The TOP 10 EASIEST SONGS to Play on Guitar (according to WatchMojo)
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What’s ACTUALLY the easiest song to play? No, it’s not 368
Wonder wall
Or any church song with a capo and not in the key of Bb... lol
0 3..... You know it...
tendinitis
You should do a bass vid sometime
Good morning
“I’ve never heard House Of The Rising Sun” has the same energy as “I’ve never heard Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Never heard Smells Like Team Spirit 💀
@@vecitax5213 Yeah whats that
Please dont bring up nirvana
@@Rdg-bg9vrwhy
@@Rdg-bg9vr I think on a guitar video about the easiest guitar riffs, the time to talk about Nirvana is In Bloom.
"Just because you can play the main riff, doesn't mean you can play the song"
Imma pretend I didn't hear that
Same here mate i’m suddenly deaf
@@angle.0255 did someone say something? I didn't hear anything
Eh? Whazzat?
Yeah I didn’t hear that my speaker cutout
What are u talking about? He never said that
House of the rising sun is literally impossible to not know.. as a musician.. this is my favorite song. This song builds to such an incredible crescendo.. just amazing.
No it's not. Actually nothing is impossible to not know, neither Smoke on the water. I also barely know "Loosing my religion". About House of rising sun: I accidentaly heard that song on some youtube top list, but it never was on the radio/tv/any random playlist, neither many people mention it unlike Smoke on the water, Smells like teen spirit or Nothing else matters. So no, it's not impossible to not-know, and that kind of reactions will just demotivate and stop him of will to hear it for the first time.
he never said he didn`t know the song. he even said it`s like one of the oldest songs in existence. i think he means he didn`t know this particular version which to be fair, is still kinda unbelievable as it`s by far the most famous version ever performed i`d say.
Maybe like enter sandman
I still can't get over you not knowing House of the Rising Sun, it's a classic! great song and chord sequence, fairly simple too. I see most people play Smoke on the Water wrong because of the key , or they use a pick ( Ritchie mostly uses two finger to pinch the two strings for the riff or pick and finger to pinch them ) he also frequently moves it around on the neck. The hard part is actually getting the rhythm right in the verse, it's mainly just Gm but then has that F on the 3rd beat of the last bar of each line for just one beat.
Geez, 1st any song that was a hit in the '60s. OR
check Keith Urban's "30 songs in 30 days" lessons for the specifics.
(never heard of House of the Rising Sun"?... ok then)
or maybe he has and now we are posting on his channel making him money by more clicks
Honestly can't believe he hasn't heard House of the Rising Sun. Especially someone so entrenched into music for essentially their entire life!
First song I learned... 👍🏻
@@Grogfury777 in a book I used to learn as a teen one of the songs was the original from the 1930's. Interesting that he didn't at least recognize it passively.
ikr it's really iconic.
I've never heard of it until this song until this video, I've probably heard this song in passing but I couldn't recognize it if it came on the radio
And especially when the band has a member associated with Jimi Hendrix.
I can't believe he actually didn't know house of the rising sun.
That's bait of excellent quality!
He said that he had heard the song plenty of times, but not the Animals' recording of it
@@adamcoutts9591 the animals version is by far the most famous no way he’s not heard it
The first song i ever learned, that d major chord to the f major chord nearly ended my early guitar days lol.
I have played House Of The Rising Sun for many years on my guitar. I can't believe he didn't know how to play that one.
I do love how people who've never picked up a guitar say how easy everything is. I've just started only playing 2 months and atm everything feels hard.
Practice practice practice... don't stick with one band or genre, make sure to bounce around. And get a decent guitar, and amp.
Having a shitty sounding instrument will discourage you.
Best advice I got.
I've been playing for one year...& I still feel like everything is a reficulous hard challenge
A little trick I learned to do when I felt like I wasn't getting any better. To remember how clueless you were day one, turn the guitar over, ala Hendrix, and play something. Ahhh....now I remember!!! I AM GETTING BETTER!!! 😁
Well, the hard truth is that every little step will feel difficult and only becomes easy with practice. That's the thing with playing guitar, there's a million steps you can take. Learning new techniques and gaining theoretical knowledge are leaps and practice the actual steps to get there.
Thats what she said.
Power chords ARE one of the easiest things to learn. Maybe not for somebody on their first day or even week, but it's definitely one of the first things many guitarists learn.
They were a little hard for me to learn, but once you've mastered it, then they're easy
usually the power chords aren`t the difficult part to learn, it`s the right hand techniques. the strumming, the muting, picking patterns etc. just because a song uses power chords, doesn`t mean the song is easy to play which was the whole argument of watchmojo and they are completely wrong with that.
