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How to do Palm Muting on Guitar for Beginners

playing technique Mar 13, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to do palm muting on guitar for beginners! Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you all about how to palm mute on guitar for beginners. This awesome sounding technique is going to give you more...
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How Tied Notes Work When Strumming - Guitar Strumming Patterns

playing technique Feb 27, 2021

How tied notes work when strumming is a lesson that every beginner guitar player needs to know. Hey rock stars, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another free beginner guitar lesson for you. Today I'm going to break down how to tie two notes together when playing a strum pattern. Even...

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Learn How to Play Power Chords on Guitar

playing technique Feb 11, 2021

Learn how to play power chords is some of the best advice you can get when first learning how to play guitar. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you today! One thing that I've decided over the years is that the things that I started out with when...

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How to Make Your Strum Patterns Sound Better

playing technique Dec 10, 2020

How to make your strum patterns sound better is more about being creative with how you play rhythms than it is about learning different rhythms to strum. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners. Today I'm going to show you a couple of guitar...
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How Relaxing Will Make You Play Guitar Better

playing technique Dec 05, 2020

How relaxing will make you play guitar better is something that enough guitar teachers aren't talking about. Hey guys! Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here to help you with another beginner guitar lesson. Learning how to play guitar relaxed will ultimately help you play guitar better. The...

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How to Make Your Guitar Scales Sound Smoother

playing technique Dec 03, 2020

How to make your guitar scales sound smoother is a common question from a lot of beginner guitar players that I've seen as a guitar teacher. Hey guys! Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson video for you. There's one small technique change that you need to...
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5 Things That Make Learning Barre Chords Easier

playing technique Nov 05, 2020

These 5 things that will make learning barre chords easier is a run down of the process I normally take students through so that when we get to barre chords in the guitar lessons, it feels easy and natural to play.
 
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:55 - Tip 1
5:05 - Tip 2
7:15 - Tip 3
9:31 - Tip...
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Guitar Phrasing For Beginners

playing technique Oct 22, 2020

Guitar phrasing for beginners is a topic I never new about as a beginner, but as I've helped hundreds of students as a guitar teacher it really is the secret to how to make your playing interesting & you can start working on your phrasing from day one.
 
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Basic Rhythm for Beginner Guitar Players

Basic rhythm for beginner guitar players can be a bit tricky at first, but this free guitar lesson for beginners with Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com is aimed at helping you with one of the most basic, overlooked rhythm that a lot of people skip over. If you can get these basic rhythms down,...

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Where Should My Thumb Be When Playing Guitar?

playing technique Sep 05, 2020

"Where should my thumb be when playing guitar?" is a question I've heard a lot throughout the years from many students. In today's free beginner guitar lesson we're going to go over what the best thumb position is when starting out on guitar.

My name is Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com &...

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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.