Guitar Slim's "Things That I Used to Do" has a single chord progression that allows you to play the entire song with just three chords (E, A and B7). The New Orleans bluesman nabbed a bestselling single when it was released in 1953, staying at No. 1 on the R&B charts for six ...
This is another simple two chord melody that can be strummed or picked. Sometimes when playing simple two chord songs we want to add a little spice to the strumming since we don't have too much going on musically. Once you have the basic melody and song down, experiment a little!
This is such a great piece to have in your back pocket. It’s a good warmup, it’s a nice way to play a new guitar, and it’s one of those easy classical guitar songs that makes everyone happy to hear. Easy Classical Guitar Songs: Spanish Guitar While Beethoven was in Vienna study...
Whether you’ve been playing jazz guitar for a while or are new to jazz music, one thing you’ll most definitely need to take your jazz guitar playing to the next level is a solid understanding of jazz guitar chords. In this article, we’ll learn 20 essential jazz guitar chord shapes t...
Most guitar songs for beginners use only a handful of chords, making them easier to learn. Even if the chord progression used in the song changes from one part to another, the chords may remain the same. Simple chord progression. When a song has a simple chord progression, you don’t ne...
“painless” because we have simplified learning the guitar down to its most basic level. Frankly, it doesn’t get much simpler than this. You’ll learn how to play the melody and chords to 31 folk, bluegrass, old time and gospel songs. You’ll have access to online audio files so ...
In this Guitar Control video lesson,Jon McLennanwill teach you a jazz chord melody in the style ofBarney Kessel. Hope you like it!!! Basically what we’re looking at is we’re looking at the chords A minor 7, D9 to G major 7, very common chord progression in jazz. But we’re goi...
The melody in the chorus could be sung by virtually anyone. Pick an octave that feels good to you. The Best Easy Songs To Sing For Karaoke Conclusion (& Easy Piano / Guitar Songs) So, we’ve looked at 27 easy songs to sing, but what exactly makes a song difficult to vocalize?
In "Easy Rock," also with parts for three guitars, power chord progressions get beginners out of first position and up the neck to the sixth fret. Easy Studies for Acoustic and Electric Guitar We had some basic training and on the Tuesday were doing fairly easy rock climbs and abseiling et...
For those rockers that are just beginning to play the guitar, it’s OK if you’re not Clapton just yet. There are a lot of simple rock songs that you can learn in minutes from Fender Play. Check out a list below of 10 easy rock songs that will help you get closer to your rock ...