Learn Guitar Online – Guitar Video Lessons
Every Guitar Video Lesson on the site is on this page:
Alternatively, you can filter the list a bit. If you want to see only lessons that don’t use thumb-over chords for example, you can. Or only lessons in standard tuning. Or Open G tuning. You get the idea. Click one of these options to begin drilling down.
- Lessons by Artist
- Lessons by Difficulty Level
- Lessons by Barre Chords Usage
- Lessons by Thumb-Over Chords Usage
- Lessons by Playing Style
- Lessons by Tuning
- Lessons with Separate Solos
- Free Lessons
I’ll be adding to this list all the time. Check back in regularly and download the latest lesson materials.
We also have:
If you’re brand new to guitar, here are twenty songs that you’ll be playing in no time at all.
If you never plan to sing, you’ll need to play pieces with the melody and accompaniment all contained in the guitar part. This is the section for you.
Kenneth Pettis says
Jerry, I just finished Sounds of Silence and it sounds good, thanks to you. I have the finger picking down when it comes to 1/4 and 8th notes, but the 16th notes are hard for me to get the correct timing. Any suggestions ?
Jerry says
Start by playing a simple arpeggio like 4-3-2-1 (string numbers) while holding a D chord.
Count 1-e-&-a as you play those four notes and keep going:
1-e-&-a
2-e-&-a
3-e-&-a
4-e-&-a
The beats (1, 2, 3, 4) should be the 4th string. The in between notes are the other 3 strings.
Start slowly then speed up when you have it.
Next, do it with chord changes. Go from D to G for example without breaking the 16th note pattern.
Kenneth J Pettis says
Thank you Jerry, I will start working on that. I am sure it will help and my playing will hopefully get better. I am still amazed at how you are able to put all these songs together the way you do. Anyways, Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones. God bless and keep up the great work you do.
Noah says
Hi Jerry – Your website is fantastic! I’d like to add a song to your list (sounds like the list is pretty huge though). Another Time and Place by Dave Van Ronk. Thanks!
Jerry says
Hi Noah
Thanks for the kind words.
That one has been requested before but it’s only at number 1,359 I’m afraid.
Philip Pretten says
Hi Jerry I’m enjoying so much all my lessons and the challenges they bring. How about more Gordon Lightfoot’s “To late for prayiin “ and “Home from the forest” Such relevant in today’s world. Thanks so much.
Philip
Jerry says
Hi Philip
Both already requested. Too Late For Prayin’ number 1210 on the list. Home From The Forest number 1554
John Leaver says
Hey Jerry. I don’t know if this is the correct forum to request a tutorial but I’ve got to try anyway. I would love to be able to play a David Crosby song called ‘Somebody Home’.
I have purchased a few of your tutorials (my wife Penny actually purchases them on my behalf) and I am very happy with them.
The above song is played in a typical ‘David Crosby’, ‘out there’ tuning that I cannot work out. I think, once the tuning has been established the song isn’t that complicated. Anyway! I would love for you to give it a thought.
Regards, John Leaver.
PS I have uploaded four of your tutorials to my YouTube channel so far; Blues is Just a Bad Dream, Gentle on My Mind, 4+20 and Guinnevere. I couldn’t have played these songs without your help. I tell as many people as I can how accurate your tutorials are and that’s because they are accurate and so easy to comprehend and very reasonably priced. I don’t mind paying extra for a request either.
Jerry says
Hi John
Many thanks for the kind words. I’m happy to hear you’re enjoying the lessons.
I add all requests to my to-do list, and I’ll add Somebody Home. Just a word of caution. The list is now huge so I can’t promise when I’ll get to it.
Matt says
Hi Jerry,
Are either of “Murder in the City” by the Avett Brothers or “Hannah” by Ray LaMontagne on the list, perchance?
Thanks!
Jerry says
Hi Matt
Murder in the City wasn’t but I’ve added it now. Hannah & Jolene is on the list at number 1413
Ian says
Thanks for providing such a fabulous resource!
Would you consider adding The Clap by Steve Howe, please?
Jerry says
It might be beyond me but I’ll put it on the list and take a look at it :)
Ian says
I appreciate your having a look.
This is the one piece I’ve always wanted to play, no pressure :-)
I’ve played it air guitar many times. It would be nice to do it for real.
