One of the best ways to learn to play guitar is by starting out is by learning some simple songs. Pick some that are not too hard so you can master them fairly easily. There are some real benefits of using this method to learn to play guitar and they are as follows:-

1. In order to learn the correct rhythms and timing of a song playing easy songs will be a lot easier than trying to play a hard song. Often a beginning guitar player will be able to get some of the basics down just by listening to an easy song. This is a lot harder to do with a more complex song.

2. By starting out with easy songs to play on the guitar you will be giving yourself time to develop an ear for music. The more time you spend listening to easy songs the better you will find yourself getting at picking out the different parts to the song.

Staring out with easy songs to play on the guitar should speed up your skill level pretty fast.

There are a lot of different ways to find easy songs to play on the guitar and the first place you should look is the Internet. You can also find books on the subject at any local music store or through different websites. There are also places like Amazon or one of the many different online retailers that are available.

One book that is certainly good for this purpose is “Beatles Complete”. The first reason being is that it The Beatles and the second and probably the most important is that many of their songs were composed with relatively few but very easy to play chords such as those that appear in “I saw her standing there” which only has three. Also they do have songs that contain many unorthodox chords as well such as “Michelle”. This is certainly a great way for any one to learn new chords incrementally.

So why not get on the Internet and type easy songs to learn on the guitar into your favorite search engine and see what you can find. You will be amazed at what is out there.