My problem was I was 15 and my hands weren't full grown yet. So it was a stretch for me.
Yes they were easy for me 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
omg did you say stretch on purpose?@@derekpine5686
Gotta admit, when I started the guitar, I was so against becoming the “douchebag with a guitar that only knows Wonderwall” guy, that I still haven’t learned how to play it
Same
I just learned it so that anytime someone gets on my nerves I can annoyingly interrupt then by saying *anyways here’s wonderwall* and then play like the first 4/5 seconds
Works wonders, even on Discord
I felt that way for years but I used Wonderwall as a great warm up.
I didn't even know wonderwall when I started
I went two years not playing but I learned that it can be used as a pretty effective form of torture.
Literally how is it even possible to not have heard House of the Rising Sun by The Animals?
How are you not white yet?
A lot of people have heard it before but just don't really remember the name or song untill hearing it again
@@Redhotquagmire I didn't read the name right away, and was like "You can't just ask someone why they're not white!" lol
Mithrandir
@@tedburgbear7005 Olorin
House of the rising sun was definitely a must know when I learned to play. There are a million versions of the song and the chord progression is helpful for getting used to changing chords once you can make them.
Learning power chords was really simple for me personally to learned because I have long fingers. The problem was taking a month to figure out how to play power cords without having random strings ringing out
The fact that Tyler has never heard House of the Rising Sun and then suggesting that The Animals had a forgettable vibe is more atrocious than the watchmojo video
Yeah it’s kinda weird how he doesn’t know who the animals are when his favorite guitar player was produced by Chas Chandler.
I really hope he's trolling. How aren't more people commenting on this???
love your stuff, Tyler, but not knowing HOTRS is lamentable, and on you, brother...
same thing with the smiths and saying this charming man is a “nothing song” when in reality i’d say the smiths are one of the most influential bands, it could be that the smiths aren’t as known in the states but still
@@logan-wq5ub Smiths are shite. Marr was ok but in the wrong band.
That was a bold statement about House of the Rising Sun. People aren't going to like that lmao
@@musicbooksexplained Agreed!
Like it’s a song has been covered by so many artist from Bob Dylan to Animals
@@ricimercury9490 The Animals made the song
@@Swedishoutlaw no they didn’t, the song is a folk song probably at least 100 years old. Animals weren’t even the first to cover it, leadbelly recorded it 20 years earlier and Clarence Ashley even earlier some time in the 1930’s.
@@alexrutz3036 I never actually knew that! Great info!
House of the rising sun was the first song I ever learned to play by ear. And I did that after only a few months of playing. It is totally worth being on this list. There’s only one chord in there that’s not a day one chord.
I'm not a guitar player - the musical instrument that was given to me by my elementary school teacher was the Triangle, but I find these videos incredibly entertaining and make me smile.
triangle is the goat of instuments
"I've never heard you and there's probably a reason why" never before have I jumped to a comment section faster
Seriously. How can he not know the Animals or that song??!! It’s a mainstay in music competitions for a very good reason.
@@pressonc Trololo!
Animals were a great band, great songs, singing by eric burdon
@@pheadrus77 DON'T spill the wine!
@@pheadrus77 and someone thought their approach was animalistic
"These lists are not made by real guitar fans, at least not guitar aficionados like you and i"
"I've never heard of the Animals"
You need to check them out. Great band.
@@waynecribb4922 I have, I was quoting Mr. Wino
Yeah I can't believe he never heard that song, crazy.
Michael Angelo Batio described it as the song that got him interested in Sweep Picking.
Can't believe you'v never heard the House of the Rising sun. It's almost as famous as Hotel California.
to be completely honest about Power Chords, I learned them pretty quickly thanks to my years of playing Guitar Hero. You know how to combo Green and Yellow together for chords in that? basically the same premise, but the string you use the other finger on is below the one your first one is on.
that’s basically how I learned it.
Honestly, for me, one of the first songs I learned with a barre chord was Have You Ever Seen the Rain by CCR. It's a good song with simple chords, that after a few months of playing, you should be able to master easily
"We don't know anything about guitar, so here's a list based on its difficultly."
I ruined the 69 likes
@@onehellofaboredguitarist4287 do you want a medal
"So anyway, here's Wonderwall"
Tyler: “Only after one has mastered sweep picking should one even ATTEMPT power chords.”
I had a friend in high school that may have actually followed this philosophy to the letter, could solo circles around anything in real time but could not be asked to play more than one note at a time.
