Easy Guitar Songs To Play On The Guitar
Posted on March 11, 2008 - Filed Under Easy Guitar Songs To Play
Music is the language of the soul, according to the old saying. It can speak to you and evoke certain feelings and emotions. Nearly everybody likes music of one type or another and many others want to learn to play an instrument, such as the guitar.
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Playing the guitar is a great way to express your feelings and sentiments. It is also a way of expressing your artistic skill and entertaining yourself and others. That is why millions of people want to learn to play the guitar or improve their playing ability.
When someone plays the guitar, other people assume they have either had professional lessons or taught themselves. Whichever way you go about learning, it is important to use the right techniques to play the guitar properly rather than develop any bad habits which might be hard to get rid of later on.
One great way of learning to play the guitar is to use some simple guitar songs. This makes it easier to understand the tablatures and gets you more used to playing. If you can “sight read” a particular song, it will be easier to learn how to play the guitar. This all depends on your musical experience.
Some experts think guitarists can sing along with songs and then learn it on the guitar as they go. An interest in the type of music you want to play is also a great help because you will be more enthusiastic about it all.
Using easy guitar songs in order to learn how to play the guitar helps the beginner to learn the rhythm and pace of the song. If you listen to the song first or, better still, pick something you already know, you will have a good idea of how it is supposed to sound. With this knowledge, you can practice getting the note pattern and tempo right.
If you use simple guitar songs to teach yourself to play, you will help to tune your ear for music. When you know how to listen well, you will be able to know if you are playing the right note or if you have made a mistake. You will also know if your notes are slightly off key and if your guitar needs to be tuned up.
Using these easy guitar songs can make a huge difference in your ability to learn the guitar. It is, of course, much more difficult to learn the instrument if you are not able to have easy tools such as easy songs and a guitar. And remember - take your time because practice makes perfect!
How To Improve Your Guitar Playing
I have been playing the guitar for 20 years and have never taken a lesson, and I play guitar quite well I might add. However, this year for Christmas I was given a DVD of a guitarist teaching you how to play fast. Now prior to me watching this DVD, I was a good guitarist. After watching the DVD and practicing these techniques that this guitarist was teaching, techniques I couldn’t master teaching myself, my playing has increased it’s speed sevenfold. I can go from one end of the neck to the other and back with little effort now. It is all technique.
Now that being said, I am going to discuss of few of these technique:
Alternate picking - Alternate picking is where your pick remains in an up/ down motion even while changing strings. You should consistently play up, down, up, down, up, down. Practicing this for a couple of hours and you notice how better your playing flows.
Alternative picking - Alternative picking is where your pick hand may go down, down, down, up, down, up, down, up, down. It is a cross that is in between sweep and alternate picking. This method is sometimes referred to as hybrid picking as well.
Sweep picking - Sweep picking is most often used in conjunction with arpeggios, that is, notes in a scale that form a chord, whether it be the 1st, 3rd, and 4th or whatever. You will repeat the notes from low to high or high to low, but your pick stays in a steady up or down motion over the group of strings. If you need more than one note on a particular string you should hammer-on or pull-off and never stop the downward or upward motion of your pick.
Hammer-on and pull-off - This is where you pick the string once and use your fretting hand to continue hitting notes that you won’t to play with out picking them. The ascending notes is known as a hammer-on and descending is a pull-off.
Tremolo picking - What is tremolo picking? It is where you take your picking hand and you pick a single note on the guitar as fast and steady as you possibly can.
Does equipment matter?
Does my gear make a difference as to how I play?
The answer to that question in one word is yes. If you play on a cheap guitar, that is perfect if you are beginning. But whenever it comes time to nail that “solo of the year”, you should never play on anything that doesn’t feel perfect to you.
Your guitar should become an extension of your body, that is, it should feel natural. That is one of the most important things when you are playing. If the guitar doesn’t feel right, you may actually not be playing at your full potential. For instance, I have a Peavey EVH Wolfgang that I bought 10 years ago and whenever I pick that guitar up and start playing, I don’t have to look to see where my hand goes. I don’t even have to think about where the notes are. My hand automatically hits the notes for me.
I have been playing for 21 years now, however, the instrument makes a big difference on how you play. My rhythm guitarist recently bought a new guitar and asked me to play it and it was a bad experience for me.
