- 1). Download Learn To Play Acoustic Guitar 1.0. It works with all of these operating systems: Win 3.1x, Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 3.x, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003, Windows CE, Windows Tablet PC Edition 2005, WinME, Windows Vista and Windows Vista x64. File size is 449 KB. This is a beginner's package that will teach you all about chords, tablature, music reading and how to tune your guitar. Start by tuning your guitar, and then follow each lesson through. Do not skip lessons, practice changing chords and practice the included songs to get the most out of this freeware package.
- 2). Download Play Guitar 2.01. The file size is 4.82MB and will work on Windows 98, NT, 2k, Me, XP, 95 and 2003 operating systems. Start on the first lesson, where you will learn the parts of the guitar. Do not skip this first lesson as it lays the groundwork and vocabulary for subsequent lessons. Each lesson provides diagrams and pictures of hand positions for each chord learned. You will learn notes and chord positions as they relate both to the guitar and piano keyboard. Practice the simple songs included, and use the help and review functions to solidify what you learn.
- 3). Download Guitar Toolbar 1.0. This freeware is a useful add-on to other guitar freeware. File size is 253K, and it will work with Windows XP, Me, Vista and 7 operating systems. Guitar Toolbar 1.0 provides an online guitar tuner that is easy to use, 23 common chords and their inversions, mapped fretboard diagrams and pitch interval diagrams to train your hands in chord changes. This freeware gives you more practice with pitches and chords, and it can help with difficult areas that you may have had problems with in other freeware by providing 444 scale patterns and 84 modes in all keys. Use the diagrams by drawing them over troublesome chords in your music.
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