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  1. 1Justin SandercoeJustin SandercoeJustinGuitar Beginner Guitar Course The free course to start with if you only try one. Justin Sandercoe's lessons go in a deliberate order and keep circling back to timing, clean chord changes and how to practice, rather than racing to the next shape, which is exactly what an adult who stalled…0
  2. 2Andy GuitarAndy Guitar10 Day Guitar Starter Course The best answer to "I'm not sure I'll stick with this." Andy Crowley's free challenge teaches a new song each day for ten days, starting with two chords, with fretboard diagrams and strumming patterns on screen as you go. Taking longer than ten days is fine: the point…0
  3. 3Guitar for Beginners: Play Chords and Simple Songs (Berklee)Guitar for Beginners: Play Chords and Simple Songs (Berklee)For the adult who likes a syllabus. Taught by Thaddeus Hogarth, this short Berklee course feels like a college class: six modules running from choosing a guitar and accessories through tuning, picking, strumming and fingerpicking to power chords, barre chords and a first song with the pentatonic…0
  4. 4Fender PlayFender PlayThe polished paid option for someone who wants songs from day one. You pick acoustic or electric, then a style such as rock, blues, folk, country or pop, and Fender Play builds a path of short video lessons around riffs and songs in that style. That song-first design is its strength for motivation.…0
  5. 5Guitar TricksGuitar TricksCore Learning System Pick this if you want one subscription you will not outgrow. The Core Learning System walks a beginner through short, incremental videos, starting with Guitar Fundamentals and then branching out into styles such as rock, country and blues, with downloadable tabs and, on…0
  6. 6YousicianYousicianThe app for people who need a score to chase. Yousician listens through your phone's microphone and grades each note for accuracy and timing, which turns daily practice into something closer to a game and makes it easy to keep a streak going. That feedback is also its blind spot: it hears whether a…0
  7. 7Simply GuitarSimply GuitarA gentler listening app than Yousician, built around strumming along to songs you already know rather than chasing high scores. Simply Guitar hears you through the microphone and gives real-time feedback, works on acoustic or electric, and lets you go at your own pace. It suits the adult whose main…0
  8. 8Rocksmith+ (2022)Rocksmith+ (2022)Released Sep 6, 2022For the adult who grew up on video games and will practice for an hour if it looks like one. Ubisoft's Rocksmith+ has you play along to official recordings with real-time feedback, at a pace you can adjust until a song comes together. It works with any acoustic or electric: a phone can act as the…0
  9. 9Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 with Audio (1995)Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 with Audio (1995)Published Jan 1, 1995The classic method book, and the one to choose if you want to read music rather than just tab. Will Schmid and Greg Koch's first volume covers tuning, first-position melodies, the C, G, G7, D7 and Em chords, rhythms up to eighth notes and strumming, with traditional songs such as Greensleeves and…0
  10. 10Lessons With a Local Guitar TeacherLessons With a Local Guitar TeacherThe one option that can watch your hands. A good teacher spots the tense thumb, the flat fingers and the strumming from the elbow in the first lesson, long before they harden into habits that no app will catch, and a weekly appointment gives you a reason to practice when motivation dips. It costs…0