Easiest songs to learn guitar with?

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: dwell
Silverpig is right on. I started about a year ago and played a bunch of punk and popular rock. All I really learned was power chords.

Now I am trying to play The Beatles and such and it's a bitch. So I am focusing on really learning this time.

Here's a good PDF if the minor pentatonic scale. Actually that site has a ton of useful PDFs to download and print.

Get a metronome and bang out the scales on time. Start REALLY slow and get accurate, not fast. Speed will come in good time. The important part is to a) know the notes you are hitting and b) to hit them clean. Don't stop at pentatonic, go on to the standard major and minor scales as well. It's the only way you can really understand music.

I also bought a couple of these Gripmaster thingies in extra-light and light. They help build finger strength and more importantly finger independance when you are not playing the guitar.

The bottom line is, if you learn just tabs you are just aping around. It's like speaking the words to a book when you don't understand the language.

Wow. I love that site. I picked up the money solo in no time 🙂