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Guitar Lessons

Learn to play guitar, from first chords to playing full songs.

No reviews yet33.5hFlexibleAll Levels
$50 USD/hr
33.5h of instructionFlexible formatAll Levels

What you’ll learn

  • Learn proper posture, hand position, and technique
  • Build core chords and strumming patterns
  • Read chord charts and simple tablature
  • Practice playing full songs at your level

    • About this course

    This all levels music & instruments course offers 33.5 hours of instruction. By the end, you'll be able to learn proper posture, hand position, and technique; build core chords and strumming patterns; read chord charts and simple tablature; practice playing full songs at your level. Every course on TutorA is reviewed by our team before it's published, and every request is matched by a person — not an open marketplace where anyone can pitch you.

    Structured to work for both newcomers and learners with prior experience in music & instruments.

    What this course covers

    • barre chords and the F chord hurdle
    • CAGED system and scale shapes for lead playing
    • fingerstyle: independent thumb-finger coordination
    • standard notation vs. tab and chord charts

    Barre chords are the wall most self-taught guitarists hit first — the F chord in particular has ended more than a few early practice streaks. The mechanics, index finger flat across all six strings with the rest of the hand forming a shape behind it, sound simple described in a sentence, but getting a barre to ring cleanly depends on small adjustments to finger angle and thumb position that are genuinely hard to diagnose from a video, since the buzzing string could be caused by several different small issues.

    A tutor watching your actual hand can usually spot which one it is in a single session, which is the kind of correction that saves weeks of frustrated practice. Past that hurdle, guitar skill tends to branch depending on direction: rhythm-focused players move into strumming pattern variety and muting technique, lead players move into scale shapes (the CAGED system is a common way tutors frame the fretboard once you're past pure beginner territory) and eventually improvisation, and fingerstyle players work on independent thumb-and-finger coordination, which is closer to piano technique than strumming.

    Reading music is optional for a lot of guitarists, since plenty of working musicians read tab or chord charts instead, so it's worth telling your tutor early whether standard notation matters to you, since it changes how sessions are structured. Genre matters too: a blues-focused session looks different from a classical or fingerstyle-focused one, even at a similar skill level, so naming your target style when requesting a tutor helps sessions get specific faster instead of starting generic.

    Why a TutorA tutor

    Guitar has some of the best free self-paced content online — JustinGuitar's full course, Yousician's app-based lessons, countless YouTube channels. They're genuinely good for the basics, but they can't watch your hand position or hear that your chord is buzzing because of one misplaced finger. A TutorA guitar tutor watches and listens to you play live, 1:1, correcting technique in real time rather than leaving you to guess from a video. Every tutor is reviewed before being matched, with pricing shown before you book.

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    Guitar Lessons tutoring FAQ

    Yes, you'll need access to a guitar for sessions; your tutor can help advise on gear if you're just starting out.

    Yes — sessions are matched to your level, from complete beginners to more advanced players working on specific techniques or styles.

    Yes — live 1:1 sessions let your tutor watch your hand position and hear your playing in real time, which is hard to get from a video or app.

    Yes — mention your child's age and experience level when requesting a tutor.

    No — TutorA courses are live tutoring, not self-paced video lessons, so there's no certificate of completion.

    Yes — technical sticking points like barre chords, fingerpicking coordination, or specific scale shapes are common reasons students request a session, and a tutor watching your hand live can usually spot the exact issue faster than a video can. This kind of live judgment call is hard to get right from written guidance alone.

    Either — mention whether standard notation matters to you when requesting a tutor, since plenty of working guitarists play entirely from tab or chord charts instead, and sessions can be planned around whichever approach fits your goals. This kind of live judgment call is hard to get right from written guidance alone.