JustinGuitar review

JustinGuitar is the strongest free starting point we found for a beginner. The website organizes its lessons into numbered grades, starting with Beginner Grade 1 and running to Advanced Grade 7, so you learn chords, strumming, chord changes, rhythm and theory in a set order instead of picking random videos. The homepage lists 1,349 free lessons and 803 song tutorials, with new free lessons added every week, and more than 1.1 million registered students. The optional Lessons & Songs app is a karaoke-style companion to the beginner course, with hundreds of songs to play along with, a tuner, a chord change tracker and a strum assistant, and a separate app covers practical music theory. The site also lists approved teachers if you want a human check later. The tradeoffs: the website lessons do not listen to you play, so you judge your own accuracy, and the play-along features sit behind the paid apps.

Who it is for

Beginners who want a complete, structured course without paying for a subscription.

Price

Lessons free on the website; optional paid apps (Lessons & Songs, Practical Music Theory).

START LEARNING FOR FREE AND DOWNLOAD MY BEGINNER APP
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 8, 2026.

Key features

• Graded course from Beginner Grade 1 through Advanced Grade 7
• 1,349 free guitar lessons and 803 song tutorials listed on the site
• Lessons & Songs app with play-along songs, tuner, chord change tracker and strum assistant
• Free tools such as a chord library, metronome and tempo calculator
• Approved teachers directory for learners who want private lessons

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: The full lesson course costs nothing
• Strength: Clear order of lessons, so beginners always know what comes next
• Strength: Covers rhythm, theory and technique as well as songs
• Weakness: Website lessons do not listen to your playing
• Weakness: Play-along songs and the theory course sit in separate paid apps
• Weakness: One main teacher, so fewer styles than large multi-teacher libraries

Key facts

• Price: Free lessons; paid apps optional
• Levels: Beginner Grade 1 to Advanced Grade 7
• Registered students: 1,122,468 listed on the homepage
• Song tutorials: 803
• Also teaches: Ukulele song lessons

Where it ranks

JustinGuitar is No. 1 in our Best Online Guitar Lessons verdict.