic Soul Songs To Learn On Guitar

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Northern Soul songs you can learn on guitar

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Song Requests, Music Theory & Recording Tips

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Understanding Harmony For Guitar and Voice

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Learn songs by ear: a 5 step approach

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Classic Solos and Late 60s Blues Rock/ Psychedelic Rock (Hendrix, Clapton)

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Best Easy Lead Lines and Solos to Learn!

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Beatles 63-64 Special: Early Songs & Signature Chords

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Good Christmas Songs to Learn

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New Guitar, Alternate Tunings + Live Q&A

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Arctic Monkeys for Beginners: Songs, Effects & Riffs

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Jam Track Improvisation: Target Them Notes!

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How to Get Classic Rock Tones with Fraser

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Genre Flipping - Transforming Songs Into New Styles

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Jamming Songs Featured in Iconic Films! with Fraser

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Looper Pedal Jamming and Springsteen

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The Cramps - An Introduction to Punkabilly/ Psychobilly for Halloween!

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Beginners Guide to Solo Acoustic Blues

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How to Jam Blues Lead and Rhythm

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Top 10 Blues Guitarists and Songs you should know!

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Open Mic Acoustic Masterclass

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Jazzmaster Demo & Yacht Rock Song Breakdowns

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Website Updates, Glasgow Gig & Improvisation Q&A

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Yacht Rock & SuperTramp

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Oasis, Richard Ashcroft & Cast

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September Check-in & Song Tutorials

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1987 - what a year! Live session and Q&A with Andy

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Tones of the MTV era: Clean chorus, delay, wha and whammy pedal songs!

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Songs by The Who, Ozzy & Black Sabbath

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Discord song requests and questions answered! Live with Andy

Live Streams

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Top chord progressions to know

Free Resources

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What our students say

I first picked up the guitar just over 6 months ago and have been learning completely through Andy's videos on his app. It's great to have so many practice songs with the chords and strumming patterns broken down.

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Alex Duell

Andy, You my friend are a wizard at instruction. I have just finished your 10 day starter course and already feel like I can play the guitar. Fantastic Andy. You should have seen my face when I pulled off Wild thing!

Greg Anderson

I have been playing for a couple of years now and felt that the Beginner's course might be too easy, but I decided to do the lessons anyway. I am amazed at how much I learned!

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Chantal Emond

I could never have dreamed that in a short space of time I would actually be playing along with some of my favourite songs, but I am and I'm loving it. It's so much easier to learn chords while having fun learning songs, I'm hooked!

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Sarah Patchett

Having spent a good 2 years attempting to learn guitar through other programs such as fender play and Yousician, I found that I was making limited progress. Using Andy Guitar I was able to progress much faster. It's great learning with Andy and getting a feel for British rock!

Ceri Rees

Andy's emphasis on learning to play along to real songs and have fun as quickly as possible taught me to make the most of everything I learnt and gave me the confidence to play in public and even to start writing and recording my own songs!

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Jo Greenwood

The website with the dashboard facility is brilliant! It has allowed me to keep a close tab on my lessons and practice plans. Keep up the excellent work Andy and team!

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Anuradha Ayyar

I was amazed how quickly I was able to start playing real songs in a wide range of techniques and styles. Andy really understands how to teach beginners and has lots of courses with clear learning paths right through to intermediate, advanced and specific genres.

Heather

We had a wonderful time learning how to play the ukulele with Andy! My 11-year old son has gone from beginner to awesome in a short amount of time and I have been learning to play as well.

J.T. Lemon

When my grandchildren ask me about what I did during the pandemic, I'm going to tell them about how I got stuck at my parents' house learning something I always wanted... music. I can't thank Andy enough!

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Diana Valeria

I started as a beginner just over a year ago, his beginner course was simple to follow and soon had me strumming along to a few songs. I signed up for the full membership and now I'm learning more advanced acoustic guitar. The supporting Discord community is full of helpful folks and we all support each other.

Bob Parkinson

I'm so glad I found Andy guitar. So many fantastic courses, I'm nearly 3 years with Andy now and I can honestly say to anyone serious about wanting to learn, join Andy Guitar! I've learnt so much and met so many good genuine friends. I'm now playing at an intermediate level and plan to stay with Andy and the team throughout my guitar journey.

Trevor Mercer

Andy Guitar's AAA membership gives access to a vast array of beautifully presented courses, but the real benefit is being part of a supportive community. Accessible 24/7, to discuss your issues (and wins) with like minded individuals.

Tony Johnson

Best thing I did for my guitar journey was to join Andy. Andy's course/videos/resources/feedback are fab and his instruction is calm, clear and understandable. It's like having a private lesson and being part of a group course at the same time. He feeds back directly to your questions and queries.

Jo Brewin

Andy is the best online guitar teacher and I don't say this lightly. The lessons are well structured in a professional manner taking you from outright beginner to intermediate and beyond. Whether you are wanting to learn acoustic or electric he covers all aspects of playing.

Michael VFR

I'm not naturally musical but this has really got me off to a great start. I think the subscription is good value because there is so much you can access and learn from. Highly recommended from me.

Andrew Hilton

Andy starts teaching from the 'This is a guitar' first step. He doesn't assume you know anything and covers it all. Very rich assortment of courses and song tutorials with the added bonus of a discord community where members can help and encourage each other.

Alan

The amount of courses and song videos is unbelievable and add to that the weekly online lesson that Andy takes himself makes learning the guitar a very enjoyable experience.

Colin Littlewood
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