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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 is abo...
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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 tuto...

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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 I ...

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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 beginner gui...
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Where Do Chords Come From on Guitar?

music theory Jan 16, 2021

Where do chords come from on guitar? Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners. In today's guitar tutorial I'm going to show you how chords work so you can easily figure out what chords are going to sound good together! We're going to look at the q...
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What Are Scales On Guitar?

music theory Jan 07, 2021

What are scales on guitar? This is one question that a lot of people have is where do scales come from? Or what are musical scales? Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners on what are scales in music. When you break it down, scales really are reall...

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How to Get More Creative on Guitar - Creativity Is a Muscle

How to get more creative on guitar is the topic of today's beginner guitar lesson. Hey guy, Brad Litton from Simple Guitar.com here to give you more guitar lessons for beginners & more. Whether you like playing acoustic guitar or electric guitar, today's guitar tips and tricks will help you get be...
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How to Get Better at Guitar Every Day

mindset & motivation Dec 12, 2020

How to get better at guitar every day is really quite simple but so many guitar players will overlook it & watch their playing plateau. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for you. Today's guitar lesson for beginners is really for anyone, doesn't matter if y...

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How to Make Your Strum Patterns Sound Better

playing technique Dec 10, 2020

How to make your strum patterns sound better is more about being creative with how you play rhythms than it is about learning different rhythms to strum. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners. Today I'm going to show you a couple of guitar strumm...
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How Relaxing Will Make You Play Guitar Better

playing technique Dec 05, 2020

How relaxing will make you play guitar better is something that enough guitar teachers aren't talking about. Hey guys! Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here to help you with another beginner guitar lesson. Learning how to play guitar relaxed will ultimately help you play guitar better. The first ...

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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.