How to Play Guitar Songs for Beginners

I'm singing what I want to sing based on the emotion of what that day feels like. That's what comes out of my mouth and guitar. That impacts people. They know anything can happen. - John Mayer

Playing the guitar is only for individuals who have a strong interest in the skill. There are many people who just start out with playing chords on the musical instrument, without first knowing the basics. If you want to know how to play guitar songs for beginners, you need to be adept with guitar tablatures and the standard rhythmic styles used.

Along with holding guitar tabs with the chording hand, you also need to pay attention to the rhythm style of the strumming hand for the song to be played. If you get these two skills in sync, you can use specific chord combinations to fit the sound theme of the whole song. Let us get to know more about how to play songs on guitar.

If you see practically, any possible song can be played on the guitar. A song has a set of particular chords which are usually the ones in relative chord combinations.

Therefore, if you want to play easy guitar songs for beginners,  it is recommended to practice relative chords first. Practicing these combinations would effectively help you to find out which chord is supposed to be played for what type of tune.

Even if you are listening to the song for the very first time, you will be able to determine and play the chords correctly. This is because you would already be aware of the chord combinations.

A guitar song can start with any chord or scale. For a musician to determine chords of a complete song, he will need to determine which main scale it is starting in. Following are some primary chord combinations used in songs starting in a major chord.

A - D - E - A

C - F - G - C

D - G - A - D

E - A - B - E

G - C - D - G

These are only a few chord combinations. There are many more which start with 'sharps' and 'flats'. The same concept is to be used with songs starting with minor chords. Few of such chord combinations of these songs are Am - F - G, Bm - G - A, Em - C - D, and many others. An example can help you better understand. Suppose a song starts in the 'G' scale, if you are aware that G scale comprises the relative chords C and D, you can easily play the song.

An exception to this is when the song is composed of power chords or those which sound different from a standard scale. Such songs can only be played with thorough practice. For beginners, it is better to refer to a chord sheet and then play the songs.

Along with the chords, the kind of strumming you use is also important. First determine the rhythm of the song and then strum as per the beats. Also note that the strumming should go well with the changing of chords. Just try to play the songs mentioned in the following.

• (Everything I Do) I Do It for You - Bryan Adams
• Every Rose Has its Thorns - Poison
• When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating

• Country Roads - John Denver
• Hero - Enrique Iglesias
• Love Will Keep Us Alive - Eagles
• Brown Girl in the Ring - Boney M
• Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day

If you want some of the easiest songs to play on the guitar, you can choose simple nursery rhymes or Christmas songs. To become more comfortable playing these songs, it is suggested that you also learn to use minors. Hopefully, by now you might have got an idea regarding how to play guitar songs.