In today's guitar lesson for beginners we're going over fingerpicking step 3 for beginners where we break down Travis picking! Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. Travis picking for beginners is what most people think of when it comes to learning how to fingerpick guitar for beginners. The problem is, if you start with Travis picking before doing straight fingerpicking & 3/4 time fingerpicking, it's easy to get discouraged & confused. So in today's Travis picking lesson I'm going to give you easy fingerpicking patterns to use for 6 string chords, 5 string chords, & 4 string chords that you can use anytime. At the end I'll also show you some Travis picking variations that get used in Travis picking songs like Dust In The Wind by Kansas & Landslide by Fleetwood Mac.

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Fingerpicking step 2 covering 3/4 fingerpicking is what we're going over in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you on the second step to take to make learning fingerpicking simple! Fingerpicking is an essential rhythm guitar technique whether you play acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The easiest way to start with fingerpicking is by doing straight fingerpicking (step1) and then to learn 3/4 fingerpicking patterns before diving into Travis style fingerpicking. So in today's fingerpicking guitar lesson for beginners we're going to go over step 2 of learning finger picking with a finger picking pattern for 6 string chords, another 3/4 finger picking pattern for 5 string chords, & then another pattern to use with 4 string chords. This is going to set you up for Travis picking being nice and easy.

Check out the video for Step 1 of Fingerpicking For Beginners here: https://youtu.be/XCqCG1UI4Qg

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Fingerpicking step 1 with straight fingerpicking is the easiest way to get started with how to do fingerpicking on the guitar & so that's what we're covering in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on the first step to take to learn fingerpicking for beginners. In this fingerpicking guitar lesson I'm going to give you some really simple fingerpicking patterns that you can use with 6 string, 5 string, and 4 string chords as you learn fingerpicking guitar songs.

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What is flatpicking for beginners? 🎸Get the PDF I made for you with some flatpicking practice patterns by going to http://simpleguitar.com/flatpicking That's what we're answering in today's guitar lessons for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. When it comes to playing rhythm guitar, most people spend a lot of time working on their strum patterns, but strumming is only one rhythm guitar technique that you can do with chords.  Flatpicking can be used (and has been) for any genre of music & will give you a totally different sonic flavor at your disposal. Be sure to pick up the PDF that goes along with this video so that you can practice up your flatpicking.

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Faster chord changes on guitar is what today's guitar lessons for beginners is all about. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about on simple trick you can use to make your chord changes faster & smoother sounding. One of the biggest problems to get chord changes to sound smooth and nice when playing strum patterns is that the amount of time from the last up stroke of a measure to the down stroke of the next is very small. So tons of guitar players have used this trick to give themselves more time to make that change so that landing on beat 1 is a lot easier & smoother. This simple trick will make it so that you can change chords faster on guitar & is going to make you sound like a pro as you finally understand how to switch chords quickly on guitar.

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Where should your thumb go? This is the question we're addressing in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Should it always go in the middle of the back of the neck? No. Break this rule! Actually, it's not really a rule. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you about where your thumb should go on the guitar neck. When it comes to proper thumb placement on guitar, there are several things that get left out of the conversation. A lot of people are just dogmatic when talking about the best thumb position for guitar, but you have to consider the context of what you're playing. There are definitely times & contexts when playing with your thumb behind the neck is the correct thumb position for guitar, but there are also a lot of times when the thumb over the guitar technique is equally valid and useful. The trick is knowing which one to use at what time so that's what we're going to go over in today's guitar lesson.

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3 ways to speed up chord changes is what we're covering in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you that will help you speed up chord changes. The first major road block to being able to change chords fast & smooth is not understanding all of the biomechanical steps that your body & brain have to go through to perform a chord change. So I'm going to break that down into the 7 steps that have to happen so that you can make that easier & then I'll give you an exercise using a metronome to help you with your chord changes. Then we'll go over the one minute changes exercise I got years ago from Justin Guitar that has really helped a lot of my students over the years. By using these three tips your chord changes will become a lot smoother and a lot faster & make you sound like a rock star. 

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How to make any chord progression sound better is the subject of today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about one simple thing you can do to any chord progression to make it sound better. This is actually a really, simple tip. Most of the time when people play a chord progression, they change the chord on beat one of the next measure. Instead, what I want you to experiment with is changing chords earlier like on beat number 4 or the 'and' of 4. The listeners ear won't expect this change as much so it will instantly spice up any chord progression you're playing & make it sound better. Give this a try on the next chord progression you're working on in your songwriting or with any chord progression exercises you're working on with your strumming & see how much of an impact it can have.

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Beginner guitar finger workout is what we're going over in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another simple beginner guitar lesson for you on a beginner finger workout you can use to really wake up your fingers. One of the biggest problems for a lot for beginner guitar players is not being able to have full control over their fingers. It's one of the most frustrating things when start to learn guitar. But just spending 3 minutes a day on this guitar finger exercise will really help improve your finger independence & dexterity, 

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0:00 - Beginner guitar finger workout Introduction

0:48 - Beginner finger exercise for guitar number 1 using 1st & 4th fingers