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How to Practice Hammer Ons and Pull Offs for beginners

playing technique Feb 18, 2023

Get the PDF of these exercises at: http://simpleguitar.com/hopo

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about How to do hammer ons and pull offs on guitar for beginners. The thing is, though, that where most people start with these makes them way harder than necessary.

In today's beginner guitar...

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The Top 12 Beginner Guitar Riffs You Need to Know

Get the tab for the Top 12 Beginner Guitar Riffs by going to http://simpleguitar.com/beginnerriffs

When it comes to learning guitar, one of the first thing most of us do is start learning famous riffs from our favorite songs. And while I am a big fan of learning entire songs...sometimes you...

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Wanna make your guitar sing? Then you need the TOP 5 BEGINNER PHRASING TECHNIQUES

playing technique Jan 28, 2023

If you wanna make your guitar sing like your favorite guitar players, then you need to know and be able to use these top 5 beginner phrasing techniques. Phrasing is HOW you play the notes you play as opposed to the note choices you make & it's what will make your playing sound way more...

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Why 90% of guitar players quit & how to NOT become part of that statisitic

playing technique Jan 07, 2023

Jump start your guitar playing today! Build a solid foundation for your playing and start playing real music now! Get the FREE Simple Guitar Jumpstart Course by going to http://simpleguitar.com/jumpstart

According to a study by Fender, 90% of guitar players quit playing guitar in the first 3...

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How to strum when there's two chords in a measure

playing technique Dec 03, 2022

How to strum when there's two chords in a measure is what we're talking about in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about how to strum when you run into two chords being played in a measure. Strum...

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If you could only learn one guitar scale - The most important guitar scale

playing technique Nov 19, 2022

Get the backing track to practice this scale with here: http://simpleguitar.com/gbackingtrack

Want to go deeper with this scale & really master it? You could pick up my course The Instant Rockstar Scale Mini-Course and really start unlocking the whole fretboard with one easy scale now....

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How to hit the right strings every time when strumming with alternating bass

playing technique Jul 30, 2022

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is on how to hit the right strings every time when strumming guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on how to hit the right strings when you're strumming guitar. To be honest, when I was learning...

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Top 5 MISTAKES new guitar players make & how to fix them

playing technique Jul 23, 2022

These are the top 5 mistakes new guitar players make and how to fix them for today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you to help you with avoiding some of the most common technique mistakes I see beginner guitar...

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5 MISTAKES to avoid when playing the Spider Walk exercise

playing technique Jun 18, 2022

These are 5 mistakes to avoid when playing the spider walk exercise on guitar. This is a great beginner finger exercise, but a lot of guitar players make some really simple mistakes when doing it that prevent them from getting the most out of the exercise. Hey guys, Brad Litton from...

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Bored with power chords? Here are some alternatives to play instead

playing technique Jun 11, 2022

Bored with power chords? Here are some alternatives to play instead for today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson going over some great sounding alternatives you can us instead of power chords. These will add more...

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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.