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0:00 hey guys i'm michael from a sense of guitar lessons and let's do 15 songs using one finger and one string so heaps are easy guitar songs for beginners they're learning how to play using one string and one finger is the best place to start if you're a beginner gives you a good feel for the guitar before you try the harder techniques now I'll go through this slowly for the beginner and at the end do a quick version of all the songs for you don't forget to give us a like and subscribe heaps of songs and lessons to come you're having any problems with the songs or there's a song you'd like to learn leave a comment and I'll get back to you now before we start let me give you a few tips so you get the best out of those songs so start off the guitar and start with a puppet so it's like we're making a soft puppet put that under the neck and straight on then keep
0:48 your thumb straight so we don't want that off to the side there and keep your fingers straight as well we don't want those on an angle so thumbs straight and fingers straight exactly like our puppet and stick it straight on with your wrist make sure that's down under the neck of the guitar we don't want that coming over the top that'll force your thumb over the top as well try to keep your thumb lined up with the top of the neck or there abouts depending on your hand size fingers straight now when you're doing this we're going to be using our first finger for the songs so don't stick your other fingers right out or don't tuck them under just leave them near the strings but obviously not
1:35 touching and try and keep them fairly relaxed there also as we're moving up and down the neck make sure your thumb moves with you so our whole hand moves when we're playing up and down the neck we don't want to anchor our thumb and try and just move our hand around our thumb moves the whole time there now also in the songs we'll be doing some stops or we'll be stopping a note from ringing so I play a note just stick my hand so I'm taking the side of my hand here and just putting that on the strings to mute the sound or deaden the sound day so I play a note then I do a stop I just stick my hand on so let's start with we will rock you [Music]
2:24 so this is all gonna be played on a string using our first finger so 5 up from the bottom get you pick ready they take your first finger place that on the 9th fret try and get to the front of the fret now while I'm doing this I'll tuck my fingers under so it's a little bit easier if you just see try and keep your fingers next to the strings there so we have 9 for 1 then we come back a fret 8 for one come back two frets this time and we're on the six we do that once then back to four so fairly easy 9 singie and then we'll come back to the 6 so back up 2 frets we play that twice then we're gonna put a stop it
3:12 knee so just putting our hands on the strings to mute it and then we do that again 2 sixes and a stop she need up so let's put that together slowly and a little bit quicker and one more time up to speed so fairly easy one to get us started let's do Batman as well
4:01 so again on li string so far up from the bottom get you pick on that ready to go first finger again this time we're on the second fret as usual be to the front of the fret keep your thumb straight fingers closed so two times on the second fret then we just go back to the first fret set back one fret and we do that two times take your finger off now when you do that don't put your hand down and just lift your finger up off the string slightly to opens and then back to the first fret two times again and that's a little pattern we're gonna do that three times so two and a little
4:48 bit quicker up to speed and then to finish we just go back to the second fret and play that twice let's put that all together near so just start slightly with that one and build the Spade now let's do either Tiger so this one's new is gonna have lots of stops in it so all on the a string so at
5:34 top string there so get you pick ready the first finger eighth fret this time so one after the third dot on your neck there we play that once and then we put a stop in then we play eight 6/9 so we're just going back to fret c6 Knight stop and then we do that again stop and the last part we play eight again eight there were big jump all the way back to the third fret 3 for once and then up to the fourth ring once so slowly I stop [Music]
6:27 there's a big jump there from the eighth fret to the third free so a little tip there while you're playing the eighth fret look at your third fret that while you're spotting the fret and you'll go straight there don't wait until you've played the night and then look back at the third fret so I'm playing at eight I'm looking the third fret and I can jump straight to it then so let's do it again I stopped nine six I'd stop I stop and a little bit quicker and Optus boy
7:17 [Music] okay so another fairly easy one this time we've got a big jump in there so spot your freak now let's try the intro to dirty deeds let me play that for you so again would like some big jumps there so all on our a string again so could you pick ready there we play an open and get your first finger over the third fret ready to go don't push it on just have it ready there cuz that's it our next note so we play the open then the third fret for one then open again now we move up to the fifth fret we play that once open again so you slip your
8:04 finger off and then we move all the way up to the tenth fret we played that one once and then open now a trick to this one while you're playing the open that's when you move your hand up so we have no but three open and as I'm playing that open I move my hand up open so I don't wait until I have to move and play that fret I move up while the open strings ringing so [Music] let's do that again open five ting open and up display
