The whole reason for learning chords and strums on guitar is so that eventually you can start playing some beginner guitar songs but which ones should you begin with?

Well there are lots of them available. Assuming you have completed the necessary ground work youll be spoilt for choice and quickly building a list of easy guitar songs you can play.

It could be that you are already well versed in the standard beginner guitar songs such as Please Mr. Postman, Knockin on Heavens Door or Stand by Me however many more exist. Each era of music has dished up its own collection of simple guitar songs to choose from.

One of the most important things to own is a Capo. This simple device will allow you to play in many different keys and avoid, should you wish to, the challenge of mastering Barre chords.

Something in common for all beginner guitar songs is they are playable using the easier open chords. However, even harder songs written with Barre chords can be converted into open chords by your tutor or a little bit knowledge in music theory.

This practice will vastly increase the number of beginner guitar songs available for you to learn and help you to break out of learning just the standard, traditional ones everyone else can do.

Its important to do the necessary preparation work required before diving into songs. Yes beginner guitar songs can look easy and inviting but jump in too soon and you run the risk of wanting to give up if you still find them challenging. Its not that theyre too difficult or beyond your abilities, its that you havent put in enough basic practice and preparation.

In my experience as a guitar teacher I advise you to have at least 4 weeks of daily practice with chords and strumming before going further. This should be sufficient to prepare you for beginner guitar songs.

Ive found that beginners respond best when each element required to play the songs is broken down and isolated before putting it all back together. This means that you should avoid trying to do everything all at once, master the chord progressions and strum required for the song separately.

So try to follow that process of practice and preparation, it really will make life easier in the long run. Once you get your first few beginner guitar songs down the rest will follow very quickly.