My OperaBlueridge guitars Beginner Guitar Songs
Friday, July 2, 2010 6:25:40 PM
The whole reason for learning chords and strums on guitar is so that eventually you can start playing some beginner guitar songs but which ones should you begin with?
The good news is there are 100s of easy guitar songs out there just waiting for you but please make sure youve prepared correctly and dont rush into them. This will almost certainly result in you feeling frustrated and de-motivated.
It could be that you are already well versed in the standard beginner guitar songs such as Please Mr. Postman, Knockin on Heavens Door or Stand by Me however many more exist. Each era of music has dished up its own collection of simple guitar songs to choose from.
Firstly youre going to need a Capo. This useful contraption is a gift from heaven for beginners as it allows you to play in many different keys without needing to learn Barre chords.
A quick look through beginner guitar songs will show you that they are almost always built from open chords and not the harder Barre chords. Having said this, by using a capo even harder songs can be converted into open chords and made suitable for beginners to play!
It takes a little bit of music theory to be able to convert songs this way but if you cant do it on your own perhaps a tutor or sources on the internet can assist you. Its main advantage is to widen the number of beginner guitar songs you can play by 10 times or more.
Please put time into learning your basic chords and strumming patterns before attempting to play songs. I know its easy to want to rush into playing songs and these beginner guitar songs look very tempting! But honestly its a mistake to attempt them too soon and before you are ready.
As a guitar teacher I would say that 4 weeks of daily practice is enough for anyone with average ability for guitar to get properly prepared for beginner guitar songs.
As a last word of advice dont try to do it all at once. Separate the elements of the song into individual parts to master one by one. Look at the chord progression and practice it with single strums, isolate the strum on its own and cycle it with muted strings.
So try to follow that process of practice and preparation, it really will make life easier in the long run. Once you get your first few beginner guitar songs down the rest will follow very quickly.
The writer is a professional guitar tutor and has used his expertise to teach 1000s of students how to play guitar. Visit his great site Guitar in a Nutshell for lots of free tutorials on beginner guitar songs as well as tutorials on every aspect of guitar playing.Blueridge Guitars: acoustic guitar
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