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The Most Common Strum Pattern No One Talks About

playing technique Jun 10, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about the most common strum pattern no one talks about. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on a strum pattern I hear in songs all the time, but I don't hear people talking about how to break down & play this strum pattern. So today I'm going to do just that. I'll show you how to actually play and use this strum pattern & a couple of ways you can spice it up to sound even better. Now, you can use this on acoustic guitar or electric guitar, it doesn't matter which. But this strum pattern uses a dotted quarter note & is used in country, rock, blues...pretty much everything, & it will make you sound like a rock star.

If you're still reading the description, I just want you to know that you are awesome. Thanks for watching this lesson about this strum pattern. Have the best day ever! You deserve it.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

0:59 - How to play the most common strum pattern no one tal...

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 & methods actually skip a couple of the most important rhythms that really help you be able to change chords better & develop a solid internal sense of rhythm & timing. So today I'm going to give you 10 beginner guitar strum patterns using the most common chord progression known to man so that you can go from playing nothing to sounding pretty darn good. You can then use these strum patterns with other chord progressions & songs on acoustic guitar or electric guitar!

Hey! You are awesome & I appreciate you checking out this video on beginner strum patterns for guitar. You rock! Thank you :)

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - What You Need To Know About Strum Patterns First

3:26 - How Using A Metronom...

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, awesome sounding thing you can do when playing lead guitar on electric or acoustic guitar. It's become the thing I listen to when trying to decide if a guitar player is really, really good or not. Great sounding vibrato will instantly make you stand out & sound awesome to anyone who listens to you play so it's something you should start working on today if you haven't already.

Thanks for watching the video on how to do vibrato today! You're awesome & you deserve every good thing coming your way!

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:28 - Guitar Vibrato Technique #1

4:28 - Guitar Vibrato Technique #2

12:41 - Guitar Vibrato Technique #3

14:07 - Guitar Vibrato Technique #4

16:09 - Guitar Vibrato Review ...

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 version of this guitar finger exercise to help you with your finger fitness. A lot of guitar players struggle with getting their fingers to work independently from one another which causes a lot of things to be more difficult than they need to be. So today I'm going to show you a simple exercise you can use for getting your fingers more independent & moving on their own so that you can master more scales, chords, arpeggios & everything else with your guitar playing. And as usual, it doesn't matter if you're playing acoustic guitar or electric guitar for this exercise to work for you :)

Thanks for watching the video on how to get your fingers working independently today! You're awesome!

Chapte...

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 thing about these guitar picking exercises is that you can do them for a few minutes to workout your picking hand and work on syncing up both of your hands. These simple beginner guitar picking exercises are going to help you improve your picking speed, accuracy, & control. Plus you can do these while watching TV or when you're just hanging out & it only takes a few minutes per day to get results from them :)

Thanks for watching the video on how to improve your picking today! You're awesome!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:35 - The scale I'm using for these exercises

2:06 - Exercise #1

2:57 - Exercise #2

4:22 - Exercise #3

5:19 - BONUS Exercise #4

5:55 - Review & Final Tips

Let's...

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 learning how to play guitar, but today I'm going to give you some tips to tackle a full barre chord version of B Major, show you the "wrong" way that I play it, & give you some easier alternatives you can use while you continue to work on getting that full B major chord down.

Thanks for watching the video on how to play B major today! You're awesome!

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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 hand can keep time for you by always moving.

One of the biggest problems most guitar players have with first learning how to play guitar is that they don't keep their strumming hand moving while playing strum patterns which makes it harder to play the rhythm in time. In this strumming lesson I'm going to break it down for you & give you some easy exercises you can practice to ingrain the motion for your strumming hand to keep moving no matter what strum pattern you play so that you can sound awesome & feel like a rock star even if you're just starting out.

Thanks a ton for watching this video. It really means a lot to me & I hope it helps you out!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:2...

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 a full barre chord B minor on guitar a lot easier.

In this guitar tutorial I'm going to go over some easier alternatives you can use to play Bm that are much easier than a full barre chord Bm & also give you some steps you can take to learn the full Bm barre chord better & faster whether you're playing electric guitar or acoustic guitar.

Thanks a ton for watching this video. It really means a lot to me & I hope it helps you out!

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:48 - The Full B Minor Barre Chord - for context

4:05 - B Minor alternative #1

5:09 - B Minor alternative #2

5:46 - B Minor alternative #3

7:06 - B Minor alternative #4

7:57 - B Minor alternative #5

9:52 - B Minor alternative #6

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How to Play the Let It Be Solo

how to play playing technique Apr 24, 2021

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 favorite scale to start students out with and there's so many great licks & phrasing elements that it's an awesome introduction to lead guitar. So in this video we're going to take the album version of the solo, break it down into 10 small licks, and then put it all together so that you can play an awesome guitar solo for all your friends. And you can use the solo from this guitar tutorial on acoustic guitar or electric guitar, though the bends will be much easier on electric. So have fun with this great George Harrison solo as you learn guitar, hope it helps you out!

Thanks a ton for watching this video. It really means a lot to me & I hope it helps you out!

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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 be one of the biggest pains (literally) when you start out playing guitar But if you can build calluses on the tips of your fingers, then it will reduce the pain when your fingers hurt from playing guitar so you can play more.

In today's video I'm going to give you 2 guitar callus builder exercises you can do on acoustic guitar or electric guitar that will help make the rest of the process of learning how to play guitar less painful.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:03 - Where Calluses Come From

3:52 - The 2 Minute Callus Workout

5:24 - The 2 Birds 1 Stone Callus Builder

7:26 - Review & Final tips

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