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Beginner Strum Patterns For Guitar

playing technique May 29, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about beginner strum patterns for guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you to get you strumming chords & playing songs faster! When it comes to strum patterns, though, most guitar teachers & books & metho...
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How To Do Vibrato on Guitar For Beginners

playing technique May 27, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to do vibrato on guitar for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on one of the most important phrasing techniques for lead guitar playing. Vibrato is probably THE most expressive, aw...
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1 Exercise To Get Your Fingers Working Independently

playing technique May 22, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about 1 exercise to get your fingers working independently. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you to help you master your finger independence. I'm going to give you a beginner version & an advanced versio...

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3 Ways To Improve Your Picking

playing technique May 20, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about 3 ways to improve your picking. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about some very simple things you can use to improve your picking whether you play acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The good ...

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How to Play B Major on Guitar

playing technique May 13, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play B Major on guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on one of the toughest chords for any beginner to try to tackle. B Major is beast of a guitar chord to get down when you're first...
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How To Keep Your Strumming Hand Moving

playing technique May 06, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to keep your strumming hand moving so you can keep time better & have awesome rhythm no matter what strum pattern you play on guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you so your strumming ha...
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How To Play B Minor on Guitar

playing technique May 01, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play B minor on guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you to try to make playing Bm simple for you by giving you some alternate Bm shapes to use & some steps you can take to make playing ...
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How to Play the Let It Be Solo

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play the Let It Be guitar solo by The Beatles. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. This is one of my favorite guitar solos for students to learn early on because the scale for it is my fav...
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How to Build Calluses For Beginners

playing technique Apr 15, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to build calluses for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about how to build calluses on your fingertips so you can play guitar without your fingers hurting!

Sore guitar fingers can...

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How To Alternate Pick For Beginners

playing technique Apr 10, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to alternate pick for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you & today we're going over alternate picking! This is one of the most crucial picking techniques for any guitar player to get...

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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.