Guitarfilter

September 10, 2008 8:39 PM

Guitarfilter: Looking for the best online guitar instruction sites.

By the best I mean any and all of the following: Multimedia, Comprehensive coverage of styles and skill levels, Lots of material and lessons, Professional presentation, availability of tabs.

Would expect to pay, but don´t have any problem with free if such an animal exists.

In the last few months I came across a couple of very impressive sites that meet the above criteria (also with downloadable tabs/sheet music - copyrighted stuff required a small fee each) but I cannot remember them or find them now. Any help would be much appreciated.

posted by kjl291 to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

I don't know about teaching sites but I use ultimate-guitar a lot for tabs, just remember that anyone is allowed to post a tab and usually they aren't 100% accurate but it's a good place to start trying to learn a song. If you're willing to pay than why not take lessons? Yea having an online guide could be good because you can learn at home but I'm sure your teacher could give you plenty of stuff to work on between lessons.
posted by BrnP84 at 9:20 PM on September 10, 2008

I have been using JustinGuitar for a while now. His lessons are great, and free! I haven't checked out his DVDs yet but if I start getting more serious I would definitely consider them. He is definitely one of the better guitar teachers I have seen doing videos online.
posted by MaHaGoN at 10:15 PM on September 10, 2008 [5 favorites]

Quite a lot of instructional sites host video on YouTube - searching there is a good place to start.
posted by zemblamatic at 1:13 AM on September 11, 2008

Seconding justinguitar; I've found it tremendously helpful.
posted by The Pusher Robot at 1:33 AM on September 11, 2008

Thirding JustinGuitar. For tabs, I've found Chordie pretty good.
posted by xchmp at 7:19 AM on September 11, 2008

No videos, but guitarnoise has great lessons for easy & intermediate songs, with tabs and mp3s and comprehensive explanations.
posted by Bearman at 11:01 AM on September 11, 2008