The whole reason for learning chords and strums on guitar is so that eventually you can start playing some beginner guitar songs but which ones should you begin with?

Well there are lots of them available. Assuming you have completed the necessary ground work youll be spoilt for choice and quickly building a list of easy guitar songs you can play.

Now most everyone knows of the classic, standard beginner guitar songs such as Wonderful Tonight or Stand by Me but there are so many more besides. A lot will depend on your own musical preference as each era of pop music has its own compendium to choose from.

Heres my first piece of real advice buy a Capo. They are available in many different designs and prices but essentially all do the same job ” make your life easier! They can get you out of having to learn Barre chords.

A quick look through beginner guitar songs will show you that they are almost always built from open chords and not the harder Barre chords. Having said this, by using a capo even harder songs can be converted into open chords and made suitable for beginners to play!

This practice will vastly increase the number of beginner guitar songs available for you to learn and help you to break out of learning just the standard, traditional ones everyone else can do.

Its important to do the necessary preparation work required before diving into songs. Yes beginner guitar songs can look easy and inviting but jump in too soon and you run the risk of wanting to give up if you still find them challenging. Its not that theyre too difficult or beyond your abilities, its that you havent put in enough basic practice and preparation.

As a guitar teacher I would say that 4 weeks of daily practice is enough for anyone with average ability for guitar to get properly prepared for beginner guitar songs.

Ive found that beginners respond best when each element required to play the songs is broken down and isolated before putting it all back together. This means that you should avoid trying to do everything all at once, master the chord progressions and strum required for the song separately.

When you follow this process youll give yourself the best possible chance of mastering beginner guitar songs quickly and easily. Good luck!

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