Guitar 101
Challenges
Learn to play notes and chords
Learn to read tabs & music notation
Learn to play a song
Record yourself playing a song
Write a song
Tools
Acoustic Guitar (Thinkering Studio has access to 2 acoustic guitars)
Electric Guitar (Thinkering Studio has access to 2 electric guitars)
Amp (Thinkering Studio has access to 2 amps)
Rocksmith (Thinkering Studio has access to 1 Rocksmith app)
Apps to Slow Music for Practice
Amazing Slow Downer - Original, but expensive
Capo - highly recommended, but expensive - iOS app, MacOS app
YouTube - free, does a reasonable job
Tuner Apps (many good options)
Metronome Apps
Resources & How-To's
Complete Course
Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar - This is the most comprehensive and carefully sequenced resource available - highly recommended (Thinkering Studio has access to a copy)
Online Lessons
Fender Play - fee based lesson and song site
TrueFire - fee based lesson and song site. OR, pay a 1 time fee per video course. - highly recommended (Thinkering Studio has access to dozens of courses)
GuitarTricks.com - fee based lesson and song site
Online Song Lessons
Marty Schwartz - free video lessons and song tutorials. He has two sites, also check out GuitarJamz.
JustinGuitar - free video lessons and song tutorials
Immersive Software
Yousician - Beginner lessons for guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, and voice. Requires a paid account for full access. Available for Mac, Windows, Android and iOS. Yousician listens while you play and provides feedback on note and rhythm accuracy.
Rocksmith - Fun practice tool for advanced beginners to advanced players. Has games to practice skills, but the focus is on learning songs. As you get better the app adds in more notes, increasing the difficulty. Hundreds of songs available at a variety of skill levels.
Tabs
Ultimate Guitar - Thinkering Studio has a full access account
Chordie -
Songterr - fee for full features
Music Theory
Student Projects
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