Listen to little Helena Klein, just 7 years old at the time this was filmed, sing this at my first-ever Jam.īe Here to Love Me – Norah Jones – Not a very well-known song, but if you love Norah, you’ll love this one. The First Cut is the Deepest – Sheryl Crow – Just four easy chords. If students want to learn the whole song, I re-tune them to drop-D and have them play power chords on the 6th and 5th strings. The Smoke on the Water riff, played in “E” on the 6th string, is super-easy and sounds cool. Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple – Young students are often best introduced to the guitar with single-note riffs or licks instead of chords. Thank goodness for Good Riddance–a four-chord acoustic song that, when slowed down and strummed using the folk strum, is easy but still rocks Unfortunately, most require power chords, which are easy to play after a few months of practice, but what do you do in the mean time? Most easy songs sound like Mary Had a Little Lamb to these kids’ ears. Good Riddance – Green Day – Most of my younger students are into the pop-punk bands like Blink 182, Bowling for Soup, Sum 41, All American Rejects, Good Charlotte, and of course, Green Day. When I play along to fill in the bass notes, it sounds great. Then they can play the whole song using just one finger on the second string: 3rd fret for Em7, 2nd for Em6, 1st for C, and open for Em.
With really young kids–5 through 8 years old–I mute the three bass strings with a piece of felt. I teach it using the folk strum or 8th note downstrums. Use the folk strum.Įleanor Rigby – Beatles – My guitar arrangement of this song has just two chords during the verses (Em and C), and a very cool-sounding voice leading part in the chorus (Em7, Em6, C, Em). It’s the easiest guitar song I know, and it sounds great when I play the electric guitar riff over it. It can be played with just two chords (E and A) if you simplify the chorus. These are the most common songs and riffs I use in the first few lessons with my beginner students.įor What it’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield – No one knows the name of this song, but most adults recognize it by ear.
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For the songs that involve more than simple strumming, I recommend doing an internet search for tabs or Guitar Pro files. Most titles are linked to chord charts I’ve written for my students.
Here’s a list of Gifts From the Guitar Gods, starting with the easiest songs I know for total beginners, and ending with some divine intermediate songs for mortal fingers. Usually, gorgeous guitar songs are out of a beginner’s reach–my private students will often ask me to teach them a song by a virtuoso like Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, Suzanne Vega, or James Taylor, and I have to either simplify the song until it’s barely recognizable, or tell the student to wait (which throws my little teacher’s heart into spasms).īut every once in a while, the guitar gods hand us a gift–a song that’s both beautiful and easy to play. “Wish You Were Here” is such a great song for beginning and intermediate guitar players. “Hey Zeus, check out this cool riff I learned!”Ī couple days ago a blog visitor was telling me how much she was enjoying learning “ Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd, and asked me if there were some similar songs I could recommend.
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