Free Guitar Music Sheets

Chord Charts.

Chord sheets are listed in suggested learning order. Want to learn chords as past of a curriculum? - click here.
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Simple 4-string chords - Start with one-finger chords using arpeggios then two and three finger chords. (See video)
Basic "power" chords - Easy open position power chords and a 12-bar blues exercise.
Five basic chords - Learn the five basic chord shapes.
7th chords in open position - Turn the 5 basic chords into 7th chords
Major 7th chords - Video: Dominant 7th and Major 7th chords
Minor chords - Video: Minor 3rds and minor chords
Suspended chords - Video: Turn chords you know into "sus" chords.
Full barre chords See video: Play the basic 5 shapes in any position
9th chords - See video: "Add 9, 9 and major 9 chords"
Circle of Fifths/Forths "Circle Time" - circle of fifths with suggested chord exercises to help master the fretboard.
2-5-1 chords with roots on different strings - Memorize these basic progressions to play "2-5-1s" all over the neck.
Flat 5 and diminished chords

Scales and Arpeggios

Practicing scales develops fluency of movement, strength, control and knowledge of what to play in a given situation with other musicians.

Basic open string scales. - C and G major, relative minors, pentatonic & blues scales in open position written in standard notation.
Chromatic scale exercise "Eggs n' Bakin'. Backing track EggsNBakin.mp3 See video: Demo and explanation .
Movable major and minor scale pattern diagrams
Minor pentatonic scales in 5 positions - Diagram of pentatonic
Bar Chord Exercise - See video: Bar Chord Exercise

Blank Music Sheets, TAB, Chord Charts, Practice Sheets

Having a sheet of paper handy with staff line or TAB lines when you need to write something down is invaluable. Here are some useful sheets to printout.

Blank Music Sheet - Standard Notation
Blank Tab Sheet - Large format for quickly scribbling down notes
Blank 15-chord sheet - portrait
Blank 18-chord sheet - landscape
Strumming Pattern Sheet - Form for creating your own strumming patterns
Practice Log Sheet - Weekly log to check off practice items. Two weeks per page. (print both sides to keep 4 weeks per sheet)

Music Pieces

Some simple pieces for kids and other miscellaneous pieces

OldMcD2guitars.pdf "Old Mc Donald" - teacher/ student
ComingRoundtheMountain.pdf - teacher/student
buglecall.PDF - single note melody on 5 strings
Happy Birthday - single line melody with chords
Amazing Grace - Arrangement with melody & accompanyment
Auld Lang Syne solo guitar arrangement. Play on soundclick
Scarborough Fair watch on youtube