I love how he said "aficionados like you and I" and I just took it like I'm not a teenager with medium experience
just use your pinky
Haha that’s hilarious. I’m not fantastic at sweep picking and I’m not impressive, but I do it as a warm up exercise and I find that it’s a nice little tool.
@@frankgreaves3811 keep practicing and playing my man
The way you just switch between chords so effortlessly is overwhelmingly impressive! I say overwhelmingly bc my blood pressure rises over the thought of switching between normal chords on my acoustic guitar lol 😂
I've just started and know the feeling 😂
14:46 I don’t know who’s editing your videos (you or someone else) but whoever it is is getting better and better with every video!!!👍
Also yes! As a guitar teacher myself, anytime a student of mine (usually the kids) tries to make a genuine argument that it’s not in G minor, I do, in fact, die a little inside.😂
Never having heard of The Animals literally has to be bait there’s no way
Ya he’s for sure kidding, no rock fan in history hasn’t heard that song, it’s one of the most influential of all time
@@benryck By influential you mean the worst earworm ever, right?
@@HeadbangoO The worst earworm? Mate Rising Sun is a great song, and if you think they are a bad earworm you've clearly not heard any music from the last decade. Then again, that would technically be a good thing.
@@albinospino3089 He has worms in his EARS! (& in his arse as well!)
@@DMSProduktions A good laugh I got from that one.
It’s impossible to not have heard house of the rising sun at some point in your life
This.
He said that he had heard the song plenty of times, but not the Animals' recording of it
@@adamcoutts9591 animals version is by far the most famous, he’s definitely kidding
One killer vocal .Not a guitar song to me
@@benryck I really hope so. I would be shocked. I'm even more shocked that the comments aren't FLOODED with it.
Funny that house of the rising sun is one of the first that I learned but I definitely wouldn't recommend it to a beginner. I think it sorta depends on the individual learning what songs are easier, kind of depending what chords they can pick up easier.. I started playing before the internet so I learned whatever stuff I could find in guitar magazines and the few people I could learn from. Some were oldies. I think heart of gold by Neil Young was a decent one for me. I felt like I could play something...lol.. Hendrix was my main influence really so I tried to play some of his stuff.. Actually always did pretty good at picking up Hendrix for some reason.. maybe because I wanted it so bad...lol . Another obsessed by the Man... But I mainly learned anything I could from anyone to advanced back then.. I remember getting guitar magazines and the cd that came with it. Mostly licks.. you might learn a song or two if you were lucky but a lot of licks and parts of songs.. and some months weren't as great as others for selection but usually always something to learn. It was what we had and books and cd's or videos . I really don't remember seeing many videos.. You could find books with cd's at music stores.. I feel like I could get much better much quicker these days with available resources. The internet and all.. But you need someone to help you get started at least. Maybe a few people have done it without help but it would be much easier to get going.. Then jamming with people! Even if it's bad at first, it's gonna get your timing more in the pocket.. Sorry for the ramble, just my experience.. As a self taught player mostly...
Tyler: owns an SG
Also Tyler: plays AC/DC on a PRS
He only uses the sg for country
i noticed that too and have never felt so disappointed
@@MrDussek right? 😏
...and Sabbath.
Trololooo!
Watchmojo Logic: The opening riff/one part is easy, therefore the whole song is easy.
I correct you: The whole song doesn't even exist
I know right. Pisses me off for some reason
If that's the case, "Nothing Else Matters" should be the easiest.
After the open-string opening, that's when you find out it's a Metallica song.
Van der graaf generator 😍
Smells Like Teen Spirit is not an easy song to play. You have to get your chick-a chickas right and he does play all the open strings at one point.
No one forgets their first; mine was Wonderful Tonight, followed by Stairway of course, then Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard, some Kinks tunes. The House of the Rising Sun, was after Hotel California... I didn't have an electric at the time, it was a Spanish Classical something or another, this was pre-internet days, spent hours in guitar stores reading music books since that was the only way (aside from by-ear) to learn new tunes, those were fun times...
9:22 That's a good point, because sometimes when I'm just jamming I accidentally end up playing the riff to Brain Stew, so of course it's so easy I stumbled upon it
When you see Watchmojo, you run for the hills. Bless you Tyler for your sacrifice to the guitar community..........
I don't run for the hill when I see Watchmojo guitar videos...they make for great (unintentional) comedy.
Run to the hills, run for your life
@@xanderbucher9625 Soldier Blue in the barren wastes
@@eog5217 galloping hard on the planes
@@xanderbucher9625 no*Hunting and killing's a game
"Such a nothing song"
"This band has a similar vibe, never heard of them, probably for a reason"
British music began and ended at wonderwall for this man.
