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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Chapters:

0:00 - Beginner guitar finger workout Introduction

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

Come Together guitar lesson for beginners is the topic of today's beginner guitar lesson. ✅ Get the FREE tab for this song by going to http://simpleguitar.com/cometogether.

Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with a guitar tutorial on one of the greatest songs of all time by The Beatles. We're going to go over how to play the rhythm guitar part that John Lennon recorded for the Abbey Road album as we cover how to play Come Together on guitar. The entire song of Come Together is essentially only 3 sections that are surprisingly simple & easy to get down. Plus, at the end of the lesson I'm going to show you my favorite change I've heard someone make to Come Together when they covered it.

Chapters:

0:00 - The Beatles Come Together introduction

1:10 - How to play Come Together by The Beatles - INTRO Section

2:27 - Come Together The Beatles - VERSE Section

4:30 - Come Together VERSE PLAY ALONG

6:24 - How to play Come Together by the Beatles - CHORUS Section

Blues shuffle for beginners is what we're going over in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from Simple Guitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you where I'm going to give you 3 levels of blues shuffles starting with beginner, then intermediate, & finally advanced. This blues shuffle guitar lesson starts with the very easiest place for beginning blues guitar with an open A shuffle. Then we move into using closed power chords and a basic 12 bar blues guitar lesson to move the easy blues shuffle for beginners all over the fretboard in any key. And finally we get the the advance level where we go over how the old pros can play blues shuffles all night long without their hand dying in the process. Playing the blues so that you can jam with anyone at anytime should be required learning when you're learning how to play guitar no matter what style you play, so I hope this really helps you out!

Chapters:

0:00 - Blues shuffle for beginners introduc...

 How to make your guitar solos sound awesome is what we're going over in today's guitar lesson for beginners. ✅✅✅ Wanna go from just strumming chords to playing lead guitar? Get the easiest, most practical start to lead guitar here: http://simpleguitar.com/instantrockst... with The Instant Rockstar Scale Mini-Course, my beginner lead guitar course.

Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on 2 tips you can start using today that will make your guitar solos sound awesome even if you're just starting out with how to solo on guitar. Rather than just resorting to noodling through your guitar solo, these 2 tips will make you sound like you've been soloing forever. Once you have at least one guitar scales for soloing under your belt, this lesson on how to guitar solo better is your ticket to sounding like a rock star.

Chapters:

0:00 - How to make your guitar solos sound awesome introduction

1:39 - How to make your guitar solos sou...