Do you find it really hard sometimes to learn some Blues songs on your guitar? Even when you are able to learn something, it still takes you a lot of time while for some people it tends to be a lot more different. Why can some people, who are also beginners, learn the same songs that you are learning a lot faster than you can? What are they doing differently? There's always a right and a wrong way of doing things.
Like I've said, there's a right and a wrong way of doing things. If it's taking you so long to learn a particular song on your guitar, then maybe you are doing something wrong. Here's how I believe you should learn guitar songs (this does not apply to only Blues songs, but to any other music genres as well):
1. Out of the thousands of songs that already exist, I'm sure there are many out there that you love and some others that you absolutely dislike. It's the same thing for everybody, but here's what I need you to do. I want you to get a little piece of paper and to write down a list of 10 songs that you really like. They don't necessarily have to be your favorite songs of all time, but instead just some songs that you really appreciate.
2. Once you've written them down, now go do some research on them, go find out what guitar chords do they consist of? Out of the 10 ones, some will be very easy to learn, consisting of only 4 - 5 chords while some harder ones will consist of 8 - 10 different chord progressions. Websites like ultimate-guitar(dot)com, chords(dot)com and 911tabs(dot)com can be very helpful. Once you've done your research, re-arrange your list of songs in a descending order, that is "easiest" song to learn will have be first on the list, down to the "hardest" song to learn last on the list.
3. Your list of 10 songs are ready, so now it's time for you to get to work. I'm hoping that you aren't an absolute guitar beginner but instead, I'm hoping that you already have some knowledge of basic guitar playing. If that's the case, then take your list and start practicing and learning the first song (the easiest one) on that list. Practice as much as possible and don't move on to another song until you know this one completely.
4. Once you've finished learning your first song on your list (hopefully it should not take you more than 4 - 5 days), you can move on to the second one. If it happens that the songs on your list are a bit hard to learn, then I would advise you to make another list. One thing that you could do is to look for the easy songs that you like, THEN you write them down on a piece of paper. But you HAVE to write them down! By doing so, the list will look like a reminder for you to always remember that you have to finish learning the songs that are on it.
5. Don't forget to practice a lot! There's a saying that goes like that; Practice Makes Perfect, and that is so true! Practice everyday and see how quickly your guitar skills will improve. And also, when you finish learning about 5 - 6 songs on your list, do go back and practice the first few ones again, just to make sure that you still remember them.
That's it! I hope you'll find many of the tips written above to be very useful. Apply them and I'm sure you will see some great results in no time! Besides this, if you are looking for a way to speed up your progress even faster, then I might have something for you. It's a very special tool that you can use while learning songs that will hugely boost your learning process. Believe me, you don't want to miss out on that one, so keep reading!
Like I've said, there's a right and a wrong way of doing things. If it's taking you so long to learn a particular song on your guitar, then maybe you are doing something wrong. Here's how I believe you should learn guitar songs (this does not apply to only Blues songs, but to any other music genres as well):
1. Out of the thousands of songs that already exist, I'm sure there are many out there that you love and some others that you absolutely dislike. It's the same thing for everybody, but here's what I need you to do. I want you to get a little piece of paper and to write down a list of 10 songs that you really like. They don't necessarily have to be your favorite songs of all time, but instead just some songs that you really appreciate.
2. Once you've written them down, now go do some research on them, go find out what guitar chords do they consist of? Out of the 10 ones, some will be very easy to learn, consisting of only 4 - 5 chords while some harder ones will consist of 8 - 10 different chord progressions. Websites like ultimate-guitar(dot)com, chords(dot)com and 911tabs(dot)com can be very helpful. Once you've done your research, re-arrange your list of songs in a descending order, that is "easiest" song to learn will have be first on the list, down to the "hardest" song to learn last on the list.
3. Your list of 10 songs are ready, so now it's time for you to get to work. I'm hoping that you aren't an absolute guitar beginner but instead, I'm hoping that you already have some knowledge of basic guitar playing. If that's the case, then take your list and start practicing and learning the first song (the easiest one) on that list. Practice as much as possible and don't move on to another song until you know this one completely.
4. Once you've finished learning your first song on your list (hopefully it should not take you more than 4 - 5 days), you can move on to the second one. If it happens that the songs on your list are a bit hard to learn, then I would advise you to make another list. One thing that you could do is to look for the easy songs that you like, THEN you write them down on a piece of paper. But you HAVE to write them down! By doing so, the list will look like a reminder for you to always remember that you have to finish learning the songs that are on it.
5. Don't forget to practice a lot! There's a saying that goes like that; Practice Makes Perfect, and that is so true! Practice everyday and see how quickly your guitar skills will improve. And also, when you finish learning about 5 - 6 songs on your list, do go back and practice the first few ones again, just to make sure that you still remember them.
That's it! I hope you'll find many of the tips written above to be very useful. Apply them and I'm sure you will see some great results in no time! Besides this, if you are looking for a way to speed up your progress even faster, then I might have something for you. It's a very special tool that you can use while learning songs that will hugely boost your learning process. Believe me, you don't want to miss out on that one, so keep reading!
About the Author:
Alfredo Menezi is an outstanding guitar player with a very huge knowledge of blues music. His "blues backing tracks" website is already a huge success with hundreds of new visitors each and everyday. Come and check it out to find out even more about his website and also about that very special tool that he wrote about.