He thinks all British rock before 1995 is nothing music lol
So The Animals and The Smiths are all british rock before 1995...?
But he knows Deep Purple so obviously that’s wrong.
That's an over-the-top response. Tyler has talked in-depth in videos about most of the really big British bands like pink Floyd and zeppelin
The big fella himself in the comments. I think he's just troll baiting, there's no way he doesn't know them
The majority of tab apps show Zombie is all open string chords, no bar chords, but when you introduced the bar chords to it it sounded so much better. I'm only playing since December lol I'm able to play along with tabs but can only remember three songs without looking at the tabs, and I cannot for the life of me play power chords whatsoever, the thumb method you did there though looks easier to manage than breaking my fingers in order to stretch them out 😅😅
I play guitar a little bit. Very limited to a few songs and instrumentals but the first one I taught myself was Queen crazy little thing called love. Rythym guitar section.
"Just because you can play the main riff, doesn't mean you can play the song"
The Kinks: "Am I a joke to you?"
lmaoo
Riff*
@@a_random_guitarist2189 riff
Kinks ain't joke… it is really harmful…
You really got me with that one
That string break is what you get for disrespecting Johnny Marr lol
He even called it a “nothing song.” THE AUDACITY!!
@@JohnCena-wx1he Honestly ive heard many a things in my tiime but this was down right disrespectful
Marr is by far my favorite guitarist he shows that you don't need to play as fast as possible or shred like crazy. He keeps it simple, clean and melodic and for me that´s when music is the best.
Bro for real
Calling it a nothing song then saying 13 seconds to learn it properly.. 🙈 Made me stop watching.
Dude! When your string broke…I lost it! I think I pee’d a little I laughed so hard!! Thank you for all your content! It’s feeding my passion for guitar I haven’t had in a while! Keep shredding brother!
Like it! And as a Brit, loving that you are hearing some of the UK standards for the first time 😀
"House of the rising sun" was the first real song I ever learned to play on guitar. I was thirteen years old, and the year was 1963. If that doesn't date me, then I don't know what!
That’s awesome. You still playing?
Same here but it was 1968 when I turned 13 and started guitar lessons.
Oh so that's not a skull in the pic that's just you than.
It does date you sir. You're 71
That's really cool, because it's also the first song that I learned to play after getting a guitar on my 13th birthday, but in 2019 rather than '63.
Neon by John Mayer is the easiest thing to learn in the world, everyone knows that.
Never heard of it
@@dornomac should give it a listen. Takes 3 seconds to learn.
Just listened. Yup, piece of cake.
Must be a nothing song
How could anyone not be able to listen to it and be able to play on the first try
Keep posting my friend because you always bring a smile on my face and crack me up in a very positive manner.
Great work 👍🏻. And you gave me such a good laugh when you broke your string😂😂😂😂 Keep it up!
This charming man being a nothing song and never hearing house of the rising sun is complete bait come on
I sure hope it is
You're right. Unfortunately, I took the bait n made a hasty comment.
Understand his age but the song is still being played. If he had listened to the whole song I'm sure he would have picked it up pretty click. The opening riff is legendary but the rest of the song is taken over by lead organ.
I’ve never heard a single Smiths song because the only person I know who’s into post punk hates them, house of the rising sun has gotta be bait tho the animals version has been in like every form of media ever
@@justindevoe9556 The Smiths are fucking great. Don't just take your friend's word for it.
Tyler, 0 3 5 isn't referring to 0 3 5 on the E string, but on the D and G string which contain the same notes as the powerchords of G A# C
How. How can this not be more upvoted? Maybe if he spent more time researching the way you actually play smoke on the water instead of making the "I am a god" edit he would know
Banter aside. Love his content though
@@joelnilsson6938 Pretty sure Blackmore played the songs on the A and D strings anyway, so wouldn't it be 5 8 10?
@@joelnilsson6938Agreed! He could have mentioned that this is the easiest song that nearly everyone plays wrong. Let's start with the fact that it's not even played with a pick.
It's actually 5 3 5
Good Riddance was actually the first song I learned when I decided to pick up the guitar. Perhaps I chose a bad first song to learn, but I picked it up fairly quickly and I'd say it fits on the list. Taught me 5 of the basic chord shapes and got me familiar with how to pick accurately.
I think i saw some live performance of the song where for the intro they were doing 0 3 5 but it wasn't on the low e, it was inverted fifths on the D and G strings... i could be imagining something that never happened, but it's a thought in my head from having taught that song a million times.
I can’t be the only one who was genuinely shocked when he snapped his string.
