The way I Select easy acoustic guitar songs
You want to sound good on the guitar on the first day. This makes you motivated to play more and learn more. The best way is to find easy acoustic guitar songs that have few chords and difficult parts to play. When you visit your local music store and look through all the music books how do you know which ones are easy to play. But you also want music that is contemporary and modern. No one wants to be playing “blowing in the wind” (sorry Bob) these days.
What I have done here is show you some great artists who write good music that is easy to play. You shouldn’t start out by buying an Eric Clapton album or perhaps Dave Gilmour’s latest tome. They might write brilliant music and you want to play their music but you need to learn the basics first. Do not look at guitar music but rather look at songs that have a simple set up and are not too fast.
No beginners can play fast music well so do not try it. You might think you are the new Bruce Springsteen but honestly he has more skill than you would believe and playing fast is a skill.
So who is writing good playable music for the beginner guitarist these days? This is a list of bands and solo artists that write great easy songs that you can play. Buy the easy play music for these people and you will be playing great music very quickly
Coldplay
U2 (choose carefully)
James Blunt
Razorlight
Tracy Chapman
Gabrielle
Van Morrison
Scouting for girls
The Feeling
Any country music artist. (They write simple well written songs that tell a story but do not require great virtuosity)
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