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So you have been playing the guitar for a while and you are looking for a great song to learn on guitar and before you decide which song is a great song to learn on guitar you need to ask yourself a few questions. These tips can help you decide on which song is best for you to learn on guitar.
A great song to learn on guitar is usually a song you like
Let’s face it if you don’t like a song you are not going to be very enthusiastic to learn it, but sometimes that’s not always the case as it has happened that I ended up hating songs because I was trying to learn them as their was very few chord changes or some awkward progression. Then there was songs that I did not like but found they were fun to play. One song would be by the pop band “Take That” and their song patience which has this little slide from the F# to G note in the picking part as it helped my ear training at the time. On the other hand a song I love “Break on through” by the doors is probably one of the most boring songs to play on guitar as it’s basically just an Em and D however the song teaches you how to be more persistent playing a rhythm on the guitar so it could also be considered a great song to learn on guitar.
Choosing a songs you think are great to learn on guitar because they are popular songs on the guitar?
If you think it’s a great song to learn on guitar it probably is but sometimes it’s not a great song for a few reasons such as the progression is nothing new to you or the rhythm is so easy you don’t have to play the correct chords I am not giving examples but maybe someone can suggest one in the comments. But most popular songs are just using a few cowboy chords and the same strumming techniques throughout.
Sometimes The Best Songs To Learn on Guitar are songs that Teach you more about playing Guitar Try Looking Up Songs in A Key.
Dm is one of the most melancholic sounding guitar chords as like most minor chords and you have these song examples to choose from in the Key of DM on Uberchord and these possible progressions in the key of DM on this quick lookup guide for guitarists
The Chords Cadd9 and Em9 are great chords to learn if you don’t know how to play bright sounding guitar check out these songs using Cadd9 and Em9 like the song chords for Patience by Guns and Roses or the chords from The Boy from The Smashing Pumpkins
For Patience here I am using a cover version as it easier to relate to as a guitarist since it doesn’t have those 80’s overproduction sound. It also includes the chords and strumming patter using in the song and a slower type of singing style.
Great song to learn on guitar that is considered boring to play on guitar
Everyone has a different opinion on to what is interesting and boring on guitar to play so picking a great song as an example is tricky so I will leave that out here and let you decide in the comments below after you have read the rest of the article. There is an interesting discussion on Reddit about Boring songs to play in a band and even goes into detail on how pro’s feel about learning songs they don’t like and consider boring to play in a band. So don’t feel alone about finding guitar and even professional guitarists worry about this at times.
So it’s what do you consider a great song to learn on guitar?
For to truly find a great song to play on guitar it needs to be something flexible and have lots of diversity I asked this question to guitarist Paul Wildman of Lockdown licks and he recommends Black Magic Woman is a great song to play on guitar. As it can be strummed for a singalong by just following the chords as well as learning the detail of the solos and riffs. If you wish to learn the riffs and solos here Paul plays a solo in the style of Santana’s version of the Peter Green classic Black Magic Woman you can find this and other great songs to play on guitar. Including this featured lick and his other videos of licks and riffs on YouTube of great guitar songs to play and also on his Facebook Page for Riffs and Licks