I was just surprised he managed to snap his A string out of the 6, the string I've ever had snap was the high E
@@rockeiro1916 yeah lol
I laughed my ass off😂
@Rock God Have you ever played a 12-string? I can snap any of the 12 at any time.
@@rockeiro1916 actually snapped my high e a few hours ago
A fun fact since you didn’t know the band The Animals, the bassist of said band (Chandler) was Jimi Hendrix’s manager. He got JH out of the US and got him to the UK, gave him the papers and since he was a friend with Eric Clapton he was the reason they met.
Years later Chandler steals a whole bunch of JH money.
This has to be pinned
Chaz never stole jimis money... Ur thinking of Michael jefferys.
@@subzero308 That and "years later" means what? Less than two years? Chaz quit in '68 I belive.
@@subzero308 I was just going to say that, Chas basically left Jimi because of Michael Jeffries, he and Eric Burdon tried to tell Jimi that Jeffries was no good because he stole Animals money, but this guy here never hearing of the song or the Animals kills me.
powerchords were the first chords i learnt and they helped with the complicated fingering of regular chords later on
With smells like team spirit I think they meant that you need to use your thumb to mute the low E string. At least that's how I've always been playing it. Love your videos, keep it up!!!
Tyler: “A guitar player didn’t write that....”
Me: “Welcome to WatchMojo!”
Lol
Lmao
WTF do WM know about anything really?
@@DMSProduktions true
@@danielsmith1662 ;o)
I like how Tyler forgot that the 0-3-5 is referring to the G and D strings. He thought he had us beat like a JoJo villain but we all know the truth Tyler.
He said at the beginning, E string being king.
Jojo Gunne??
@@georgemijatovic4060 Jojo's bizarre adventure
Also, it's wrong anyway. Blackmore doesn't play the first chord with the open G and D strings. He plays it with the A and D strings on the 5th fret and it sounds way better
@@pedromiguelabdofidelisdepa4732 Yep played with the fingers plucking both strings at once starting on the 5th fret of the and d strings
I've recently taken up playing and my first song was everlong, chords are super simple but took a while to nail the strumming pattern
House of the rising Sun..
is one of the most requested songs that I don't play at my solo gigs.. the Animals had a huge hit with it in 1964... I am mildly stunned that this version is unfamiliar to you... but then... I was 3 years old when this version hit the charts
Not sure if you’re being facetious about The Smiths, but Johnny Marr has some of the most beautiful arpeggios ever in rock music. It’s rare to have a pop/rock band have a guitarist that completely steals the show, but Johnny does. Definitely worth checking out some of their other stuff. The Headmaster Ritual is the open E arpeggiation anthem
Finally, another Johnny fan! His solo stuff is so awesome as well. And his son Nile is amazing too! Both extremely skilled guitarists and songwriters
So fucking boring xD
@@robertoladrondeguevara3873 boring people get bored
Yeah that really pissed me off, Johnny Marr is so fucking talented. He didn't play the riff right. He didn't bother to learn the whole song either, the chorus is harder than the verse and main riff, I think. 99% learnt correctly my arse.
He did a nice tutorial of headmaster ritual with fender
I mean he's a professional guitarist and never heard of the smith's or the animals. Or heard house of the rising sun. Wtf
Also the notion that he cant be a professional guitar player without knowing those bands is a flawed logic considering those bands didnt need to hear themselves to write their music either lol they just wrote what inspired them same as any musician that has put alot of time into their craft. Dont need to practice every "legendary" bands songs just the ones that you enjoy playing and helps you be creative understand your style.of music the best
original comment never said that man. You gotta admit it's a shock that a professional guitar player and obviously giant rock enthusiast has never heard of The Animals or of this song...
To be fair, he’s not from the south where it’s played religiously. Sometimes music just doesn’t reach people and that’s okay
@@acaian2274 He's baiting comments like these. he's heard of them. that's also why he was so unnecessarily passive about the smiths song
@@acaian2274 Because he lives in the same country just a little bit more north lmao? I live in Greece and I have heard of them. I think he is trolling
I still remember how many forevers it took for me to get the powercords "right" (I just can't come to terms using both pinky and ring to cover those two strings, it's always one of them covering both). Think I had pretty much covered Come As You Are, the bass intro of Bombtrack and then Surf Rider probably cracked that left hand properly. Had no trem so I kinda figured out pressing the E behind 0 fret on my own. As for the easiest I'd go for Should I Stay or Should I Go. Everyone knows it and it's 3 chords all the way.
Buckdancers Choice.. Showing Portland ME some love.... Love it !!
