The D Chord [How to, Exercises, and Video Lesson]
The D chord is a challenge for new guitar players. Before diving in, make sure your guitar’s in tune, you’re in a comfortable position, and get ready to learn the…
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Learning to play guitar is an awesome journey that enriches lives and leads to personal fulfillment. If you want to learn to play guitar, you’ve come to the right place. At Acoustic Life, we’ve created an awesome 30 Days to Play Challenge with plenty of guitar lessons that will teach you how to play guitar while having fun! These are beginning guitar lessons that will help you feel confident on the fretboard and get you started on your acoustic guitar journey.
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Guitar Strumming Patterns [The Boom Chicka]
In our previous lesson, we focused on the boom chick strumming pattern. While the boom chick strumming pattern provided plenty of rhythmic diversity to your typical strumming pattern, the boom…
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Guitar Strumming Patterns [The Boom Chick]
When you first start playing the guitar, you might be wondering about different strumming patterns. Sure, you can play downstrokes on downbeats…but is there more? Today, we’re going to be…
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The Golden Rule of Strumming
Strumming a guitar is a foundational aspect of learning the guitar. Many beginning guitar players don’t take the time to learn strumming patterns or how to properly strum a guitar.…
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Guitar Strumming Patterns and Strumming 101
Learning to play the guitar is an exciting journey. It seems like everywhere you go there is something new to learn. One of the most important parts of playing the…
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How to Play Power Chords [3 patterns — endless uses!]
Power chords are an easy, fun, and accessible way to start playing songs on the guitar. That’s why I included power chords in my Ultimate Guide to Learning Guitar. In…
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Chord Transitions and Better Chord Changes on Guitar
When learning the guitar for the first time, forming chords can be a delightful experience. After all, you’re finally making some music on your guitar. If you are looking forward…
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Learn C and C Chord Finger Position
The C chord on guitar will show up in song after song after song. The C chord is one of the most common chords in music and it is an…
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Learn the G Chord (an Essential Guitar Chord)
As you sit down to learn the guitar, you may be feeling overwhelmed by how many different chords there are on the guitar. Fortunately for beginners, there are just a…
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How to Play Guitar Chords with Confidence
As you begin your guitar journey, you may be tempted to just look up songs or ask for advice from fellow acoustic guitar players. While there is nothing wrong with…
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