PS: I’m old, it might be that not many of your subscribers know that it exists.
What a revelation for them!
Please keep up the good work.
Cheers
ian
Ian says
PPS
…… a thought….. If you can do it, after a lot of graft, we can too!
Anyway, thanks.
Ian
Joseph says
Jerry:
Have either of these songs made it on your list?:
(1) Presbyterian Guitar (John Hartford)
(2) Wild West End (Dire Straits)
Thanks,
JK
Jerry says
Hi Joseph
They haven’t been requested before. I’ve added them. Not sure if I’m the best person to do Wild West End but we’ll see how it goes.
Graham John says
Hi Jerry, any chance of Townes Van Zandt “Dollar bill blues” from the A far cry from dead album. Many thanks for the great lessons.
Jerry says
On the list already Graham. Number 1091.
observedreality says
John Denver And Johnny Cash Singing ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ In This Rare Video https://www.knowledgeinflux.info/2019/06/john-denver-and-johnny-cash-singing.html
Seamus. says
Hi Jerry,
Have just been listening to Davy Grahams interpretation of Dave Brubeck’s ‘Take Five’ – sooo good!!! Any chance of your having a go at it sometime??? Meanwhile keep them coming, so look forward to everything you do!!!
Seamus.
P.S. Album; ‘The Guitar Player’
Jerry says
I’ll add it to the list Seamus.
Ken Pettis says
Jerry if you would at some point, put something together for the song Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers. Thanks.
Jerry says
It’s on the to-do list Ken. Number 388
Anonymous says
Thank you.
john mitchell says
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE SONGS THAT I HAVE LEARNT UNDER YOUR TUITION IT HAS BEEN AMAZING THANK YOU
Jerry says
Thanks for your support John!
David Worrel says
Hi, Jerry,
I see you have quite a list or requests so I’ll just add mine to the end here. I think Rain on the Roof, it by either The Young Rascals or the Lovin Spoonfull, would be a great song to learn.
Thanks.
Jerry says
The Spoonful (or Sebastian solo) version of that song is at number 139 on the list – quite high!
John says
Would you be able to post BAD WEATHER by Poco.
Especially the acoustic guitar solo by Richard Furey
Jerry says
Added to the list John.
Ray says
Jerry would you consider adding John Denver’s For Baby For Bobbie to the request list?
I thought you’d already done it, but search didn’t find it.
Jerry says
Hi Ray. It’s been requested before and it’s on the list at number 1072.
Ray says
That’s great. 1072 maybe in a couple years or so. But I’ll still be here learning songs.
Grandmas Feather Bed would be another really fun John Denver song to play. But I’m not sure you teach bluegrass.
David Sheehy says
I see that you don’t have any Jethro Tull songs in you’re catalog. They have made several acoustic guitar songs that are really nice including:
One White Duck
Bad Eyed And Loveless
Salamander
I would love to see any number of Jethro Tull songs represented but especially the ones above.
One White Duck is a single guitar I believe but the other 2 are 2 guitars so One White Duck is probably the best one to do first.
Jerry says
Hi David.
There are 6 Tull songs on the current to-do list but actually none of your three. I’ll add yours as well.
Steve says
Thick as a brick?
Jerry says
Yup that’s one
David Sheehy says
Do you publish the to do list anywhere so people can avoid making duplicate requests? There’s lots of fertile ground in the Tull catalog.
Life’s A Long Song is another good one as is Up The ‘Pool.
I’d suggest Fat Man but that might be a mandolin, not guitar.
Achim says
Hey Jerry
Jethro Tull had another great acoustic song
Moths
Perhaps you would like to make a tutorial about this great song
Thanks
Jerry says
Number 1382 on the list Achim.
James Hayes says
Jerry…
Speaking of Jethro Tull, how about “Broadford Bazaar” and “Rocks on the Road?”
Thanks,
Chip
Jerry says
I’ll add them Chip.
bruce kollmeyer says
bruce again i was able to successfully down load my lesson after all, with some help from my tech support. so hopefully. ill be good to go next time around. thanks again.
Dalton says
How about some of the songs Dionne Warwick sang in the 60s, like walk on by or look of love ,do you know the way to san jose like that. they were great songs
Jerry says
Hi Dalton. I’ll add them to the to-do list.
