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3 Ways To Improve Your Picking

playing technique May 20, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about 3 ways to improve your picking. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about some very simple things you can use to improve your picking whether you play acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The...

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How to Play Norwegian Wood by The Beatles Without a Capo

how to play May 15, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play Norwegian Wood by The Beatles without a capo. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about playing this great Beatles song without a capo. Normally this acoustic guitar song is in the...
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How to Play B Major on Guitar

playing technique May 13, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play B Major on guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on one of the toughest chords for any beginner to try to tackle. B Major is beast of a guitar chord to get down when you're...
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What the Heck is a Seven Chord?

music theory May 08, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about what the heck is a seven chord? This is a questions I had when I was starting out & was clueless about for too long. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. In this guitar tutorial I'm going to...

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How To Keep Your Strumming Hand Moving

playing technique May 06, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to keep your strumming hand moving so you can keep time better & have awesome rhythm no matter what strum pattern you play on guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you so your...
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How To Play B Minor on Guitar

playing technique May 01, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play B minor on guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you to try to make playing Bm simple for you by giving you some alternate Bm shapes to use & some steps you can take to make...
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Playing Guitar Is All In Your Head

mindset & motivation Apr 29, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how playing guitar is all in your head. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on the mindset & motivation side of playing guitar & how we can hold our guitar playing back because of what...
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How to Play the Let It Be Solo

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play the Let It Be guitar solo by The Beatles. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. This is one of my favorite guitar solos for students to learn early on because the scale for it is my...
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How To Get Songs Performance Ready Faster

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to get songs performance ready faster. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you about how to make songs sound finished & polished so that they're ready to play for people. Whether it's songs that...

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How to Play When I Come Around by Green Day

how to play Apr 17, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play When I Come Around by Green Day on guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about one of my favorite Green Day songs of all time. When I Come Around is one of Green Day's biggest...

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A lot of the advice on what to do when you start learning guitar comes from the thinking "That's how I learned, so everyone must learn that way", but that isn't always the best advice.

I'll help you with 10 kinda counter-intuitive things you should learn on guitar first that will give you the most bang for your buck so that you can go from being a beginner to feeling like a confident guitar player that wows your friends in less time.