Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Five Simple Guitar Songs Anyone Can Play Acoustically

By Bing Wang


If you want to learn the acoustic guitar, you're in for a real treat, and the same is true for your listeners. Many who begin to learn how to play do not comprehend how many famous songs on the radio only employ a small number of chords. You will discover very popular songs on the market today which are amazingly easy to learn. To prove the case, here are five easy guitar songs you are able to learn.

1. For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield popularized this song in the 60's. Much of this song utilizes A and E chords, then the chorus employs both C and D chords. As you may already know, there isn't much complication to the song, and you ought to be able to find easy directions on how to strum when using lyrics.

2. Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan, then later Guns 'N Roses, made this song famous, and it is also easy to play. One great place to look is YouTube for a video tutorial, which would give you an example of when to play the chord and also show you the timing of how long you would hold every note.

3. Redemption Another one on the list of acoustic easy guitar songs is Bob Marley's masterpiece, "Redemption." This can be a little bit more difficult to play the way it uses more chords than the foregoing two songs, but continue to be within the beginner's chord range and should be learned from that viewpoint. This song employs Am, Em, G, D as well as C chords. It can seem more complicated, but it is a first-class beginner's entry to guitar.

4. Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd made the song, "Wish You Were Here" renowned back in their time. There are, again, a number of chords used in this piece, but because they are spread out a bit, you have enough time to get your fingers in place. This song uses chords: A, Am, D, G, Em and C. This like the others is a very traditional (modern) song, easy to learn and with impressive results when you want to show your family and friends that you're studying guitar.

5. Time of Your Life It was the Berkley band, Green Day, that made Time of Your Life the hit it is, this is one of those easy guitar songs that will get a reaction from your audience. Many students do find that it's repetitive, however. You may notice that some places of the song that will play a note nine times...Nonetheless, though it may appear simplistic, it is still provocative. You are going to use D, Em, C and G chords to play it.




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