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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...
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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.
 
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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...
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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...

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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,...
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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...

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What Are The Different Parts of Songs? - Song Form - Song Structure

What are the different parts of songs? Understanding song form or song structure is going to be really handy for you as you learn songs & learn how to write songs on guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. Today's guitar tutorial...
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How to Learn From EVERY Guitar Player

mindset & motivation Feb 13, 2021

Today I'm going to show you some advice I got from my dad that will help you know how to learn from EVERY guitar player you meet, see, or hear. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson on mindset and motivation for you. Actually, this guitar mindset...

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Learn How to Play Power Chords on Guitar

playing technique Feb 11, 2021

Learn how to play power chords is some of the best advice you can get when first learning how to play guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you today! One thing that I've decided over the years is that the things that I started out with when...

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How to Play Shame Shame on Guitar by Foo Fighters

how to play Jan 30, 2021

Today's guitar tutorial is how to play Shame Shame on guitar! This new Foo Fighters song (at this time) is from their forthcoming record Medicine at Midnight & this is an easy song on guitar for beginners to learn how to play. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another...
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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.