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8 Awesome Split Measure Songs For Guitar Beginners Are you right on the edge between being a very much beginner guitar player, and a not so much of a beginner guitar player?   If so, you’re probably ready to play songs where the chord changes come faster than every measure–and in this blog post I’ve picked out eight easy beginners songs for you to practice chord changes on which feature “spl

12 Easy Guitar Songs For Beginners With A Major Chords   If you’ve just learned an A chord, you are in the right spot to begin mastering it with fun and easy songs!  In this blog post, I’ve listed a DOZEN beginner friendly songs which feature an A chord–and not too many other chords–so that you can concentrate on your A chord chops!  I’m even including links to the audio and music

14 Easy Best Strum Songs With G, C and D   Do you know the “best strum?”  If you do, you love it! It is the most used strum in guitar, because it sounds amazing–it is syncopated and driving and beautiful.  At NYC Guitar School we started calling it “the best strum” in 2006. Over a decade later…it’s still the best!   The best strum is a 4/4 strum pattern that combines half of a basic st

13 Easy Basic-Strum Songs With G, C and D   Have you started to mix down strums with up strums?  Awesome! That probably means that you have learned the “basic-strum,” also descriptively referred to as the “down, down-up” strum or the “boom chuck-a” strum.  And it means you will benefit from playing your basic strum with real songs!   But as a beginner, it can be tricky to find songs that match you

Play 8 Awesome Beginner Friendly Guitar Riffs That Can Be Played With Beginner Friendly Open Chords Like G, C, D, A and E   What is a GUITAR RIFF? A riff is a memorable sequence of notes or chords.  A good test if something qualifies as a riff is this:  if you hear it one time, do you know what the song is? If you do, you’re probably listening to a riff.  Think of the opening notes to “Sweet

Play 13 Easy Beginners Songs On Guitar Using The C Chord When beginning guitar players learn the C chord, it’s a HUGE moment.  For some reason, maybe because it is a little more stretched out, many beginners find the C chord challenging–but once you learn it, you have unlocked exponential guitar growth. That is why I refer the the C chord as the “Rubicon” of guitar.  When Julius Cesar crosse

14 Easy Four Chord Songs for Guitar Beginners With G, Em, C and D7 Guitar may take a lifetime to master–but unlike the harpsichord and trombone, beginning guitar players can start making beautiful and awesome music RIGHT AWAY. Of course, as a beginner, it can be hard to find songs that match your level.  This blog post is written EXPRESSLY for students who know D, G, A7 and/or G, Em, C and D

Over years of teaching people how to play guitar, I have become convinced that anyone who wants to play, can play. The most important musical talent is not a good ear, or a good sense of rhythm, although these gifts are important and should be developed. No, the most important talent is that of desire. If you enjoy music enough to want to play the guitar, then you are musical enough to learn to pl

What sort of guitar do you listen to? If you like classical or flamenco music best, learn on a classical guitar. If you like country or folk or acoustic music or much rock, learn on an acoustic guitar. If you like ska, punk or heavy metal best, learn on an electric. If you will play many types of music, a steel strung acoustic guitar is the best general choice–but if you have access to a free guit

Watch Jeff from New York City Guitar School show us how to play the arpeggio lick from Steve Morse’s “Too Many Notes”! Click here to learn more about Jeff!

Eliane from New York City Guitar School helps us play the famous lick from Guns N’ Roses famous song, “Sweet Child O’ Mine”. Click here to see more of Eliane!

Deen from New York City Guitar School teaches us how to play the lick from Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You”! Click here to meet our teachers!

Watch Vincent from New York City Guitar School show us how to play the lick from Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”! Click here to learn more about Vincent!

Eliane from New York City Guitar School helps us play the lick from MGMT’s “Time to Pretend”! Click here to learn more about Eliane!

Tia from New York City Guitar School demonstrate how to incorporate tapping into a lick! Click here to learn more about Tia!

Suke from New York City Guitar School shows us how to play a lick with a killer slide using the Am Pentatonic scale in 1st position. Click here to learn more about Suke!

Watch Matt from New York City Guitar School demonstrate this lick that uses the A minor Pentatonic scale in 5th position! Click here to meet our teachers!

Kyle from New York Guitar School shows us how to bend the strings behind the nut. Enhance your playing with this cool new technique! Click here to learn more about Kyle!

Michelangelo from Brooklyn Guitar School demonstrates how to play the lick from Dire Straits’ famous song, “Sultans of Swing”. Click here to learn more about Michelangelo!

Watch Dan Emery of New York City Guitar School play his very first Lick of the Month! This lick is based on the ever-famous blues vamp. Click here to learn more about Dan!

You may know that a chord is a little arrangement of your fingers pressing down on the strings of the guitar. Further, you may have heard guitar playing friends throw around many names of chords, such as “C major, D minor, E seventh, and F suspended flat five”. “How many of these things will I have to learn?” you ask yourself in dismay, for the prospect seems daunting. Fear not! With only a baker’