Dude, I was with you until shitting on the Animals. They were one of the best BI bands of the 60’s, and the singer Eric Burden was an absolute beast. “We’ve gotta get out of this place”, “Don’t let me be misunderstood” are both great songs.
i cant believe this guy, he disses the smiths then he disses the animals
@@megaknight6958 right
“Skypilot” is also a great song by Eric Burden about the Vietnam war.
Ok X er. House of the Rising Sun is what the kids played when kids actually sat around the neighborhood corner and "hung out."
The animals have a lot of good songs even though the are old I wouldn't underestimate them
Not to mention Eric Burdens later contributions like War
I’d even say Eric Burdon, behind Mick Jagger, is the best singer/frontman from the 60s
So a lot of old skool Three Days Grace is pretty easy to learn, the first song I ever learned was "Never Too Late" first intro I learned was the rhythm guitar part for A7X- Beast and the Harlot
The thing about power chords and the thing you do where you put your finger across the fret(im colombian so its called a cejilla in spanish) is the breaking point for some beginners. Its so hard to make it sound good at first and some just give Up right there
"I have never heard you and there is probably a reason why." excuse me?? How dare you speak ill of this song.
Yeah I thought that made him sound somewhat unnecessarily like a douche
@@paulallenscard8553 honestly that is nothing new.
How does he not know The Animals??
quick break where you FF instead of listening to plug for nord [which i already have]
i felt that. how dare he
Johnny Marr is one of the greatest guitar players especially when he was apart of The Smiths
He’s one of my favorites. He’s guitar playing may sound simple enough at first listen, but when you start to learn them, OH BOY.
He’s such a talented player and so melodic and gifted but he’s an idiot who doesn’t listen anything other than shitty metal
Exactly. I also have two words for you: 'girl' & 'afraid'.
@@MaquiladoraIII Some girls are bigger than others is just magnifique too. I felt obliged to dislike the video as soon as he said This charming man was a "nothing song" and said he could have played perfectly with 13 more seconds invested into it. Well, to that I say, if it was that easy, why not take the 13 seconds to play it perfectly and not sound like an idiot?
i feel like the people that hate on it only listen to distortion guitar and think that any song with clean tone is for rookie noobs
First riff I ever learned was Smoke on the Water - in the correct key. Followed by Poison's "Talk Dirty to Me."
I think technically the first song I ever learned was "Long Long Ago" or maybe "Little Brown Jug."
Great video as always. I just have to say though, that the “Smoke On the Water” riff is actually played on the guitar in fourths with the d and g strings going from open to 3rd fret to 5th, so the meme is almost correct, just not with the e strings but d and g.
True on the power chords. I remember learning them and created an exercise that used the VH version of You Really Got Me, using power chords for all the chords instead of the A on the second fret going to a G note. Doing that for hours did the job. Also an exercise climbing up the next a fret at a time, while always going back down to the first position barred F before going up to the next fret.
As far as riffs go, Cocaine is one of the easiest I know. But, to play it correctly is a whole different thing. Same goes with many of the songs on this list. Playing them correctly isn’t easy, even wonder wall. Hardly anyone gets the right chords and strumming.
Also, with Cocaine, who the hell wants to play Crapton. That won't get you laid around the campfire.
Isn't that a Johnny cash sone
I actually got laid one time after I played “tears in heaven”. I was just 3 months into learning guitar
The easiest sniff cocaine or riff cocaine
@@noahmoomate2781 Nope. Johnny Cash did Ring of Fire.
The first song I attempted to learn on guitar was chop suey by SOAD. I learned the intro very quickly. Then gave up, After that, it was learning in the end by linkin park. Within the first week of playing I tuned my E string down to D and from there I just learned bar chords for a while except I used 3 fingers for them lol anyone else have a funny way of doing bar chords early on that was self taught?
Johnny Marr is an extremely respected and successful guitarist with some of the most beautiful melodies written, he's very humble and all around just a great guy. None of his work that he did with the smiths should ever deserve to be called a "nothing song". Come on man.
never heard of the smiths
@@ltcuaa you live under a rock then
House of the Rising Sun may have easy chords, but picking those arpeggios consistently and perfectly in time is not easy at all!
I have to disagree with the statement that "power chords AREN'T easy to learn"
I found them incredibly easy when I was starting and actually inspired me to keep going in a way. The shape of a power chord is natural. The fingers want to go there. And, maintaining the distance between fingers when the fingers naturally sit in that position is easy as well. I was learning all kind of punk songs days after I learned what a power chord was. So, for that reason I kinda disagree.
