Learn How To Play “Lost Boy” by Ruth B on Guitar This week we have a fan request from Mark B. He wants to learn “Lost Boy” by Ruth B (no relation, I assume). The strumming pattern in this song includes a “root-strum.” If you need help figuring out what the root of each chord […]
“Adventure of a Lifetime” Guitar Tutorial – Coldplay Learn how to play the riff from “Adventure of a Lifetime” by Coldplay. It’s a fairly straight-forward riff comprised of single notes and pull-offs. And even though it’s a super long riff, each part of it uses a lot of the same bits, so it shouldn’t take
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How To Play “Working Class Hero” by John Lennon If you need the help, all of the chords used in this song (and strumming patterns, switching exercises, practice progressions…) can be found in our free eBook: https://goodguitarist.com/ebook-extras/ — In this video we show you how to play “Working Class Hero” by John Lennon. The song
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First Guitar Lesson for Absolute Beginners! This beginner guitar lesson was made with the absolute beginner in mind. This is the ONLY first guitar lesson for absolute beginners that you will ever need! We go over two beginner guitar chords (that sound pretty darn cool) and practice switching between them by playing the “chord switching
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The Easy Way To Play The F Chord on Guitar For most guitarists, their journey begins with some basic open chords. E, A, D, G, C, maybe some minor chords. But then the day of reckoning finally comes as you flip through songs and see it – The F chord. Guitar, up to this point
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4 Tips That Make Barre Chords Easier To Play While there is no such thing as an easy barre chord, however I’d like to show you have to play barre chords easier. With the proper techniques in place (and a little attention to detail) you can quickly master these shapes and start learning easy guitar
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Unlock The Fretboard – Play In Any Key Using Barre Chords (For Beginners) Learning barre chords for beginners can be a daunting task – let’s overcome this together! In Part I of our barre chord lesson (which you can find here) we learned the most common major and minor shapes and we started to work
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Everything You Need To Know About Barre Chords There are no SUPER easy barre chords, however with the correct technique (not strength!) you will be playing all over the fretboard in any key, in no time! Barre chords (not bar chords!) are movable shapes that are usually used to play chords that aren’t available in
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This was one of the first things I learned to play when I bought my first acoustic guitar (I started on electric) and I’m really happy to finally share this lesson with you all on YouTube. I’ve taught this song to over a hundred students and I still haven’t gotten tired of it! It’s excellent for building finger strength thanks to the Bb and C barre chords. It also incorporates chords into a lick and challenges the student to change chords quickly and cleanly.
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The Strum Slap – Add Some Guitar Percussion To Your Strumming It’s a great way to add another dimension to your strumming and after a while it’ll become so natural to your playing, you won’t even notice when you’re doing it! In this lesson we’ll go over what is commonly referred to as the strum
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