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These are the lessons that should be done first, even if you are an experienced guitar or bass player you may find something here that helps you understand this course better. The guitar lessons here cover the basics of playing guitar or bass, as well as an introduction to the guitar course. The information in these lessons ranges from instruction on stringing and tuning your guitar or bass to hand positioning and many other playing techniques.

1. Introduction Here is where everyone should start, beginners or advanced players alike. An introduction to the music course by the instructor, a brief summary of what will be covered, advice on following the music theory lessons, etc...	2. About Diagrams An explanation of the diagrams used throughout the music course. These diagrams are primarily for the guitar, but will work just fine for bass players also. Almost all of the graphic diagrams on the site follow this example...	3. Stringing 1 This is the first lesson on stringing your guitar. I got kind of side-tracked while writing this lesson and it ended up being more about the use of stringlocks and why you should steer clear of these useless little gadgets...
4. Stringing 2 This is the second lesson on stringing up your guitar. In this lesson you'll learn how to string your guitar properly using some techniques to make it hold tune better, lessening the need for those pesky string locks...	5. Guitar Tuning This is a lesson on tuning your guitar properly. Some of the things discussed in this lesson are A440 reference notes, the tools used for creating reference notes, tuning history, comparative tuning methods and more...	6. The Chromatics This lesson is on the chromatics, which are often called the chromatic scale. The chromatics are not really a scale but rather all twelve notes in any given octave. Click the more button for information on the chromatics...
7. Basic Chords This lesson covers some basic chords for the beginning guitar player, and includes chord diagrams to show the notes used to create each chord. These basic chord charts for guitar can get you playing your guitar right away...