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Choosing the Best Songs
to Play on Your Guitar

Learning how to play the guitar isn't based only on learning how to strum chords but also includes learning to play specific songs. If you're a beginner, it may be a bit difficult to play songs on your guitar.

Here are some tips for beginners for choosing which songs to play:

1. The best time to choose songs and play a song is after you've mastered the basic skills of guitar playing. You should already know how to hold a guitar, strum and tune the guitar.

2. A beginner should be familiar with the chords choosing a song to play. You should know the basic chords as well as the more complicated ones before choosing a song.

3. You must practice shifting chords before playing a song. Practice by continuously, moving your fingers so you can learn several different chords. This will make your fingers more flexible when changing chords.

4. When choosing a song, choose songs that use only basic chords or start with songs that require only 2 or 3 chords for the entire the song.

5. The songs you choose shouldn't be too up-tempo so you can easily follow along with the chords and the speed of the song. A beginner may have a difficult time following the chords and shifting their  fingers if the song is too fast -- start with the slower, mellow songs.

6. The beginner can check out the songs such as "As Tears Go By" by the Rolling Stones, "Day Tripper" by the Beatles, "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees and "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones. You'll discover that these songs are easy to play with a guitar since they have simple chords and they're not too fast for beginners.

It's important to remember that beginners need not rush and jump into playing songs immediately. Be patient and learn the best time to play a song as you progress in your guitar playing skills.

Playing chords on your guitar is the greatest achievement for beginners and this is why it's important to choose easy songs first to avoid frustrations and pressure.