Learn to Play Some Very Easy Songs For Beginners on Guitar
Learning easy songs on guitar is essential for a beginner to guitar and there are many classic songs that are very easy to play.
In fact a beginner can build up a repertoire of easy songs even if they only know a few chords, so get going straight away and learn something.
Van Morisson's classic hit Brown Eyed girl is a simple song to learn having just 4 chords with a simple singing melody and easy to learn words too.
The short intro riff can be left out because the chord sequence will adequately fill in.
The good thing about this song is that just about everyone in the world knows it too, so if you are brave enough to play it for family or friends then you'll find people joining in pretty quickly and so this also helps and is a real confidence booster.
Nothing in music feels better than getting an audience to participate.
It also means that if you are not used to singing and playing, once people join in you are able to concentrate on your playing.
This song is perfect as the chords just fit together so well and there are no tricky chord changes.
The chords are as follows.
The 3 main chords are G, C, and D7, but what Van Morisson does is what is called a 'turnaround' so that the sequence actually use 4 chords but he repeats one of the chords like this, (G) "hey where did (C) we go, (G) the days when the (D7) rain came and so on.
" This then leads into a short prelude to the chorus still using the same 3 easy chords but in a slightly different order plus Em, this being C, D7, G, Em...
"And you, my brown eyed Girl, you my brown eyed girl" then just hangs on D7, "Do you remember when, we used to sing and then the chords in the chorus simply repeat the same as the verse.
G, C, G, D7 "sha la la la la...
" At this point, your audience will be singing along.
Guaranteed! It's a superb easy song to learn on guitar and what I admire about this song is the simple yet effective arrangement.
It's genius really, but you really do not need to be a genius to learn how to play it.
I also like the theme of this song which is the much used 'boy meets girl in a small town'.
This theme has been used in so many classic songs but it is still a winning formula.
Take The River by Bruce Springsteen, Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams or John Cougars Jack and Diane.
In fact a beginner can build up a repertoire of easy songs even if they only know a few chords, so get going straight away and learn something.
Van Morisson's classic hit Brown Eyed girl is a simple song to learn having just 4 chords with a simple singing melody and easy to learn words too.
The short intro riff can be left out because the chord sequence will adequately fill in.
The good thing about this song is that just about everyone in the world knows it too, so if you are brave enough to play it for family or friends then you'll find people joining in pretty quickly and so this also helps and is a real confidence booster.
Nothing in music feels better than getting an audience to participate.
It also means that if you are not used to singing and playing, once people join in you are able to concentrate on your playing.
This song is perfect as the chords just fit together so well and there are no tricky chord changes.
The chords are as follows.
The 3 main chords are G, C, and D7, but what Van Morisson does is what is called a 'turnaround' so that the sequence actually use 4 chords but he repeats one of the chords like this, (G) "hey where did (C) we go, (G) the days when the (D7) rain came and so on.
" This then leads into a short prelude to the chorus still using the same 3 easy chords but in a slightly different order plus Em, this being C, D7, G, Em...
"And you, my brown eyed Girl, you my brown eyed girl" then just hangs on D7, "Do you remember when, we used to sing and then the chords in the chorus simply repeat the same as the verse.
G, C, G, D7 "sha la la la la...
" At this point, your audience will be singing along.
Guaranteed! It's a superb easy song to learn on guitar and what I admire about this song is the simple yet effective arrangement.
It's genius really, but you really do not need to be a genius to learn how to play it.
I also like the theme of this song which is the much used 'boy meets girl in a small town'.
This theme has been used in so many classic songs but it is still a winning formula.
Take The River by Bruce Springsteen, Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams or John Cougars Jack and Diane.
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