8:56 [Music] so another fairly easy one to remember with that one while the open strings ringing move your head ready for the next note now let's try pair to the bye [Music] so again this one's on top a string so get you pick really they we play the open and the next night it's got to be the fifth fret so we have our first finger ready over the top of the fifth fret we play the open once and then the fifth fret once and then I'll do the same whose dirty days
9:43 when I play the next open I move my hand back ready for the third fret seventh fret open and then I do a stop so open five now you put three open stop - opens stop and two more open [Music] stop so let's do that a little bit quicker and again stop stop and up to speed so
10:30 [Music] again with that one when you're playing the opens don't put your head there and when you're doing the opens with the stop move your hand up and get ready to go back to the start on the fifth frame so now let's try another easy one we'll go back to the I string let's do wild things so now we're on the a string so five up from the bottom get to pick ready there we do two opens put a stop in and have your first finger ready over the fifth fret we do that two times another stop move up two frets to the
11:16 seventh fret two more stop again and then back to the fifth fret two more again and stop thee so after every two notes we're putting a stopping this time so and a little bit quicker so another failures you aren't using the a string now let's do all on the watchtower we're going to come back to the E string this time and this is
12:02 another fairly easy one we'll be putting some stops in again so we play that for you so this time starting first finger top E string sixth fret we do that twice then we just move up two frets to the eighth fret and we do that four times of one two three four and then a stop so let's say I start six six stop then we do the six again so we come back to our starting note two times on six and then we go back to freights to the fourth fret and four times e 1 and that's the
12:49 whole intro so 6 6 8 put a stop in 6 6 and back to the fourth fret so let's do that slowly [Music] so hit the jump fairly quick from the 6 to the 8 and the 6 to the for the bit of practice you'll get it so let's do that this way and I'm also putting a stop after I play the four four times they're
13:36 putting a stop in and getting ready back to the sixth fret again so now let's do smells like teen spirit so another one with big jumps again remember spot your fret so while we're playing the first fret we're looking at the sixth fret go back to the fourth fret and then we're looking at the ninth fret so all of our top E string again so we get our pick ready their first finger first fret we do that two times then we're jumping all the way up to the sixth fret so our whole hands moving we're not leaving a thumb and we do that two times back to the fourth fret then we do that two times then a big jump all the way up to
14:24 the ninth fret then we do that two times hmm slowly nine so as you can see they're ballin playing the four I'm looking at the nine that way I can jump straight to it and also while I'm playing the one I'm looking at the six so to try that up to speed so another fairly easy one there but this time we've got some big jumps in it so now let's do smoke on the water the standard guitar song that every guitarist Norris
15:09 [Music] so again on our top a string so get your pic ready the first finger third fret we play that once then we make a big jump up to the 6th fret play that once and then up two more fruits to the eighth fret and play that once so it's our first little section three six right then we go all the way back to the that again up to this time up to the 8th fret then all the way back to the third fret
15:57 and then finish with let's do that slowly so the standard song every
16:44 guitarist knows now let's try the chorus to pour some sugar on me by Def Leppard so again we're going to be all on our top a string so let me play that for you [Music] so again we'll be using s stops in this one so get your pick ready on the top a string we play the open twice and have your first finger ready over the fifth fret cuz that's our next note so two on the open stop fifth fret for to stop move up to the 7th fret do two times stop and another two times stop and we just do
17:30 that three times for the chorus so stop stop seven seven stop seven sevens stop and a little bit quicker and up to speed [Music] now let's try mission impossible let me play that for you [Music] so again all at our top a string first
18:19 finger second fret have your thumb and fingers straight and we do that four times so there we ever been able to jump up to the fifth fret we play that once then up to the seventh fret and we play then one there once so that's the first little lick to the song five seven then we go back to the tool we do that four more times again there and first fret there and that finishes it off so and a
19:05 little bit quicker [Music] and up display you so again some big jumps in there we're coming from the seventh fret back to the second fret there now if you're getting a bit of a scratchy noise that's completely fine as well so now let's do satisfaction by the Rolling Stones this time we run out ice drinks let me play that for you so this time we're starting
19:52 on the second fret with our first finger on the ice drink so five up from the bottom and we do that twice and we put a stop in between there so we go stop and then play it again then we do it a third time for the next part so we have that one's a little bit confusing and a
20:40 little bit quicker [Music] and one more time up to speed [Music] so with that one when you're moving we have to move fairly quick don't hold down hard when you're coming up the string just lift off slightly and move up to the next note we want it don't want to drag our finger along the string we'll get a slide sanding so we don't want and sliding up just lift your finger off a little bit and then place it down in the next frame so now let's
