Thanks for your interest in getting virtual guitar lessons and a free guitar from Guitars for Vets. Helping Veterans on this journey is our passion! On this page, you will discover all you need to know about applying for on-line lessons.
The Cyber Chapter is run a bit differently than the in-person chapters. You must have a guitar in your possession and live more than 40 miles one way from an open chapter of Guitars for Vets.
Click here to see where the nearest chapter is to you: FIND A CHAPTER
Before you apply, it is important that you have time each day to commit to learning this great instrument; so if you are in the middle of a house move, career change, are a new parent, or just otherwise very busy, please consider applying when you are ready.
There are two ways you can sign up for lessons:
1. THIS PAGE
Enrollment from THIS PAGE starts on the 1st of every month at 12:00 Central time and stays open until we are full, which happens fast. You will better your chances if you click on the CYBER CHAPTER APPLICATION button right at noon Central time.
2. JOIN CAVARTS
Alternatively, join the Guitars4Vets learning center in CAVARTS where you can apply to be put on a small waitlist for a virtual instructor. Scroll down to the bottom of this page for more information about joining.
As a Guitars for Vets Cyber Chapter Student, you agree to:
1. Attend 11 lessons as scheduled.
2. Log in to a designated on-line platform at the time of you lesson. If you are more than 10 minutes late, you understand this will be considered an unexcused absence.
3. Treat instructors and others involved with the Guitars for Vets Program with courtesy and respect.
4. Inform instructors at least 24 hours in advance if you are unable to attend a weekly lesson. You understand that this will count as an excused absence unless you do not inform your instructor within 24 hours, in which case this will count as an unexcused absence.
5. Two unexcused absences may be grounds for dismissal from the program.
6. Two or more excused absences will initiate a review by the Cyber Chapter Coordinator and Instructor to determine whether it is reasonable for you to continue with the program.
7. Guitars for Vets is not providing any medical or mental health treatment and is not responsible for any problems you may believe you experience because of your participation in the program.
Registration for Guitars for Vets’ Cyber Chapter will open on the first day of every month and remain open each month until we have reached full capacity. If registration is closed at any point during the month, please check back on the first day of the following month.*If you are within 40 miles of a chapter, you may not qualify for the Cyber Chapter. To check if there is a chapter near you, please CLICK HERE
1. Proof of Veterans status.
2. A PRACTICE GUITAR AND GUITAR ACCESSORIES. *At the end of the 11 lessons, you will receive a new acoustic guitar. However, you must have a practice guitar to use for the first 11 lessons.
3.. Basic knowledge of technology and familiarity with Google.
4. Access to iPad/laptop/desktop with camera/mic and internet capabilities.
5. Availability on the same day and time every week for 11 weeks.
6. No experience or ‘beginner’ level guitar experience highly preferred.
Created by Veterans, for Veterans, the Challenge America Veteran Arts Community (CAVARTS) is a national hub that brings together Veterans of various backgrounds who support one another as they connect, learn, and grow through the Arts.Membership to CAVARTS is FREE and exclusive to Veterans and service members! Guitars for Vets and CAVARTS have joined together to create a space for Veterans to enjoy learning, playing, and growing in their passion about the guitar. As Guitars For Vets (G4V), we offer Music with a Mission by specializing in teaching veterans how to play (emphasis on PLAY!) the acoustic guitar but this space can grow into anything guitar-related.
While you are waiting for a virtual or in-person lesson, check out this video on G4V’s Introduction to Acoustic Guitar Program. This free program consists of 5 self-paced interactive learning modules that will teach you the basics of fretting, chords, chord transitions, and strumming…all the skills you need to start playing songs!
Join the CAVARTS community and receive exclusive access to joining Guitars for Vets 11 week program.
Since 2007, our organization has refined a guitar instruction program aimed at providing Veterans struggling with physical injuries, PTSD, and other emotional distress a unique therapeutic alternative. G4V pursues its mission to share the healing power of music by providing free guitar instruction, a new acoustic guitar and a guitar accessory kit in a structured program run by volunteers, primarily through the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities and community-based medical centers.
Guitars For Vets Processing Center
13400 Bishops Ln Suite 120,
Brookfield, WI 53005