I agree, I am a huge fan of complex chords, like the ones used in Bossa Nova (the brazilian equivalent to Jazz). But human hands seem like they were made to do power chords
I do agree with that to some degree, but that can also be because you both seem to have the natural talent to do so. For a lot of people who aren't that gifted, they may find power chords hard to do themselves. So I, myself, wouldn't say they are hard or easy, just that some people pick it up naturally and some don't. I picked up power chords fast myself, but I didn't find it too easy to begin with.
Yeah, I mean sliding them was difficult.
But literally a week at most and you can slide them keeping them in alignment.
I would say there much easier chord shapes than power chords. I mean most open chords are easier than power chords
For some weird ass reason I actually cannot play power chords cleanly, for some reason I do not understand (and even though im a punk, punk rock fan), I have an easier time playing Bossa Nova chords than power chords. It may be because I can't rotate mi wrist very well, and Bossa chords just feel more natural in my weird wrist, but yeah, I have a hard time with them
I have to disagree about power cords. For me, they were the easiest thing to learn and actually play well consistently. In fact, they are still about all I can play haha.
I'm confused with this list and myself, haha. I remember learning Smells Like Teen Spirit after figuring out power chords where the easiest thing in the world after nailing them first try. It's still to this day the only song I can play all the way through (I gave up on soloing after high school and just have learned cool riffs ever since). Never learned Wonderwall cuz it was a weird picking patter, same with House of the Rising Sun. Good Riddance is super easy even with all the little notes in between. Never learned White Stripes song cuz I don't care for it. Smoke on the water was the first riff I learned, but I also learned it with the chuck berry style "rock a" 2 note finger position.
If it wasn't for the Animals bassist we wouldn't have known the Jimi Hendrix we all love
I know right. I love this channel and I'll never be half as good on guitar but I can't believe he didn't know the animals.
Thank you. I am the same age as this guy and I can't believe he never heard of them...
“Does it sound right?” ....
“Yes?”
man I felt that
Exactly!
Either power chords will just click instantly for you, or they won't. for many people, me included, they just do. I have no trouble sliding them around either.
For someone who gets power chords, you can't go wrong with I wanna Be Sedated for an easy song that's well known and sounds cool.
So the irony of the “Smoke On The Water” thing, is that for being the “most played beginner riff” or whatever, in reality, no one knows how to play it. Even when they do manage to play it in the right key, it’s still wrong most of the time. Everyone plays 0-3-5 on the D and G strings simultaneously, and so on, but the real way that Blackmore played it was 5 and 5 on A and D, then 3 and 5 across D and G. Basically everyone plays the whole riff on D and G strings, and then they go “this is how its really played”. Wrong. Everything is played on D and G strings, except the G chord, which is played on 5th fret A and D strings. Theres no open strings being used in the whole riff.
The reason Ritchie played it that way is because he plucks the strings on the opening rather than using a plectrum, he has said most people get this bit wrong.
Yup, fourths played upstrokes all the way, with plectrum obviously
Actually, he plays the riff in MANY spots. sometimes he goes clear up to strings 6 and 5, and does 10 8 10, 10 8 11-10, 10 8 10, 10 8.
Truth is, you play it at whatever spot sounds best.
lol he didnt know the smiths, one of the most influential bands that literally have johnny marr on guitar, then proceeded to shit on it
Yeah that goes under one of Tyler’s worse takes along with the Mark Knopfler one. Still love the content though.
Shameless streaming media plugs then proceeds to downplay the genius of Johnny Marr mmmm
@BillowsPillow rated him 6/10 in his “Rating 50 Guitar Players” video
In his defense... they're an ok band at most, imo
Joey Brewer unbased opinion dont respect it
Your offhand dismissal of a song and guitar part by Smiths legend Johnny Marr has me wondering "who are you and why am I watching this" ?
Actually, who the hell are "The Smiths?" Honestly, I have never heard of them. I may have heard the name....but then its so generic, I'm not even sure of that...
@@russl9029 Instead of showing your utter ignorance like a proud mouth breather why don't you just look them up on Wikipedia instead of making a moronic comment? The comment you responded to told part of the story yet you insist on showboating stupidity as if it makes you cool. Hint. It does just the opposite.
House of the Rising Sun is actually a lot harder than it looks especially the timing in between each note. Hilton Valentine chose to pick certain strings and took his hand off the fretboard in-between chords, which means the last note in each section is actually 'out of key'. I suppose the easy way to play it is like Tyler demonstrated but even that is still tricky for a total beginner. To play it like the original recording, you'd need a fair bit of practice to get it right and some professional guitarists can't even play it perfectly.
