Learn Guitar Easy

It's easy to learn guitar EASY, if you do it the easy way!

• Step 1: Choose some simple, 3-chord songs to start with. List of easy 3-chord guitar songs.
• Step 2: Tune up your guitar. Free Guitar Tuner.
• Step 3: Learn a few simple open chords. [Simple Open Chords.]
• Step 4: Practice some basic strumming patterns. Basic Strumming Patterns

After you gain a little confidence, then you can move on to harder stuff, learning guitar scales, playing practice exercises, and learning some lead guitar riffs.

Today there are so many free tools to help you Learn Guitar Easy, such as video tutorials, online tuners, guitar chord charts and chord finders, fretboard games, online metronomes, backing tracks, and more!

Here's a link to the basics of How to Read a Guitar Chord Diagram.

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EASY 3-CHORD SONG EXAMPLE 1:

(Learn Guitar Easy!)

"Love is a Rose" - by Neil Young, and recorded by Linda Ronstadt
(Note: This is our interpretation of the song, not the actual artist's version)

The simplified version uses chords:    C    F     G

Here's the basic strumming pattern in a video lesson (to help you Learn Guitar Easy!):

Here's the simplified lyrics and chord sheet for "Love is a Rose": Click Here

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Easy Chords to Practice:

If you keep practicing a little bit every day and don't give up, even if your hands get tired and sore and you get little blisters on the tips of your fingers (those will eventually turn into calluses), you will find yourself suddenly remembering chord shapes quickly. Forming chords with your fingers in the correct position will become easier and easier.

Practice these frequently used open chords:

                           

Click here for our useful chart of the Top 10 Free Online Guitar Lesson Sites

Remember that choosing Easy Guitar Songs will give a beginner a boost of confidence. Click here for our useful list of Easy 3-Chord Songs

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