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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What are the best electric guitar strings for beginners? Good question! And 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. There's been a lot of controversy over the years about string gauges & which sounds best. When I was first learning I always heard that "thicker strings mean better tone", but that's just not true. Your tone has far more to do with how you play & hold the guitar, the electronics in your guitar, & especially your amp. However, thicker strings WILL make your tone darker. Lighter strings will make your tone tighter & brighter. So if you're playing in a band or recording, lighter strings will cut through a mix more easily. On top of that, lighter strings are far easier to play as they require much less effort. So my recommendation for my students is to get the lightest strings you can. I currently play 7 gauge strings on my electrics & playing is so easy...

How to play Hang by Matchbox Twenty is the topic of today's guitar lesson for beginners. ✅ Get the tab for this song at http://simpleguitar.com/hang . Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about an acoustic classic that was never released as a single. I played this song wrong for years. A lot of people will do this with an altered G chord & Cadd9, but really, you can play this song with only 2 fingers and sound a lot closer to how Matchbox Twenty played it on the record (I know, they changed from Matchbox 20 to Matchbox Twenty on the release of their second album). So in today's guitar lesson on how to play hang by Matchbox 20 on guitar I'm going to break down how to play the chords you need for the song, the strum patterns involved, and go over every section of the song for you.

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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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What are guitar scale modes for beginners is the topic of today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson on guitar modes explained simply. Modes is a confusing term for a lot of beginner guitar players. I know I was confused by it a lot when I started out. Really, though, anybody can understand what modes are & they aren't as complicated as it sounds. If you take the notes of the C Major scale, for example, you can create 7 different modes. One mode for each note of the scale (C D E F G A B). All you have to do is start on a different note of the scale. If I start that scale on C & play up to the next C, it's going to sound like the major scale. But if I start on D & play up to the next D note, it's the exact same notes, but it sounds totally different. I'm going to walk through how to do that with each of the 7 modes of the C major scale today to help with guitar modes explained.

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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