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How to play All Apologies by Nirvana on guitar for beginners

how to play Nov 12, 2022

How to play All Apologies by Nirvana on guitar for beginners is what we're covering in today's guitar lesson for beginners. 🎸✅ Pick up the tab for this lesson by going to http://simpleguitar.com/allapologies

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What does "in key" mean on guitar?

music theory Aug 27, 2022

What does "in key" mean when playing guitar? Good question for today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on how to understand what it means when someone say that something is in a certain key. This can be kind of...

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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 gui...

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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 play...

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Guitar Pro 8 Tutorial for Beginners - Guitar Pro 8 101

gear & musicianship Jul 09, 2022

Today's beginner guitar lesson is a Guitar Pro 8 tutorial for beginners where we're going to just scratch the surface of what you can do in Guitar Pro 8 to make learning guitar easier. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about this super us...

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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 SimpleGuitar.com...

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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 fla...

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How to play guitar & sing at the same time for beginners

playing technique Jun 04, 2022

How to play guitar & sing at the same time for beginners is the topic of today's guitar lesson for beginnners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. Being able to sing & play songs at the same time is going to make you stand out as a guitar ...

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Why the most underrated part of playing guitar is using silence

music theory May 21, 2022

When it comes to playing guitar, it's not just about what you play, it's also about what you DON'T play. Using silence, or rests, is really important to making anything you play sound better. If all you have is a constant barrage of notes, adding in some silences will make things pop a lot more &...

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How to create different chord progressions for a song using inverted chord progressions

Today's beginner guitar lesson is aimed at helping you become a better songwriter using a trick to create different chord progressions for a song. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another songwriting guitar lesson for you. One of the trickiest things when starting out songwri...

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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.