The discussion gave me insight into my own playing: if a song is easy to remember, it’s easy for me to play. It doesn’t matter if the techniques are difficult or not. But if it has a complex series of patterns or tempo changes, I tend to get lost and screw it up.
Tyler: Power chords are not easy for beginners
Also Tyler: Beginners should play Brain Stew
They forgot part of their sentence. "Drop D Power Cords are Easy for Beginners"
Plus brain stew is like three chords all in drop D
He wasn't saying beginners learn it. Just that it is easier.
Yes power cords aren’t easy but what he meant is if your new to power cords that is the song you should play
@@jessedeleon4123 It’s not in drop d
"If I can't play it right away, it's not easy."
Feels a bit like a flex to me but I guess he earned it.
I mean, I have the same thought process. If I can't play a song right away it's not an easy song. At the very least it's mildly intermidiate, but not you've been playing for a month easy. This doesn't mean I play really well though, it just means the song is indeed harder than it would seem to others
For the thumb in Nirvana: it is to mute the E string when playing the A# and the C# power chords, which play on the A-D-G strings. Popular technique among self-training guitarists.
For why they don't mention it in Iron Man, probably because it's more of a precise and less of an impulse-based riff, and for that reason, most people would choose the "pick only those two strings" method, instead of the normal "big hand motion, pick all strings and mute what you don't need" way like in grunge and punk songs.
Now that I write this, somebody with some guitar knowledge was certainly asked about a few things when this list was created.
6:05 To be fair I agree. Even if you're not a fan of Oasis, the strumming pattern Noel plays is kinda hard, and it did help me get past that point, and now years later I'm still playing guitar, so yes Wonderwall is good for beginners to help them with strumming patterns and it has easy chords to remember. I actually really like Oasis, but I don't usually listen to Wonderwall out of the lot
"Does it sound right?"
"I don't - Yes?"
Reminds me of lessons when I was younger lol
Tyler: “Is there a better intro than” *plays TNT intro*
Little Wing: “Do I mean nothing to you?”
Highway to Hell: “Do I mean nothing to you?”
Thunderstruck: “What am I, chopped liver?”
Up Around The Bend: *Has entered the chat*
La Grange: *knows their worth. Needs no praise*
Crazy Train:
Paranoid:
Welcome To The Jungle:
Peace Sells:
Hit The Lights:
Mr Crowley:
Children Of The Grave:
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If I would pick a Black Sabbath intro, it would be “Into the Void”
Up on Cripple Creek: Am I a joke to you?
@@dirtydanthesecretsauceman8519 *cough* money for nothing
BTW, here's how to do the iron man opening bend.
1) if you have a non locking nut, simply press the string behind the nut to bend up.
2) if the guitar neck has a bit of flex, simply grip it hard and pull back on the neck a bit with your orte arm holding the guitar body.
3) use a darn whammy bar.
Marlin mansions acoustic cover for sweet dreams is pretty simple to learn that was the first song I learned all the way through by myself amd a little help on certain parts from youtube
Memes in 2025
‘Anyway here’s nordvpn and raid shadow legends’
You forgot world of tanks and ball shaving machines.
@@sledgehammer3989 ‘manscaped your balls will thank you’
I audibly laughed out loud when he broke the string playing Iron Man
Same lol
I inaudibly laughed out loud
i was dying I found it fuckin hilarious
As someone in the process of learning many songs considered difficult have easy versions that you can play for others to enjoy, and I’ve heard virtuosos turn happy birthday into an awesome tune.
If we're talking about just riffs, then I learned how to fluently play both the enter sandman and for whom the bell tolls opening riffs in less than two hours within my first month if learning guitar
"nothing song", I love Tyler but that was a lot of disrespect towards the legendary Johnny Marr :(
Johnny Marr is severely underrated sometimes and it makes me sad
@@johnmcqueen8827 Totally agree, his name should be known by all guitar players!
Johnny Marr is legendary
@Lickah yeah because in the video where he learns it he plays it wrong lmao
vouch!
Ironically, "House of the Rising Sun" was the 2nd song I learned on the guitar.
Pretty much same
It was one of my first, however it took a few steps because that strumming can be pretty tricky for a beginner (especially in 6/8). I had to start with just regular strums, then went to arpeggio picking and then finaly to the correct pattern
Haha awesome. It was literally the first song I learned to play as well
Same here. First was the classic smoke on the water riff, then this
If AskMojo do include a version of _House of the Rising Sun,_ then why not plump for Dylan's take on his debut album, as it's the same chords but is strummed, not an arpeggio.
Love the Buckdancer's T-shirt! Greetings from Maine!
This is, in a way, a brilliant tutorial on "How should adds be embedded in a video?"
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