The Basics of Playing Guitar

Only been playing a short time and want to know more on the simplistics of the art of guitar? Well here you are. Skim around to find some helpful ideas or read up and learn the whole world of basic guitar playing. It's all here for you to understand. Just read through the lessons below, laid out and explained simply for beginners and intermediates.
Note: For best learning experience, there are tablature layouts for most explanations and finger positioning diagrams for chords and scales, so it is best to know the basics of reading tablature and structure diagrams in order to understand the figures.
Also, any words in white like the one above may be clicked on to go to its definition in the Axe Class Glossary

Rhythm Lesson  

 Lead Lessons
Know Your Fret Board  - Lesson 1 -  Speed is Much But Not All
Exercises & Practice  - Lesson 2 -  Practice Makes Perfect!
Fret Actions  - Lesson 3 -  Fret Actions Review
Power Chords  - Lesson 4 -  Basic Scales
Acoustic Chords  - Lesson 5 -  Advanced Scales