At Guitar Tricks® we make learning how to play songs a lot of fun!
Our instructors cover every section of the song slowly at first, and once you get each part down you get to play along with a professional backing band! For difficult songs we offer a 'Songs Made Easy' version for beginners, which is simplified to the basic chords and one guitar part.
Each song includes accurate guitar tabs as well as standard music notation.
Free Lesson: Sweet Home Alabama (Made Easy!)
Anders will show you this classic Southern Rock anthem in a version that has been made easy, so you can hang at any level.
This is a really fun song that almost everyone knows, and it features three basic chords repeating throughout the whole song, so if you can learn and perform even the simplest version of it, it is bound to pay off.
Mike will show you the 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is a clean electric guitar that plays the rhythm guitar parts. Guitar 2 is a crunch electric guitar that plays some power chords and licks.
Mike will show you the 3 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is an acoustic guitar that lays a steady strumming foundation for the tune. Guitar 2 is a clean electric guitar that adds some strums and arpeggiations to help build the arrangement. Guitar 3 is a crunch electric guitar that plays some vibey lead guitar.
Mike will show you the 2 electric guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 is a clean guitar that plays variations on a static bluesy riff in A. Guitar 2 is the lead guitar that adds some lead fills throughout.
Mike will show you the acoustic guitar part to this laid back easy rock tune. Any acoustic guitar is suitable to play along with this tutorial. The tune starts out with a descending series of chords played with a laid back groove. This becomes the verse section. The chorus is the same chord progression played with slightly differently finger picking. There’s also a bridge that changes up the progression and builds the arrangement.
Mike will show you the 2 guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 plays harmonics that outline the chord progression, while Guitar 2 is a heavy crunch guitar that plays some dropped D style riffs in the arrangement.
Mike will show you the 2 guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 is an acoustic guitar that uses a capo and an alternate tuning to strum out the foundation of the tune. Guitar 2 is a light crunch electric guitar that adds some nice fills and simple chord strums to help build the arrangement.
Mike will show you the 2 guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is a rhythm electric guitar that lays down a steady strumming foundation for the tune. Guitar 2 is an acoustic guitar that adds an arpeggiated part to the verses.
Mike will show you the 3 guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 features an octave down whammy effect playing single note riffs throughout the tune. Guitar 2 features a gritty tone and a slide to play the rhythm parts, and Guitar 3 is a fuzz lead guitar that handles the solo.
Mike will show you the 2 clean electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is a rhythm guitar that lays down a steady foundation for the tune. Guitar 2 is the lead guitar that also plays some funky riffs throughout.
Caren will be teaching you a classic 70s radio rock song, Lucky Man by ELP, a prog rock band. In this tutorial we’ll learn a simple beginner approach to play along with the band. There are both acoustic & electric guitar layers in original version. But at the core this song is a strong vocal melody backed by a strummed acoustic guitar!
Mike will show you the 2 guitar parts in this song. Guitar 1 is a shimmery clean electric guitar that strums the chord progressions. Guitar 2 is an overdriven electric guitar that plays a few lead fills and an extended, emotional outro solo.
Mike will show you the single electric guitar layer in this song. It’s a clean guitar that plays some dreamy arpeggiations throughout. On the recording, the guitar plays only half the time, so we’ve added an R&B rhythm guitar approach any guitarist would typically play to cover the missing sections.
Mike will show you this classic rock tune in a Made Easy format with simplified chords and a straight forward strumming pattern. Any guitar, acoustic or electric, can be used to play this song.
Mike will show you this classic rock tune in a Made Easy format with simplified chords and a straight forward strumming pattern. Any guitar, acoustic or electric, can be used to play this song.
Mike will show you this classic rock tune in a Made Easy format with simplified chords and a straight forward strumming pattern. Any guitar, acoustic or electric, can be used to play this song.
Mike will show you the song’s 2 acoustic guitar layers. Guitar 1 is the main guitar part that drives the tune with some single note motifs and strong strumming. Guitar 2 adds some higher ornamentations in the intro and reintro sections.
Mike will show you the 2 electric guitars in this song. Guitar 1 is a rhythm guitar that lays down a steady foundation for the tune. Guitar 2 is an effected crunch guitar that adds a melodic layer to the tune.
Mike will show you how to play this modern R&B pop ballad that we’ll learn on acoustic in a made easy style with open and barre chords and a simple strumming pattern.
Mike will show you this modern pop ballad using open and barre chords and a simple strumming pattern. We’re also including a bonus lesson that shows a few advanced approaches to make the parts sound more like the original recording.
Mike will show you this modern pop ballad in a made easy arrangement on acoustic guitar with simple open chords and strums. Any acoustic guitar is suitable to play along with this tutorial.
