How to set guitar goals for beginners can make or break you when you hit your first guitar playing rut. Most guitar players set guitar goals completely wrong & it hurts their guitar motivation keeps them from getting better faster. If you know how to set guitar goals right, it makes having fun playing guitar easier.

Hey guys, it's Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another free guitar lesson for beginners from an experienced guitar teacher. Your guitar playing goals are crucial to learning how to play guitar, even though you don't have to touch your guitar to do this! It doesn't matter if you play electric guitar or acoustic guitar, how you set goals for guitar will help you stay motivated and moving forward as you progress. However, you don't want to set your goals the wrong way! Don't just set curriculum based goals (like I'm going to learn 35 new chords), set goals that will inspire you because they are tied to a powerful moment that you'll never forget. Like performing on st...

Acoustic Guitar Vs Electric Guitar For Beginners. What guitar is the best to start on? In today's free guitar lesson with Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com we're going to look at what is the best guitar to start with when you first start learning how to play guitar.

Choosing the best guitar to start learning can make or break how well you stick with it. When considering acoustic guitar or electric guitar, steel strings vs nylon, you need to first think about what kind of music you ultimately want to play.

As a guitar teacher, I'm often asked, "What guitar should I buy for beginners?" Honestly, if you want to play any rock or blues or music that primarily uses electric guitar...I think you should just start out on electric guitar and get some beginner guitar lessons for electric.

If the music you're most interested is primarily acoustic guitar focused, then start out on acoustic and get some beginner guitar lessons for acoustic. Either way, if you want to play both, then starting g...

"Where should my thumb be when playing guitar?" is a question I've heard a lot throughout the years from many students. In today's free beginner guitar lesson we're going to go over what the best thumb position is when starting out on guitar.

My name is Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com & these guitar tips & tricks will help make learning guitar for beginners easier as your finger position on guitar will make it easier to learn guitar.

The easiest guitar chord for beginners only needs one finger! On top of that, in this free guitar lesson for beginners we'll go over how you can use this one finger chord to play 12 CHORDS all along the fret board.

Instead of being in standard tuning, we're going to tune your low E string (6th string) down to a D that will put you in Drop D Tuning. And then we're going to play power chords! Power chords in Drop D Tuning is one of the easiest, most fun things you can do when starting out on guitar. Because you only need one finger, they also make for some super easy guitar chord changes that are smooth.

After this free beginner guitar lesson you'll be able to use these Drop D power chords to play real songs & even write your own easily. These are easily the best guitar chords to learn as a beginner and should be one of the first guitar chords to learn.

How to use a capo on guitar can be a big question for a lot of beginner guitar players. In this free beginner guitar lesson, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com goes through how to use a capo to change keys, how to use a capo on electric guitar, and it also applies to how to use a capo on acoustic guitar.

The guitar capo can involve a lot of music theory, but when you know the basics of the best way to use a capo, it goes from being that 'guitar clamp thing' to being a valuable tool at your disposal. Using a capo on guitar typically is thought of for rhythm guitar playing because most people use it for their guitar chords.

Capos can be used on electric guitar or acoustic guitar, it doesn't matter which. But this beginner guitar lesson will help you learn to play guitar more confidently because you'll understand the proper use of a capo instead of being confused by it.

Welcome to my first video! I'm excited to be helping you learn to play guitar better through these videos!