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9 decades · 3272 videos
Explore guitar songs era by era. Every decade has its own sound, heroes, and riffs worth learning.
- Classical Era Pre-1900s 62 videos Baroque, Classical and Romantic guitar masterworks. Bach, Vivaldi, Paganini, Beethoven and more, arranged for guitar.
- The 50s 1950–1959 26 videos The birth of rock and roll. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and the first electric guitar heroes.
- The 60s 1960–1969 280 videos Guitar music of the 1960s: the birth of rock, blues explosion, and psychedelic experimentation.
- The 70s 1970–1979 579 videos The 1970s brought hard rock, heavy metal, punk, and prog rock. A golden decade for electric guitar.
- The 80s 1980–1989 896 videos Shredding solos, power chords, and arena rock defined the 1980s guitar sound.
- The 90s 1990–1999 742 videos Grunge, alternative, and nu-metal reshaped the guitar landscape throughout the 1990s.
- The 2000s 2000–2009 240 videos Post-grunge, metalcore, and indie rock drove guitar music into the new millennium.
- The 2010s 2010–2019 385 videos Modern rock, djent, and blues revivals kept guitar at the forefront of the 2010s.
- The 2020s 2020–2029 62 videos The 2020s see a new generation of guitar heroes. Heavier, more experimental, and globally diverse.
Explore Guitar Music by Era
The sound of electric guitar has changed with every decade. The 60s gave us blues-rock and psychedelia. The 70s brought hard rock, punk and prog. The 80s were built on shredding and arena rock. The 90s tore it all down with grunge and alternative. Each era has its own tone, its own heroes, and its own songs worth learning.
Pick a decade to see every song from that era on GuitarZone, with tabs, video lessons and covers from trusted creators. It's a good way to build a practice set around a specific sound and style.
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