Spend less time guessing and more time playing
Free printable guitar sheets, real-time lessons and honest setup help from JC’s basement studio.
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Elixir 80/20 vs Phosphor Bronze
Coated acoustic strings compared side by side, and how they sound and feel.
Band-in-a-Box Alternatives
Backing-track software that costs less, including free JJazzLab and ChordPulse.
Segovia Scales for 30 Days
My 30-day practice challenge, with the free scale PDFs to follow along.
Setting up a guitar? Start with Donner Hush C Setup, where I lower the action step by step.
Free PDF shelf
Print them, put them on your music stand, and use them as often as you like.
Start here: pick your path
Beginner
New to guitar, or starting again? Get the free chord chart, then follow my free YouTube lessons in order.
Read music
Learn the notes on the staff, TAB vs notation, and sight-reading.
Fingerstyle and classical
Scales, easy solos and songs for nylon and steel strings.
Setup and tools
Action, strings, tuners and practice software, from my workbench.
New this week
New posts go up Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and a new beginner lesson comes out on YouTube every Tuesday and Friday at 3 PM ET.
Courses and books
- Complete Beginner Guitar Course: all 26 lessons in one place, without ads, on Guitar in Real Time
- Read Music for Guitar: my book and lessons on reading sheet music
- Fingerstyle Guitar Christmas: my book of Christmas solos (Amazon)
- Free Noteflight course: write guitar notation and TAB
- All my guitar video courses
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Reasons to come back
- A new lesson twice a week: the free beginner course continues every Tuesday and Friday (see the course page).
- Practice challenges with results: Segovia Scales for 30 Days and the results.
- Track your practice: print a practice log and see your progress week by week.
- Seasonal songs: Christmas guitar solos with free PDFs, updated every December.
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I’m JC, a guitar teacher and author. GuitarBasement is where I share free practice sheets, play-along lessons and honest gear and setup help from my basement studio. Subscribe on YouTube or contact me.