Learn Everything on Guitar Better & Faster With This ONE Trick

Hey guys! Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners. This one will help you out even if you've been playing guitar for awhile, too! Today I'm going to show you a simple guitar trick that will make learning anything you do on guitar easier & faster. You'll have better recall & deeper learning, too! I got today's guitar tip from the book Make It Stick, which everyone should read, it's a great book about learning & everything in it can be applied to learning guitar.

One of the main concepts in the book is the effect of having to recall information leads to much deeper learning than solely repetition. When it comes to learning guitar, one of the best things you can do to have to recall things is to immediately get creative with whatever you're learning. Whether it's a new scale, a new chord, a new lick, whatever it is, get it under your fingers & then get creative with it right away. This will help you learn guitar better way, way, way faster.

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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 their most underrated album, but that's another story :) Warning is a great beginner guitar song because the whole song is only three chords (A D G) & is only made up of one chord progression (A D G D) plus a little riff that gets used for an interlude & the bridge. It's super easy & you'll be able to get this down in no time! The part I'm going over in this video is the acoustic guitar part from the recording, but you can easily play this on an electric guitar if you prefer.

Chapters: 0:00 - Intro

1:47 - Main Chord Progression Overview

2:07 - How to Play the A Chord

3:39 - How to Play the D Chord

3:58 - How to Play the G Chord

4:59 - Level 1 of the Chord Progression - Half Notes

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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 minutes per day doing these things, you'll have all the guitar notes on the fretboard down in no time. Learning all the notes on the fretboard on guitar is one thing that will really open up a lot of creative possibilities for you as you start to apply some basic music theory knowledge along with it.

Chapters: 0:00 - Intro

2:09 - Strategy #1

4:06 - Strategy #2

5:57 - Strategy #3

8:48 - Review & Wrap Up

Pick up a FREE PDF fretboard diagram of all then notes on the guitar fretboard (up to 24 frets) by swinging by http://www.simpleguitar.com/fretboard & while you're there you can also pick up a copy of The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First so you can go from feeling like a beginner to bein...

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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 of the most easy songs with chords on guitar for beginners to play. As long as you know your open chords Em, G, C, Am, & D, you can play this beginner guitar song.
 
Get your PDF of the music of Lost Boy by Ruth B by swinging by http://www.simpleguitar.com/lostboy & while you're there you can also pick up a FREE copy of The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First so that you can go from feeling like a total beginner to being a confident guitar player & impress your friends & family with your new skills!
 
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - What Chords You Need To Know
4:01 - Main Chord Progression
5:27 - Verse Section Basics
5:53 - Chorus Section Basics
6:43 - Pre Chorus Section Basics
7:45 - Pre ...
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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 4
14:32 - Tip 5
15:43 - Review
 
Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar tutorial. Today's guitar tips and tricks topic is barre chords made easy. Most guitar players just dive into learning barre chords the hard way, but it doesn't have to be that way. Before you play barre chords (or bar chords as some folks say), you need to get your fretting hand used to the position it will be in. Whether you're playing acoustic guitar or electric guitar, barre chords are a totally different technique than just playing open chords like most people play when they first learn guitar. Subscribe to the channel for more guitar lessons for beginners to learn how to play guitar...
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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 & that any beginner guitar player can start to develop.
 
This isn't the topic of a typical beginner guitar lesson, but starting out by doing what we talk about in the video will help you as you start soloing & learning guitar improvisation. And, like all of my guitar tutorial videos, it won't matter if you like playing acoustic guitar or electric guitar for this to apply. As a guitar teacher, playing guitar for beginners doesn't spend enough time on creativity, but you can change that by applying the things in this video.
 
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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 this entire song! It's tons of fun & super easy!
 
Download the Simple Songform PDF sheet for this song by going to: http://www.simpleguitar.com/themiddle
 
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:43 - Tuning to Drop D
5:04 - First Chord Progression
7:45 - Songform
9:36 - How to Play The Verse & Chorus
12:45 - How to Play The Bridge
14:12 - Playing Along With The Whole Song
16:58 - How to Palm Mute The Verse
18:58 - Review & Next Steps
 
Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar tutorial to help you learn guitar. This is a great song for beginners on guitar because of that. It's frustrating as a guitar teacher when a new student comes in who's been taking lessons somewhere el...
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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 Circle because when you understand your purpose, it makes everything clearer & will boost your guitar progress.

Hey guys, Brad Litton, guitar teacher from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners. Not every guitar tutorial helps you with the mindset and motivation part of playing guitar, but that's our aim today instead of just loading you with more guitar tips and tricks.

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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 SimpleGuitar.com with another guitar lesson for beginners for you today. Phrasing on guitar is what separates the okay players from the really great players & it's never too early to start developing better guitar phrasing when you play lead guitar. This won't matter if you're playing an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar, too. Even acoustic guitar players need good phrasing! But paying attention to HOW you play notes with phrasing is a big first step to learning how to solo on guitar.
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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, I'm going to take some of the most common music vocabulary for beginners that can be quite confusing & try to break it down to make it simple for you.
 
One hurdle for a lot of beginner guitar players when starting to learn guitar is needing music terms explained so that you know what people are talking about. A lot of guitar players use 'inside language'. c
 
Check out Lauren Bateman's website that I mention in the video for really well done chord charts here: http://www.laurenbateman.com
 
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