Welcome to the Heroes’ Voices – Guitar Corps site. These are the first in a series of free guitar lessons created especially for veterans by master guitar teacher Larry Chung. The lessons begin with the basics on how to learn to play guitar, and in a few lessons you will be able to play entire songs. Watch for more lessons, which are added as they are created.
While these lessons are offered for free to veterans, anyone can access and use them. If you are not a veteran and you use these lessons, we hope you will make a donation to Heroes’ Voices to support our veterans.
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the guitar
A brief tour of the guitar. How the guitar works and the different parts of the guitar.
Lesson 2 – Holding The Guitar
Holding the guitar. How to hold the guitar when you are playing it.
Lesson 3 – The Guitar Pick
How to hold a pick, different styles of picks and the muscle movements required to play with a pick
Lesson 4 – Playing guitar with the fingers
How to pick and strum the guitar using the fingers instead of a pick
Lesson 5 – An introduction to the guitar strings
How to pick and strum the guitar using the fingers instead of a pick
Lesson 6 – Tuning the guitar
How to tune each guitar string to the correct pitch
Lesson 7 – Plucking guitar strings
How to pluck guitar strings with a pick or with fingers
Lesson 8 – Strumming guitar strings
The basics for strumming the guitar with a pick or with fingers
Lesson 9 – Fretting the guitar
How to change the pitches of the strings using the frets on the neck of the guitar
Lesson 10 – Single string song
Learn to play the first song on one string, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”
Lesson 11 – Simple Song: The Blue Angel
Learn another slightly more challenging song using what you’ve learned so far
Lesson 12 – Using chords
Exploring using chords, or strumming groups of notes at the same time. You learn three guitar chords in this lesson E, D and A
Lesson 13 – More chord
You learn and practice some new guitar chords and another new song using E minor, G, A, C and B7
Lesson 14 – A few more chords
You learn and practice another new song using E minor, G and C
Lesson 15 – Even more chords
You learn some new chords and a new song using A minor, C, D, F and E