How to change strings on an electric guitar

Changing the strings on the guitar is something that you sooner or later will have to do. It might be confusing but this lessons will help a lot. Here's how to do it on an electric guitar.

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I hope you learned something from this. If you don't understand everything you can ask in a music store near you.

Good luck ;)

How to change strings on an acoustic guitar

Changing the strings on the guitar is something that you sooner or later will have to do. It might be confusing but this lessons will help a lot. Here's how to do it on an acoustic guitar.

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I hope you learned something from this. If you don't understand everything you can ask in a music store near you.

Good luck ;)

Learn "Back in Black" by AC/DC - Electric Guitar Lesson

Ever heard of "Back in Black" by AC/DC. If you haven't it's time you do!

This song was one of the first songs I learned on my electric guitar. This lesson will learn you step by step how to play "Back in Black" by AC/DC. Enjoy and learn!

"Hammer On" and "Pull Off" Lesson

Hammer Ons and Pull Offs is two very important techniques to used when playing either electric guitar or acoustic guitar.

To learn Hammer Ons and Pull Offs I thought this lesson was very useful. It will tell you all you need to know.




Good luck!

51 songs that will make the girls scream

We all know girls love a good guitar player. Here's a list of 50 songs that will make any girl scream.

1. "Hotel California" - The Eagles
2. "Far Away" - Nickelback
3. "Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zeppelin
   
4. "Under the Bridge" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
   
5. "Nothing Else Matters" - Metallica
   
6. "Needle and the Damage Done" - Neil Young
   
7. "Nutshell" - Alice in Chains
   
8. "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
   
9. "One Last Breath" - Creed
   
10. "Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
11. "Livin' On A Prayer" - Bon Jovi
12. "Knockin' On Heaven's Doors" - Guns N Roses
13. "Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
14. "Accidentally In Love" - Counting Crows
15. "Layla" - Eric Clapton
16. "Good Riddance" - Green Day
17. "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's
18. "The Reason" - Hoobastank
19. "How To Save A Life" - The Fray
20. "Here Without You" - 3 Doors Down
21. "Crash" - Dave Matthew's Band
22. "Wonderwall" - Oasis
23. "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
    
24. "Wanted Dead Or Alive" - Bon Jovi
25. "Don't Look Back In Anger" - Oasis
26. "Patience" - Guns N Roses
27. "Tears in the Rain" - Joe Satriani
28. "Back in Black" - AC/DC
29. "Here Comes The Sun" - The Beatles
30. "Carry On My Wayward Son" - Kansas
31. "Stuck In A Moment" - U2
32. "In My Place" - Coldplay
33. "House Of The Rising Sun" - The Animals
34. "I'll Have To Say" - Jim Croce
35. "Time In A Bottle" - Jim Croce
36. "Operator" - Jim Croce
37. "Every Rose Has Its Thorns" - Poison
38. "Fire" - Bruce Springsteen
39. "Crazy On You" - Heart
40. "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt
41. "Mama I'm Coming Home" - Ozzy Osbourne
42. "Photograph" - Nickelback
43. "Losing my Religion" - R.E.M.
44. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
45. "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley
46. "Everlong" - Foo Fighters
47. "All Star" - Smashmouth
48. "Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor
49. "Goodbye Blue Sky" - Pink Floyd
50. "Californication" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Those were the 50 songs that will impress any girl. And for the number 51 on the list:

"Cannon Rock" - JerryC

If your good enough to play "Cannon Rock" the guys will scream too.

Good luck :)

10 easy songs for beginners!

There are so many songs to play but what can you play when you are a beginner that have just started playing the guitar? Here's a list of 10 songs that you can play when you are a beginner.

I recommend you go to Ultimate-Guitar.com to find the chords.

1. "Horse With No Name" - America
2. "No Rain" - Blind Melon
3. "Every Rose Has It's Thorns" - Poison
4. "Leaving On A Jet Plane" - John Denver
5. "I Remember You" - Skid Row
6. "Four Strong Winds" - Neil Young
7. "Come As You Are" - Nirvana
8. "Fire" - Bruce Springsteen
   
9. "Wonderful Tonight" - Eric Clapton
10. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Bob Dylan/ Guns N' Roses

Now you should have some songs to choose between. Have fun!

Power Chords - Electric guitar lesson

Power chords are the most used chords when playing electric guitar. With power chords you don't have to move your fingers and change the chord shape.

These two lessons will explain it very well.

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Once you get this right you will be able to really rock and play a lot of chords!

Good luck!

3 riffs worth learning on electric guitar

As a little bonus post I will post 3 lessons for 3 well known riffs that you should know how to play on electric guitar and that you can impress your friends and family with.
The lessons are not very long

The first lesson is for the well known riff in "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple:




The second lesson is for the cool riff in "American Idiot" by Green Day:




And the third lesson is for the awesome main riff in "Sweet Child O'Mine" By Guns N Roses:




I hope you enjoyed this bonus post and that you will try to learn at least one of the riffs :)

Good luck!

Pinch harmonics - Electric guitar lesson

This is a really cool effect to add to your playing but it's also a little hard. Here it's important to remember that it might take some time before you get the sound right. When I learned this I struggeled in the beginning but I kept on playing and suddenly i got it right.



You might want to add some distortion. That will make it much easier :)

Good luck!

Gotta Find You by Joe Jonas - Tabs & Cover

So... I've gotten a lot of requests for the tabs for "Gotta Find You" by Joe Jonas.
You can get the tabs for it here.

And here is the cover:



I hope you'll learn something from this and please send me a message through YouTube if you decide to make a cover :)

Enjoy!!

How to play basic finger picking - Acoustic Guitar Lesson

This is definately one of the most useful lessons I've found so far. Unfortunately I had to learn all of this by myself and spend a lot of time to make it work.
This is a lesson for how to play basic finger picking. Once you know these basics you will also be able to improvise and turn chords into finger picking easily. You'll be able to impress your friends once you know how to do that ;)



Even though I knew most of this I just had to watch it. I hope you'll enjoy this lesson as much as I did!

Barre Chords - Lesson for beginners

Barre chords are chords where you use one of your fingers to hold more than one string on a fret. It's not that easy to explain without a video but the two videos I used when I learned this will explain very much. There's one video showing on acoustic guitar and one on electric guitar. It's smart to watch them both.

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Electric:



Barre chords is definately something worth learning and it's not that hard to learn. Just remember that everything will take some time in the beginning but pay off in the end ;)

Good Luck!

Tapping for beginners

Tapping is a well known technique that sounds really cool and it's not actually that hard. When I first started to learn tapping on electric guitar I used the two lessons below. The first one turned out beeing the most informative lesson but the second one was also good, though it's a little short.





Now when you have seen these videos I should add that this technique is easy when you're used to it but in the beginning it can be hard. Try adding some distortion and reverb/delay. It will make it much easier.

And remember it might take some days but sooner or later you will make it! Don't give up!

Good luck!

About 101 Guitar Lessons

Welcome to 101 Guitar Lessons, a hobby project of mine. On this website I will post many different free video guitar lessons that have helped me a lot on my way of becoming a better guitar player. I will post lessons covering different techniques, styles of playing and maybe som theory.

I hope this website will become a useful tool for you to increase your skills!