Learning basic music theory for guitar: notes, chords, scales, pitch

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Hello ,
I have recently joined a guitar class. And I am facing a problem with the terminology. I have to confess that terms such as notes, chords , scales, pitch seem Greek to me. I have had no experience with music before.

I am on the lookout for a book/website which teaches this stuff. It would be great if they have provided music samples for the same. So that I can experience what a C-Major chord sounds like. They would of course teach this stuff as the class progresses but still I wanted to get to the basics.

I searched for some websites on Google , but thought about asking the same over here so that I get to know if there are any standard websites which teach this stuff.

Thanks.
 
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glb_lub said:
Hello ,
I have recently joined a guitar class. And I am facing a problem with the terminology. I have to confess that terms such as notes, chords , scales, pitch seem Greek to me. I have had no experience with music before.

I am on the lookout for a book/website which teaches this stuff. It would be great if they have provided music samples for the same. So that I can experience what a C-Major chord sounds like. They would of course teach this stuff as the class progresses but still I wanted to get to the basics.

I searched for some websites on Google , but thought about asking the same over here so that I get to know if there are any standard websites which teach this stuff.

Thanks.
I found this youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKk_EISeFVY&feature=related

This is on piano, but he actually demonstrates a few major chords. If you know nothing at all this should help.