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A festival-sized index of YouTube guitar teachers, arranged so you can find the song, sound, or skill that belongs in your next set.

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Summer Guitar
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The artists in the catalog, ranked like a lineup

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Tonight's lesson

Main stage pick

Lakeside
9:09
IntermediateFingerpicking

Lakeside

Paul Davids

Tabs available on Patreon. Listen to the full song 'Lakeside': https://linktr.ee/pauldavidsguitar Open D, my favourite tuning for acoustic guitar. In this video you'll see why! ▶TABS ON PATREON◀ ▶FOLLOW ME◀

1.0M views · Paul DavidsWatch lesson

Side stages

Sets for every kind of player

Curated lineups

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Beginner essentials

The most popular beginner-level song tutorials. Open chords, standard tuning, nothing fancy — the songs that get new guitarists hooked.

Enter set Thumb and fingers

Fingerpicking classics

Fingerstyle song tutorials, ordered by popularity. Blackbird, Dust in the Wind, Hallelujah, and a hundred more worth learning.

Enter set Level up

Intermediate challenges

When open chords and easy strums get boring — intermediate song tutorials to push your timing, shapes, and technique.

Enter set One page, many earworms

Iconic riffs

The riff lessons people actually search for — Crazy Train, Smoke on the Water, Sweet Child O' Mine, and the rest of the canon.

Enter set Build the toolkit

Technique foundations

Beginner-friendly technique lessons — strumming patterns, barre chords, first scales, the CAGED system. The plumbing underneath every song.

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Crowd favorites

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Nothing Else Matters
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
12.8M views · Marty Music
Why is Stairway to Heaven BANNED in Guitar Stores?
Why is Stairway to Heaven BANNED in Guitar Stores?
Led Zeppelin
10.0M views · Music is Win
Hotel California
Hotel California
The Eagles
9.3M views · Marty Music
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
9.0M views · Marty Music
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
7.0M views · Marty Music
Wonderwall
Wonderwall
Oasis
6.9M views · Marty Music

Backstage pass

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Teachers

Five of YouTube's best, in one place

Marty Music4,423Andy Guitar2,323Music is Win1,818JustinGuitar1,280Paul Davids479
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6,930technique lessons
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Encore

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Browse the full lineup, save what you are learning, and come back when your next practice night needs a spark.

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