For any guitar player, I recommend going to a store and playing a guitar for hours if possible to make sure that the guitar feels natural to you. In the long run it will pay off. And I am not saying to purchase the guitar on that day, by any means. I can guarantee you that you will find the same guitar that you are looking at in the store cheaper on the internet with very little exceptions.
Once you get a new guitar, make sure that your strings are good. Now, every guitarist has a different choice of strings. Maybe they are on a budget or maybe they are just partial to a particular brand because they have had good luck. But most professionals, minus the ones who are given a nice endorsement contract, choose Elixir. These strings cost a few more bucks than most guitar strings, however, the end result is well worth it. If you are on a budget, instead of having to change your strings every month or two because they rust, you won’t deal with that. Fifteen years ago whenever I was in college, I was strapped for cash. The college bought me a set of Elixirs, and that set of strings remained on my guitar for 14 months! They never rusted or went flat.
If you are on a budget and can’t afford new strings very often and your strings rust, there is another little trick that will help your sound. Take the strings off, put them in a boiler with water and put them on your stove top. Bring them to a boil, turn the burner off and let them cool. Put them back on the guitar and they sound and feel like a brand new set of strings.
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The last thing that we are going to cover is effects. What effects are good and what effects aren’t good? That question is tough. You will find that it is six to one and half a dozen to another. The fact is, your effects should sound good to you. Should you spend thousands on effects? NO!
The fact of the matter is, I have a program on my computer that I use that I actually use to model my effects after. It came with the purchase of an M-Audio Fast Track recording interface and the program has great reverb, chorus, delays, and more. I will record a bit, take the disc to a guitar shop with me and try out effects boxes. Once I find one that emulates the sound that I have on disc, I come home and do my homework for pricing. Once I find the best price, I purchase the effect. Within a couple of days the box reaches my door and I have saved a few dollars and got the sound that I am looking for.
It is good advice once again to go to a music store, pick up several guitars and effects and amps for that matter and try them until you find the ‘One’. Then do your homework on the internet and find the best choice for you.
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
So you have decided the acoustic guitar is the instrument for you. What are the first steps to take to get your guitar playing off to a flying start? How about we cover the really basic stuff here, like what kind of music will I be playing? Am I aiming to be a professional guitarist? What type of amplifier do acoustic guitar players use, and what strings are best for which genre of music?
After we have covered these topics you will have a clear idea of the way ahead in your guitar playing career.
Right, so what is your acoustic guitar repertoire going to consist of? Which music attracted you to the acoustic guitar should really be your guide here. The most obvious acoustic genre for many people is folk music. This genre really took off as a form of popular music in the 1960’s and now there’s a tremendous volume of material for you to choose from. A lot of musicians who are interested in singing ballads go for the acoustic guitar because it’s so easy to pick up the instrument and go ahead and sing. Providing your guitar is in tune of course. But in general the acoustic guitar is a great companion for the ballad singer because it won’t compete with your vocals.
While we are on the subject of repertoire, don’t forget the acoustic guitar is ideal for singing your own simple arrangements of popular songs from many styles of music. Two examples of rock and roll songs that were hits all over again as acoustic ballads are “Layla” by Eric Clapton and “Light My Fire” originally recorded by The Doors, and reworked by Jose Feliciano.
The question of which amp to use is a matter for experimentation and talking it over with more experienced guitarists. Generally speaking you wouldn’t need any kind of effects for acoustic guitar music; it just needs to have the volume to reach your audience in a restaurant or hall. So just bear in mind you are looking for a nice clear sound from your amp to help carry your vocals rather than set up shop in competition with them.
The choice of strings for the beginner acoustic guitarist is a no-brainer. Learn on nylon strings till your fingers are toughened up. You will form callouses on the tips of your fingers during the first few weeks of playing, after that you can start on a steel string guitar if you wish without slicing your fingers. Regarding the sound of the different kinds of strings, nylon will give you a mellow, unobtrusive sound, and steel strings have a sharper sound which demands attention from the audience. This can augment your vocals and enable you to do solos if you want to.
Now you have got the basic topics covered all that’s left for you to do is enjoy your journey as an acoustic guitar player.
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