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Useful Tools: (all links open in new window)
Guitar Tuner | e-Metronome | Free Music Paper |
Guitar Chord Analyze | Scale Calculator | Online “Real Book” |
Learn the Guitar Neck | Chord Tone Generator | Enter Notes, Get Musical Key |
Youtube Learning:
Teacher List | a list of amazing amateur guitar teachers | |
Famous Help | straight from the mouth of guitar legends |
Chord Chart, Sheet Music, & Tab Websites:
Songsterr | pretty much the “go-to” site these days | |
Jellynote | sheet music, tabs, and chords | |
OLGA | the site can still be used via the Wayback Machine | |
Chordie | tabs, chords, lyrics, etc… |
Learning Music:
Online Music Tools | simple music theory challenges and flashcards | |
Musika Lessons | high quality posts, explanations / diagrams | |
Coursera.org | FREE university-sponsored music courses | |
Music Theory Cheat Sheets | pdf sheets to learn or brush up on your music theory | |
HookTheory: TheoryTab | plugs music theory into songs |
Interval Ear-Training:
VCU Music Theory Page | songs for interval recognition | |
The Melody Master | a great game for beginner interval training | |
The Music Intervals Tutor | ascending and descending interval tests |
Blues:
r/bluesguitarist | pretty much the go-to place for blues guitar | |
Fingerstyle Blues | great website with lessons, links, and music biographies | |
12bar Blues Guitar | website full of blues lessons and resources |
Bluegrass:
Bluegrass Backing Tracks | huge list of backing tracks with chord charts | |
Kim and Mike on the road | bluegrass, old time, Celtic, blues | |
Reddit.com/r/bluegrass | a forum to keep up with the genre |
Classical:
Classtab.org | 986 classical pieces written out in guitar tab | |
Fingerstyle Blues | great website with lessons, links, and music biographies |
Country:
Jim Lill | a great teacher with modern and exciting content |
Gypsy Jazz:
HotClub | a step-by-step guide to the basics of gypsy jazz | |
Django Fakebook | awesome site with all of Django Reinhardt’s work |
Jazz:
Jens Larsen | a great teacher with consistenly good content | |
r/JazzGuitar | really nice list of instructional videos in the sidebar | |
TheRealBookVideos | videos of tunes in the original Real Book key | |
JazzGuitarLessons | lots of lessons, videos, and tips | |
MattWarnockGuitar | another great site with a ton of resources | |
RealBook.us | transposes chords charts into any key you want |
Songbooks/PDF’s for Download :
TommyEmmanuel.wordpress | not just Tommy Emmanuel stuff | |
Jimibanez.wordpress | downloadable blues/jazz/rock ebooks | |
Lessons that Rock | tons of free pdf’s for individual artist | |
Guitar.ch homepage | great list of free PDF’s |
Other Cool Tools:
Musicdiscipline.com (cool website which creates little practice routines for you)
Music Splitter (popular songs split up into instruments that can be turned on/off)
DeftDigits: Beginner’s Song Browser (click chords you know, get list of songs)
ChordBuff (this website generated chords for any melody you can hum/play)
Chorder (huge archive of guitar reviews)
Kennis Russell (DIY guitar fixes, gear reviews, and other videos)
400 Popular Songs to Learn on Guitar (with video lessons) by DeftDigits.com
Songwritingtheory.com (great content and tools for musicians/songwriters)
Check out these related posts:
Learning from Guitar Legends
The Great Guitar Techniques List
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