Pop Songs

In this lesson we will learn Demons by Imagine Dragons.

In this lesson we will learn When I Was Your Man by Bruno Mars.

In this lesson we will learn the Katy Perry song Roar. Capo required for this song.

In this lesson we will be learning A Team by Ed Sheeran. This song will require a capo at the 2nd fret

In this lesson we will be arranging the piano based John Legend tune All of Me for acoustic guitar. Requires a capo at the 1st fret.

In this lesson we will learn the Jason Mraz tune I'm Yours. This song requires a capo on the 2nd fret.

In this lesson we will be learning Angel by Jack Johnson. Great tune for beginners. Uses mainly open chords.

In this lesson we will study Home by Phillip Phillips.

In this lesson we will learn Somebody I Used To Know by GOTYE.

This is a song study of What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction

In this lesson we will study Brave by Sara Bareilles

In this lesson we will learn Hey Ho by the Lumineers. Good song for beginners that know open chords.

In this lesson I will teach how to play Hey There Delilah. Great tune for finger pickers.

In this lesson we will learn Ellie Goulding's version of the classic Elton John tune "Your Song". Capo at 3rd fret.

In this lesson we will be learning Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran.

Learn how to play Use Somebody by Kings of Leon. The song is relatively easy with just a few parts and an easy guitar solo.

In this lesson we will be learning All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor. This is a basic 3 chord tune.

In this lesson we will study the chord progression and transpose for guitar.

In this lesson we will study Gravity by John Mayer. There are just 2 parts to this soulful tune that used Hendrix style major chord voicings and maj7 chords in the choruses.

This is a super easy 3 chord pop tune using Am, C, and G. Great tune for beginners. There is no real guitar part in the original recording so you are free to be creative.

This is a relatively simple tune using 3 or 4 open chords. The trick here is getting the strum pattern down.

In this lesson we will be learning Counting Stars by One Republic. Pretty simple tune. Does require a capo

In this lesson we will be learning Happy by Pharrell Williams. The tune consists of just 2 parts. A bluesy pentatonic minor lick fills the verses and the chorus contains a Cmaj7, Bm, and E7 chord. The song does require a capo to be in tune with the original recording.

This tune has a simple 4 chord progression using all open chords. The challenging part of this song is the rhythm. You will need to know C, F, Am, G, and E

In this lesson we will be learning Rude by Magic! This is a reggae style tune using barre chords and related barre chord voicings

Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus begins with an R&B like chord based riff with an interesting use of rhythmic dead notes. The rest of the tune, other than the bridge is based off of the same chord progression. This tune, while played on an electric could easily be adapted to play on an acoustic with basic barre chords.