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How To Learn a New Guitar Chord Fast & Easy

playing technique Mar 25, 2021

Today's beginner guitar lesson is on how to learn a new guitar chord fast & easy in as little as 6 minutes! I know it kinda sounds crazy, but it doesn't have to take weeks to learn new guitar chords if you follow the method I show you in today's beginner guitar tutorial. Hey guys, Brad Litton from...

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How to Play Blackbird on Guitar For Beginners

how to play Mar 20, 2021

Today's beginner guitar lesson is about how to play Blackbird on guitar for beginners! This is one of my favorite songs & is the song that inspired me to play guitar in the first place. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners about one of the best ...
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What Are Arpeggios on Guitar For Beginners?

music theory Mar 18, 2021

Today's beginner guitar lesson is about what are arpeggios on guitar for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners for you on some essential guitar theory. When I was teaching myself guitar, I had no clue what guitar arpeggios were. I was ...

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How to do Palm Muting on Guitar for Beginners

playing technique Mar 13, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to do palm muting on guitar for beginners! Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you all about how to palm mute on guitar for beginners. This awesome sounding technique is going to give you more son...
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How to Play All The Small Things by Blink-182 on Guitar For Beginners

how to play Mar 11, 2021

Today's lesson is about how to play All the Small Things by Blink 182 on guitar for beginners. This is an excellent easy song for anybody to learn even if it's your first day playing guitar! Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. If you liked ...
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Do This When You Don't Feel Like Practicing Guitar

mindset & motivation Mar 06, 2021

Do this when you don't feel like practicing guitar! Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another quick guitar lesson for beginners. Today I'm sharing a story with you from my day that will help you in times that you don't feel like practicing guitar.
 
Learning how to play guitar onl...
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How to Play Walkaways by Counting Crows

how to play Mar 04, 2021

Today's guitar lesson is about how to play Walkaways by Counting Crows! I know these guys are most famous for their song Mr. Jones, but this is one of my very favorite acoustic guitar songs & it's also really short & pretty easy to get down. So I'm going to walk you through what guitar chords you ...
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How Tied Notes Work When Strumming - Guitar Strumming Patterns

playing technique Feb 27, 2021

How tied notes work when strumming is a lesson that every beginner guitar player needs to know. Hey rock stars, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another free beginner guitar lesson for you. Today I'm going to break down how to tie two notes together when playing a strum pattern. Even th...

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The Worst Advice Ever For Guitar Players

mindset & motivation Feb 25, 2021

The worst advice ever for guitar players is to not learn other guitar players songs, solos, or licks! Hey rock stars, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another free guitar lesson for beginners here for you. Believe it or not, this is actual advice that I either hear people giving out, or...
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The First Major Scale You Should Learn on Guitar

music theory Feb 20, 2021

The first major scale you should learn on guitar is not the standard box shape major scale or the three note per string major scale. Instead, I propose that you first learn single string major scales & how to play them on all your strings. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with anot...

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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.