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<span class="text">[[Guitar Parts and Functions|Parts]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Holding the Guitar and Pick|Playing]]</span>
<span class="text current">[[Basic Technique|Technique]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Tuning and Harmonics|Tuning]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Music Theory Basics|Theory]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Position]]</span>
<span class="text">[[1st String]]</span>
<span class="text">[[1st and 2nd Strings - Intervals|Intervals]]</span>
<span class="text">[[2nd and 3rd Strings|2nd/3rd Strings]]</span>
<span class="text">[[4th, 5th, and 6th Strings|Other Strings]]</span>
<span class="text">[[C Major in Open Position and Alternate Picking|Alt. Picking]]</span>
<span class="text">[[C Major Chord|C Major]]</span>
<span class="text">[[G Major Chord|G Major]]</span>
<span class="text">[[F Major Chord|F Major]]</span>
<span class="text">[[E Minor, D Minor, and A Minor Chords|Minor Chords]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Music Theory - Diatonic Chord Progressions|Progressions]]</span>
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Tuning and basic technique form a kind of chicken-egg situation - you can't practice technique without being relatively in-tune, and you can't tune the guitar without any knowledge of how to get it to make sound. I'm covering basic technique first - this doesn't require the entire guitar to be in-tune, only that the strings have sufficient tension to sustain string resonance. If they currently don't, tighten them up using the tuners - just don't go so tight that they feel like they may snap.