Do you know that you can learn to play the guitar for free? Knowing how to play guitar is a great skill, but professional lessons can be expensive. In tough financial times the only way you may be able to learn to play is to know how to find free guitar lessons. Learning how to play the guitar can be time consuming and expensive. While there's no shortcut to the time you'll need to invest, you can find ways to reduce the cost of lessons. There are many free resources that can help you learn how to play guitar. Spending some time finding these resources can help you to learn more about your instrument and improve your playing skills. In turn as you improve, you may be able to earn cash from playing with a band, or from giving lessons for a minimal fee to help someone else learn.

One of the simplest way to start learning how to play the guitar for free is by using online videos. You can find lessons online from experts, including this one from the Berklee College of Music. A Google video search will locate a number of free videos that you can use to help you learn to play guitar. There are lessons for all levels, from guitar lessons for beginners, to advanced techniques for guitar players looking to refine their skills. You can improve your existing skills by watching videos on the portions of music you can play, and accompanying the video.

You can learn new skills by choosing a video on line which performs the element of music you wish to focus on and then later find music on line which uses the skill set just learned and play along with the recorded music for practice. As you progress in your playing you may consider recording video of yourself so you can see progress. It may be useful to view your own performances to see what you are doing wrong. It may also help you to hear the sound of your performance to see the video while you are not trying to play.

If you have cable TV provided by Comcast, you can access guitar lessons for free from the On Demand service. These allow you to proceed at your own pace, reviewing each lesson until you've mastered the concepts it covers. Also, some educational television stations air miscellaneous music lessons. If you have an Apple computer, you may choose lessons on Garage Band.

If you are purchasing a new instrument from a local music store, you may try to bargain with the store to provide free lessons along with the purchase. This may give you only a limited number of lessons but could prove to be the kick start to learning that will allow you to be able to move forward in playing and learning on your own. If free lessons are not an option with the instrument purchase, try to get a free guitar lesson book with a DVD to learn from.

Community centers may offer free lessons taught in a group environment, or church groups may have free guitar lesson sessions taught as a part of a youth musicians group. Libraries in town may offer a check out video of guitar lessons or free tutorial books which may have DVDs for demonstrations.

1. You may be able to find a guitar teacher in your community who is looking to barter his skills for a talent you have.
2. Some school systems include guitar as one of the instruments they teach in music class. You may be able to volunteer in the classroom, getting a free lesson in return for assisting the teacher. If you are still in school consider joining the band. While guitar may not be an option, learning to play another instrument adds to your music knowledge and will allow you to learn the guitar from free lessons with less difficulty.
3. Vocational high schools or community education programs sometimes have classes open to the pubic at a minimal cost.

Many Youtube videos are online today which feature different guitar lessons or show how to play different chords or songs. These lessons can be found with a simple search on Youtube itself or by using Google search with the term site:youtube.com free guitar This search will give you links to more than a million Youtube videos with the words "free guitar in the title or description. Narrow the search down using more keywords.

Another means of using Youtube videos for Free Guitar Lessons is to use the video section on this page and click each video to view it on this page.