Isn’t it fun to be able to jam with your friends and have fun while someone is playing the guitar and everyone is singing along? Jam sessions among family and friends are a great way to bond and deepen relationships; and it is a very fun and enjoyable way to pass the time, too. Now that you are learning to play the guitar, it is also a good time to add to your goal list some songs to learn on guitar.
Playing songs on your guitar is a great way to apply the theoretical aspects of what you have been learning. There are songs to learn on guitar that are fairly easy for beginners to pick up, and it allows the beginner guitarist to experience the fun of playing songs without having to be so difficult, but still be able to provide some challenge, too. Aside from this, learning to play songs breaks the monotony of lessons, plus it gives the learning guitarist a chance to explore and learn new things, too.
To be able to play a song on your guitar completely and correctly is a big accomplishment for any guitarist. This is considered to be major milestone in a guitarist’s life, when you have been able to play a whole song and it sounds just right! There are songs that are within the beginner’s reach and ability to play, so let’s take a look at some of these songs.
One of the easy songs to learn on guitar is House of the Rising Sun by The Animals. It makes use of very simple guitar chords for beginners – Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am. The strumming pattern is also fairly easy to follow. Listen to the song and play along with it first, and then once you are confident enough, play it in front of your family or friends and wow them with your playing skills.
Another one of those easy songs to learn on guitar but will still help you greatly in your progress (and impress your family and friends, too, in the process) is Bob Dylan’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. It is an old song, but it is still very much appreciated by people who love music, and those learning the guitar because it is a good way for them to practice what they’ve learned. The chord progression for this song is G, D, Am7 and these chords are repeated all throughout the song. Easy, right?
Another one you can try to add to your repertoire of songs to learn on guitar is Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s Worth. The song is played in the key of E major, and the chords used for the entire song are E and A. It’s very easy, and it will help you a lot to master techniques such as strumming and chord changes.
Look up these songs we just talked about on YouTube so that you can give them a listen, and try to follow while it plays on the background. That is a very good way for you to learn to play a song – play your guitar along while it plays in the background until you have mastered the song. Try it out first without the music – play the songs slowly, get a feel of the chords you need to play and work out the strumming pattern. Don’t worry if you don’t get it right the first time, just keep practicing and playing. Once you think you have gotten down the basics, turn on the song and play along with it and see how you do. Don’t stress yourself out if you can’t keep up with the timing or the beat at first, because it will really take a lot of practice and patience on your part.
To be able to play the songs mentioned in this post, the first thing you’ll want to do is learn guitar chords. After that, it’s simply just a matter of putting everything together. These songs are just some of the easy ones that will help you along on your lessons. Don’t limit yourself to these songs, instead, go and look for more songs to learn and play so that you don’t get bored, and you get to challenge yourself. Once you have mastered a song, try to learn another one, and then master that, too. That way, you keep challenging yourself to learn more and to keep improving!