5 Easy Guitar Songs For Beginners
Learning how to play a guitar is exciting, and even though it takes some time to be able to play a real tune and play it
well, there are easy guitar songs for beginners that you can learn to play fairly quickly.
These songs are great for beginners, because it gives you the instant satisfaction of being able to see the progress that you have made in a very short time.
You can compare it to learning how to walk. When you begin to walk as a child, you do not just start running. First you sit up, then you stand, then you crawl, then you walk and finally you run.
By playing easy tunes first you set yourself for success because you are reinforcing what you have learned while enjoying making real music.
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Some Songs are Better than Others
Just because a tune is short does not make it easy, and by the same token just because a song is long does not make it difficult. A lot of standard jazz songs for example are quite short but often involve complicated chords during the middle 8.
Here are my 5 top easy guitar songs for beginners:
- A Horse With No Name (only 2 chords)
- American Pie
- Bad Moon Rising
- That'll Be The Day (apart from the intro- I'll teach you that later)
- C'mon Everybody
I'll be posting video lessons on how to play these songs soon.
Some Tunes Make Learning Easy
Of course you could begin your music career by learning just any old song, but why choose baptism by fire? By choosing an easy song to learn first you are building a foundation of skills which you can apply to harder songs later on down the road.
The point of choosing an easy to learn guitar tune is to practice the basics as you enjoy actually playing a song. When you have fun playing your guitar you are more likely to practice often, and when you practice often you will become more proficient in your skills on the guitar.
Gradually you can increase your songs to more challenging musical pieces while still enjoying playing your guitar.
Choosing an easy song will help you read music better, because you already know what the song is supposed to sound like. By already hearing the song in your head, you can learn to read the music correctly as you get more proficient with your instrument. This helps you in two ways.
1. By reading the musical annotations as you play a song that you are familiar with, you can hear the music as you read it.
2. By listening as you play, you are developing your ear to be able to pick up melodies without any sheet music at all.
When trying to find easy to learn guitar tunes, take care to select a tune that is appropriate for building your foundational guitar playing skills. Find a song you know, and then practice the tune while reading the music for the song. Soon enough you can add your own personal style to the song, and you will be on your way towards becoming a true musician.
Don’t forget, practice makes perfect!
Final tip: Start learning with an easy to play song on your guitar.