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How to Play Swing, Swing by The All-American Rejects

how to play Jun 26, 2021

How to play Swing, Swing by the All-American Rejects 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 on a simple version of Swing, Swing that you'll be able to play in no time at all. This...

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How to Create Your Own Strum Patterns

playing technique Jun 24, 2021

How to create your own strum patterns 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. "I need to learn more strum patterns" is something I hear from people all the time. In today's guitar...

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How to Play Time of Your Life on Guitar EASY

how to play Jun 19, 2021

How to play time of your life on guitar easy is what we're going over with today's guitar lesson for beginners. I know, I know, the actual name of the song is Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), but people search more for Time of Your Life by Green Day so I'm trying to appeal to what people are...
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What Are Arpeggios & How to Practice Them

playing technique Jun 17, 2021

What are arpeggios? How do you practice arpeggios? That's what we're going to answer in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you going over arpeggios on the guitar & some ways to start practicing them so that...

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How to Turn Guitar Scales Into Solos

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to turn guitar scales into solos. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you to help you start to turn scales into music that actually sounds good. A lot of guitar players start learning their...

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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...
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How to Play Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

how to play Jun 05, 2021

Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to play Use Somebody by Kings of Leon. Hey guys! Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on an excellent beginner guitar song using power chords for you. Having cool guitar songs like Use Somebody that...

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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 &...
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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,...
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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...

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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.