Alan says
Hi Jerry,
I would like to know which songs have any kind (beginning, intermediate, or advanced) of SOLO in them.
I learned a LOT from the solo lesson in “After The Thrill is Gone” and would like to concentrate
on all of the other lessons that contain solos. It helps me become more familiar with
the fingerboard and helps with my solo rhythm.
Is it possible to make a list of which songs contain solo lessons?
Thank You,
Alan
Jerry says
Hi Alan
We’ll add a browsing category of songs that include a separate solo early in the new year.
Jerry says
Solo category has been added.
Steven says
Hi, loving the page have downloaded a few to try. I’m a big string band fan so nice to see first girl I love on here. Any chance of October song? Or if it’s not too far out there Jobs tears ?
Jerry says
October Song is on the to-do list along with a few Mike songs but it’s a long list so they’re not imminent I’m afraid.
Steven Atkinson says
That’s cool thanks for letting me know will give me time to work on my finger picking technique
Ivan Tucker says
I too owuld love to hear that, but personally the Bert Jansch version would be of more interest to me, and far simpler as an intermediate player.
William R. says
Hey Jerry, from you, I learned Paul Simon’s American tune, note for note, thanks! This must be a full time job for you — there’s so much content here.
My one request would be Fionn Regan’s “Hunter’s Map.” I think it’s probably a lot easier than it sounds. Not sure if it’s popular enough for you to warrant a lesson, but he’s such a great artist, and I have had every other song on that album in my fingers at one point or another.
Best.
Joseph Struyk says
Hi, Jerry!
Thank you for everything you do! Can I request Hard Time Killing Floor Blues by Skip James?
Thank you, Jerry!
Sincerely,
Joseph
Jerry says
Hi Joseph. That one’s already on the to-do list.
Christopher Kueny says
Jerry, I just saw the new format for song lists (with graphics of the artists). Is there any way for us to display this as a list, more like the way it was before? I always have a hard time browsing lists where I have to do lots of scrolling; it’s much easier for my brain to process a list without pictures, and also much less wear on the finger joints too. (I don’t want to sound complain-y, but just my $.02!) Thanks for the great instruction!
Jerry says
Hi Christopher. The old browsing page is still there (although it needs scrolling too – I’m not sure which page you’re remembering that didn’t need scrolling). It’s the page called ‘Individual Songs’ in the very top line menu (above the blue one). Here’s the link.
https://www.jerrysguitarbar.com/guitar-video-lessons/individual-songs/
Chris Kueny says
(I didn’t realized that you’d replied to this until I stumbled across it by accident just now….)
Thanks much for pointing me to the “Individual Songs” link. Now I realize that it was just the “Songs by Artist” and similar lists that have the larger graphics. I had gotten into one of those and mistakenly thought you’d done away with the old way of displaying things. Thanks for the reply! –Chris
Marc says
Impossible to get a credible “something so right” lesson on the tube. It Would be great if you could make it. Than you !
Robin Cameron says
Hi Jerry… a category by time signature in your new search selection would be great. I am after 3/4 picking patterns.
Joachim says
HI, Jerry,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to JERRY’S GUITAR BAR !!!!!!!
It’s the quality of your work which gives back the joy to all re-beginners!
Joachim
Jerry says
Thank you Joachim. 6 years old today! :)
Alan Thomas says
Well done Jerry & Isabel!!
Scott Jones says
FANTASTIC!!!!!
Neil Lunt says
Hi, Good idea to separate song. Another category I would find helpful is “Lessons For 2 Guitars / Duo’s”. Thanks.
Marcelino yumul says
How can i get, and i loveyou so a full lesson
Isabel says
To buy a lesson simply add the lesson/s that you want to cart. Then go to the shopping cart (upper right corner of the page) and hit “checkout with Paypal”.
The coupon code box you can ignore; they only are used in case you have a special offer.
After you checkout, you will be redirected to Paypal, where you can either login or pay with credit or debit card.
Once the payment is completed, you will be redirected to a “thank you” page where you’ll find the download links, and also you’ll receive an email with the same links.
Here’s the Link to the lesson:
https://www.jerrysguitarbar.com/guitar-video-lessons/individual-songs/don-mclean-and-i-love-you-so/