| Camp songs sound best on acoustic guitar which | | | | foot and developing your groove. It'salso a great song |
| brings us to our first problem ... how do you create an | | | | to play first at a practice session so your fingers can |
| interesting version of your favorite song that can be | | | | warm up. |
| played entirely on acoustic guitar? | | | | Song 2. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - an easy three |
| Even the best guitar players spend about 85% of their | | | | chord song that sounds great when played with a |
| time playing rhythm guitar accompanying singers and | | | | reggae beat. |
| other musicians at parties, jam sessions, gospel songs | | | | Knockin' On Heaven's Door (basic version) |
| at family get together'setc., | | | | G/ D/ | Am7/// |
| Which brings me to problem number two ...learning | | | | Knockin' On Heaven's Door (professional version) |
| guitar chords can be boring, and physically demanding, | | | | G/ D/F#/ | Am7/// |
| often the player is confronted with difficult chord | | | | The only difference with these two versions is the D |
| shapes that don't sound anythinglike the recorded | | | | F# chord, this chord is played as follows: |
| version. The end result is sore fingers and lack of | | | | First finger on the sixth string, second fret, mute the |
| motivation. | | | | fifth string (as we did with the D69/F# chord), second |
| Here's 5 easy songs to learn and keep in your | | | | finger on the third string, second fret and the third |
| repertoire, you will be glad you these! | | | | finger on the second string, third fret. |
| Song 1. Horse With No Name - this is an excellent | | | | Song 3. Last Kiss - a four chord song based on a |
| song to learn first, the entire song can be played using | | | | very popular chord progression. |
| only two chords. | | | | G/// |Em/// | C/// |D/// |
| Horse With No Name | | | | The entire song simply repeats this four bar chord |
| Em/// | D69/F#/// | | | | progression over and over, when you want to finish |
| D69/F# means a "D" six, nine chord with an F sharp | | | | the song play "G" chord. |
| bass note. | | | | Song 4. Stand By Me - definitely a favorite with the |
| The D69/F# chord sounds as if it would be difficult to | | | | crowd, notice how this song uses a variation of the |
| play, however it only requires the same two fingers | | | | chord progression we learned in "Last Kiss". |
| that you use when playing the Em chord. | | | | G/// |G/// | Em/// |Em/// |C/// | D/// |G/// | G/// |
| D69/F# is played with your first finger on the sixth | | | | Song 5. Hound Dog - a good twelve bar blues chord |
| string, second fret and your second finger on the third | | | | progression to get toes tapping! |
| string second fret. The important thing is to block | | | | A/// |A/// | A/// |A/// |D/// |D/// | A/// |A/// |E7/// |D/// | |
| (mute) the fifth string with the side of your first finger, | | | | A/// |A/// | |
| most players find this easy to do with a little practice. | | | | Certain songs are always popular at social gatherings, |
| Strum all six strings, remember only five will sound | | | | the good news is, many of these songs are easy to |
| because of the muted fifth string. | | | | play, in fact playing a really difficult song that may be |
| The significant thing about this song is that because | | | | impressive to other guitarists often goes way over the |
| there is only minimum movement required with your | | | | heads of the audience. Remember to keep things |
| chord shapes you can concentrate on tapping your | | | | simple! |