Welcome to my Despacito Guitar Tutorial. Learn how to play this latin inspired 4 chord song on guitar, including the intro solo, the easy strumming version, and the barre chord version. Includes simply visuals with the chords, lyrics, rhythm, TAB and more!

Despacito Chords (EASY): G – Am – F – C

Despacito Chords (Intermediate): D – Am – B – G

Despacito Strumming Pattern: D-Du-u-uD-D-Du

Como tocar el Despacito en la guitarra!

Despacito Guitar Tutorial – Table of Contents

• 0:00 – INTRO
• 1:35 – NO CAPO (chords & strumming)
• 8:27 – CAPO 2nd FRET (chords & strumming)
• 13:19 – GUITAR SOLO

For this Despacito Guitar Lesson, we end up playing the same 4 chords over and over. The rhythm can be a bit tricky, but there’s an easier Despacito strumming pattern for those of you who are still working on beginner rhythms.

We’re breaking this lesson down into 3 main parts: chords & strumming WITHOUT a capo, then WITH the capo, and finally the intro melody/lick.

The “no capo” version uses 1 barre chord (Bm) and 3 open chords (D, G, A). If you need help with the Bm chord, I have a mini-series covering barre chord basics, which you can find here!

Then we show you how to play it using a capo at the 2nd fret. The chords for this version are: Am, F, C, G. For the F chord, which is usually a barre chord, we show you a simple fingering that gives you a full-sounding chord without the barre.

The strumming pattern that I feel best suits this song is somewhat complicated. We spend lots of time breaking it down, bit-by-bit, to make sure you can figure it out.. but if you’re still having trouble, we show you a simpler one (which can also be found in our eBook for rhythm guitar).

Finally, we show you the intro lick and give some tips on how to best practice it. The best advice though, is to take it REALLY REALLY slowly, and work it out at your own pace.

Hope you enjoy this Despacito Guitar Tutorial and I’ll see you next week!

-James

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