Shoot to thrill

This is the iconic song played by Ac Dc in  the Marvel movie The Avengers. Not only dose this song sound cool, but it is good to learn hammer-ons. A hammer-on is when you pluck a string before you put your finger down and then slam it down. The hammer-ons in this song are the two notes you play after you play the A major power chord. 

Power Chords

Now I am going to teach about power chords, the best way to do that is by teaching Ac Dc. The tabs  below are for their song Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. they are a little hard to read so I labeled the strings for you. If you have not noticed already the power chords shown below are just shortened versions of some of the 5 open major chords that you have already learned. The chords shown include E major, G major, D major. You might not know the 4th chord you play, it is the A minor chord. Between each of the power chords you let the last one ring out. 

e-------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------3--------|

G----------------------2-----------2--------|

D--2--------5--2-------2--2--------0--2-----|

A--2--------5--2-------0--2-----------2-----|

E--0--------3--0----------0-----------0-----|

 

e-------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------3--------|

G----------------------2-----------2--------|

D--2--------5--2-------2--2--------0--2-----|

A--2--------5--2-------0--2-----------2-----|

E--0--------3--0----------0-----------0-----|

 

e-------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------3--------|

G----------------------2-----------2--------|

D--2--------5--2-------2--2--------0--2-----|

A--2--------5--2-------0--2-----------2-----|

E--0--------3--0----------0-----------0-----|

 

e-------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------3--------|

G----------------------2-----------2--------|

D--2--------5--2-------2--2--------0--2-----|

A--2--------5--2-------0--2-----------2-----|

E--0--------3--0----------0-----------0-----|

 

First song

Here is the first song that a guitar player with the skills can learn. When it has the letter D over nibbling that is when you play the chord. The only chord you don't know yet is the A7 chord. It is included below. I would recommend that you listen to the song first on YouTube so you know  how fast the song is played. 

Guitar Open Major Chord Scales

These are the scales that coincide with the five open major chords that I taught earlier. They are the  C, A, G, E, D major chords. When playing these scales I would recommend that you start off slow. Before you move on to the next you should learn the first one forwards and backwards. Once you have learned them all you can play the chord progression C A G E D and play the scale after each one of the chords. Even start off slow doing this, when I first started this I had some trouble moving from the last note in the scale to the root note in the next chord. The key to getting this down is practice. If you don't practice you wont get any better.

Finger independence

You can use this to increase your finger independence. Once you you can play this easier you should go back and try the other lessons. They will seem a lot easier now. I usually use a finger independence as an opener to my practicing sessions. With playing guitar finger independence is necessary. You need to be able to move your fingers separately from each other. When you go to a concert or watch a video on youtube, you see the awesome guitar solo that the lead guitarist performs, that requires years of practice and finger independence. 

Hand strength

This is the chromatic scale for guitar. You can use this to strengthen your hand. You put one finger per fret on the guitar. I would recommend that you should start slow then once you get familiar then you can speed up. 

Five Open Major Chords

Here are five open major chords to practice. I would recommend first mastering one before going to the other. Once you master these five then you need to practice switching from one to the other.

Intro

I have been playing guitar for 1 1/2 years. I had some trouble learning the basic skills needed to play better. It has taken some time, but I think I have a good enough grasp to relay my knowledge to other players in the world. This will mainly help the people who want to learn or are trying to learn to play guitar.