GUITAR SONGS FOR BEGINNERS - EASY SONGS FOR GUITAR

“SWEET HOME ALABAMA”

If you’re just starting out playing guitar and already have a basic knowledge of guitar notes, tuning a guitar and basic guitar chords, you probably understand that some songs are easier to play on guitar than others. Fewer chords changes equals more a simple song on guitar and therefore, an easier song on guitar. Two chord songs and three chord songs can be an good way to build up your guitar skills if you a fairly new guitar player as get used to using and positioning your hands and fingers. Starting with a simple song on guitar can be a fun way to begin learning to play guitar.

SONGS WITH A GUITAR

Of course many would say that not all great songs are songs with guitars but in my opinion, songs with a guitar are the best songs and any song can be arranged for guitar. It just depends upon whether .

EASY TO PLAY GUITAR SONGS

What are easy songs to play on guitar? Playing songs on guitar is more fun when you choose songs you love. Some of the best songs ever written are some of the easiest songs to learn on guitar. Here’s a good one to start on as a great beginner guitar song.

SWEET HOME ALABAMA - LYNRYD SKYNYRD

One of the best guitar songs for beginners guitar and is one of the easiest to play on guitar is “Sweet Home Alabama” by the great rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It’s technically a four chord song on guitar but it is mostly a three chord song throughout. It’s also a repetitive chord change D major to C major, to G major.

However, as Ed King from Lynyrd Skynyrd explains in this video with guitar teacher Marty Schwartz, there are multiple guitar parts on this beginner guitar song. Listen to the nuances that Ed King plays in this video. It’s the little parts and other stylistic elements that make the song great and what makes the band’s recorded version so tasty. But it can also be one of the easiest songs to learn on guitar and can build up your rhythm chops and get you play the basic rhythm of the song. As Ed King explains, it’s the picking part on the Fender Stratocaster combined with the Les Paul part that make the song a hit.

In this episode of Guitar Tours, Marty Schwartz sits down with the legendary guitar player Ed King who co-wrote Sweet Home Alabama with Lynyrd Skynyrd.