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How to Play Warning by Green Day - EASY BEGINNER SONG

how to play Nov 14, 2020

Hey guys! Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners. Today I'm going to show you one of my favorite easy guitar songs for beginners that's also a great alternative rock song...Warning by Green Day. Which is from the album of the same name, which I think is...

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How to Easily Memorize Notes on the Guitar Fretboard

music theory Nov 12, 2020

Hey guys! Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you! Today we're going over how to easily memorize notes on the guitar fretboard. I'm going to show you 3 simple strategies to make guitar notes for beginners nice & simple. If you spend only 5-10...

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How to Play Lost Boy by Ruth B on Guitar For Beginners

how to play Nov 07, 2020

Today we're going over how to play Lost Boy by Ruth B on guitar for beginners. This is a great beginner song on guitar because the whole song is built on whole notes & half notes so you can focus on your chord changes timing & most of the song is only one chord progression. This is one...
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5 Things That Make Learning Barre Chords Easier

playing technique Nov 05, 2020

These 5 things that will make learning barre chords easier is a run down of the process I normally take students through so that when we get to barre chords in the guitar lessons, it feels easy and natural to play.
 
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:55 - Tip 1
5:05 - Tip 2
7:15 - Tip 3
9:31 - Tip...
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How to Play What's In Your Head On Guitar To Boost Your Creativity

In this guitar lesson for beginners we're going over how to play what's in your head on guitar so that you can boost your creativity & sound way, way better when you solo and improvise. Learning to hear notes in your head before you play them is a skill all the great guitar players have...
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How to Play The Middle by Jimmy Eat World for Total Beginners

how to play Oct 29, 2020

How to play the middle by Jimmy Eat World on guitar for total beginners is what today's beginner guitar lesson is about. This is my favorite song to teach beginners on their first lesson because we can tune down to Drop D tuning & use only one finger to play power chords & play through...
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Why Do You Play Guitar? The Golden Circle of Learning Guitar

mindset & motivation Oct 24, 2020

Why do you play guitar? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Today we're talking about some of the principles from Simon Sinek's book "Start With Why" & how understanding WHY you play guitar will help you in your guitar journey. Knowing your 'Why' is called understanding The Golden...

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Guitar Phrasing For Beginners

playing technique Oct 22, 2020

Guitar phrasing for beginners is a topic I never new about as a beginner, but as I've helped hundreds of students as a guitar teacher it really is the secret to how to make your playing interesting & you can start working on your phrasing from day one.
 
Hey guys, Brad Litton from...
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Music Lingo for Total Beginner Guitar Players

total beginners Oct 17, 2020

Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another total beginner guitar lesson. Today we're going to go over music lingo for total beginner guitar players. Music is a universal language, but when we talk about music it has it's own language to even describe what's happening. Today,...
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Music Notes on the Guitar for Total Beginners

total beginners Oct 14, 2020

Today we're talking about music notes on the guitar for total beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton, guitar teacher from SimpleGuitar.com here with another total beginner guitar lesson for you. What the heck is a note in music? Where are the notes on the guitar? How do you make sense of the musical...

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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.