Category: Beginner Acoustic Guitar

Learn how to play the Am9 guitar chord (also known as A minor 9, A Minor 9th) with this free beginner chord lesson. This lesson will cover a very simple way to play the A Minor 9 chord.  There are other ways to play this chord, but I wanted to introduce the easiest way so...

Learn how to play the song “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley with this free guitar lesson.   This song was actually written by Leonard Cohen, but was made famous by Jeff Buckley.   Jeff’s version was recorded for his 1994 debut album “Grace” and has been called one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.  Unfortunately, Jeff did...

Learn how to play the easy acoustic guitar song “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival with this easy guitar lesson. This song was released back in 1969 by CCR and was written by John Fogerty. It was a popular single from their album “Green River“. This song reached #2 on the Billbaord Hot 100...

Learn how to play the Am11 guitar chord (also known as A minor 11, A Minor 11th) with this free beginner chord lesson. The A Minor 11 Chord  is found by locating the 1,  b3,  5,  b7,  9,  11 steps of the  A Major Scale: A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G# , or the notes...

Learn how to play “Broken” by Lifehouse with this free guitar lesson.  “Broken” is off the album Who We Are and was released in 2008.  This song reached #95 on the Bilboard Hot 100 Chart.  You can read more about this song over at Wikipedia. This is a really simplified version of this song for...

Learn how to play the E6 (also known as E Major Sixth, EMaj6, E Major 6th) chord, with this free guitar lesson. The E6 Chord is found in the E Major Scale: E F# G# A B C# D# E. It is made up of the 1 , 3, 5 and 6 of this scale....

Learn how to play “Don’t Be Cruel” as performed by Elvis Presley with this free guitar lesson. This song was written by Otis Blackwell and then recorded by Elvis back in 1956. It is by far one of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time and made Rolling Stones list of the 500...

Learn how to play the basic beginner guitar chord F Minor 6 (Also known as Fm6 or F Minor 6th) with this free guitar chord lesson. Technically speaking, the chord shape you will learn in this lesson is a chord inversion.  This means that instead of the bass or lowest note of the chord being an “F”,...

The D Minor 11 Chord  is found by locating the 1,  b3,  5,  b7,  9,  11 steps of the  D Major Scale: D, E, F#, G, A, B, and C# , or the notes D, F, A, C, E and G.  The “b3” symbol translates to “Flattened 3rd” , which means we simply lower the 3rd...

Learn how to play the song “Live Like We’re Dying” as performed by Kris Allen with this free guitar lesson. This song is a hit single from his debut album  Kris Allen. Kris was the American Idol season 8 winner as I am sure you already know. This song was originally recorded and made popular...