21:26 try the Darth Vader theme song so we're back to oil top a string first finger again this time we're starting on the fifth fret and we do that three times then we do an open and while we play that open move your hand up ready for the eighth fret once and then back to the fifth fret once and then the open again back up to the eighth for it once and the fifth fret once there and a little bit quicker up
22:20 to speed so again a quick little jump there make sure you're not anchoring your thumb and move that with your head so we're moving our whole hand or Matt going quickly now let's try the Peter Gunn theme back on their top a string again so get ready on your sixth string this time we do two opens have your finger ready over the second fret cause that's their next note so open two times second fret once open third fret once open up to the
23:09 fifth fret 5 once and then back to and it's a whole little lick V and a little bit quicker and up to speed you so as always just go slowly and build your speed up don't expect to play them super fast straightaway it does take a bit of practice so let's do one more let's try hit me with your best shot this one's gonna be a little bit harder
23:55 they're back on the ice drinks so 100 I string five up from the bottom we start on the seventh fret we play that once we put a stoppie then we do two opens another stop there fourth fret two times and then second fret 2 time and that's the first part
24:41 and then their next parts nearly the same we go 7 stop so that last part again stop stop let's try it slowly 7 [Music] and up to speed so that gives you 15
25:30 licks to play around with now well into a quick version for you if you've been quiet for a little while so start with we will rock you [Music] let's go through that now no need up although I string using our first finger there let's do Batman another fairly easy one all on L I string so 2nd fret 2 times 1st fret 2
26:20 times open two times back to the first frame two times and we do that little pattern three times [Music] and then we just finished on the second fret again play that twice a stop this fight now let's do either tiger let me play that for you so I'll do a string
27:06 this time eight for it we put a stop in then right two sinks might put a stopping again right to six I to stop again stop stop now let's do dirty deeds by ac/dc just the intro [Music] so lots of opens in this one so back on our top a string again we have open
27:54 three open live open and 10 we are make the star we have to play the open again so up to speed so another fairly easy one doing big boobs now on the fret board now let's do better the vibes still on their top so open first now let's try wild thing by
29:09 the Troggs this time went back on our eye string so far up from the bottom let me do that for you so now we're starting with two opens stop 5th fret 2 times stop 7th fret 2 times stop back to the 5th fret 2 times to stop and they sell hold up to speed
29:58 now the next one will do is all on the watch tail let me apply that for you so now we're back to our base string again top string we play the sixth fret twice move up to the eighth fret and do that four times one two three four put a stoppie back to the 6th fret two times and then back to the fourth fret and we do that four times so 6 6 8 8 8 8 6 6 and a little bit quicker stop stop
30:45 despite the LS - smells like teen spirit so back on L a string again first fruit - times up to the 6th fret two times back to the 4th fret 2 times and then up to the 9th fret 2 times now let's do the
31:36 song that every guitarist knows how to play we'll do smoke on the border something pilot for you so back to our E string again 3rd fret we play 3 6 let's try that again [Music]
32:27 now let's do another really easy one let's do the chorus to pour some sugar on me which we're just going to play three times so we start with our open on our E string we do that two times do a stop fifth fret two time stop seventh fret two times stop and then seven foot two times again and we just do that three times so open five five seven seven seven seven and again seven seven seven seven so that's a really easy one that one there let's
33:13 do Mission Impossible [Music] so we're on a string we're gonna play the second fret with our first finger four times so then we come to the fifth fret play that once seventh fret once back to the second fret another four times first fret so let's do that slowly [Music] a little bit five seven and up display
34:04 [Music] so there's a big jump in there going from the seventh fret back to the second fret Britta practice you'll get it now let's do satisfaction by the Rolling Stones so this time we'll run a string five up from the bottom we play the second fret now let's do the Darth Vader
34:58 theme another really easy one back on the a string so a string first finger fifth fret we play that three times then we do the open move up to the 8th fret play that once and in fact the fifth fret once and then we do that again [Music] they said Darth Vader theme let's now do
35:43 the Peter Gunn theme so a story string we do the open two times second fret one back to the open one third fret [Music] up to speed and let's do one more we'll try hit me with your best shot by Pat Benatar so at bacchanal ice during this
36:38 time five up from the bottom 7th fret once put a stop in then the open two time put a stop in fourth fret 2 times 2nd fret 2 times since our first section 7 then the next little Lake Simmons stop stop that last parts let's put that together there's a bit of a quick jump
37:34 there between your fourth and the second fret bit of practice you'll get it so as always go slightly and build your speed if you're having any problems or there's a song you'd like to learn leave a comment and I'll get back to you give us a like and subscribe for heaps of free songs and lessons now if you would like step-by-step guitar lessons for beginners to advanced players and learn all the secrets to play in your favorite songs and solos in no time also heaps of free lessons click the link below and jump on to a sense of guitar lessons so I hope you enjoyed this and I'll see you soon
