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?

The good news is there are 100s of easy guitar songs out there just waiting for you but please make sure youve prepared correctly and dont rush into them. This will almost certainly result in you feeling frustrated and de-motivated.

It could be that you are already well versed in the standard beginner guitar songs such as Please Mr. Postman, Knockin on Heavens Door or Stand by Me however many more exist. Each era of music has dished up its own collection of simple guitar songs 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!

Converting songs this way will greatly increase how many beginner guitar songs are available to you to choose from. Aside from this it will also mean that you can escape the traditional ones everyone else can play and enjoy more freedom and scope.

Please put time into learning your basic chords and strumming patterns before attempting to play songs. I know its easy to want to rush into playing songs and these beginner guitar songs look very tempting! But honestly its a mistake to attempt them too soon and before you are ready.

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.

So try to follow that process of practice and preparation, it really will make life easier in the long run. Once you get your first few beginner guitar songs down the rest will follow very quickly.

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