Surfaris Wipeout Guitar Lesson [Easy Songs for Beginners]
This Guitar Lesson for Beginners video will show how to play an easy song: Wipeout by the Surfaris.
Wipeout Lesson Plan with Guitar TAB:
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Guitar Songs for Beginners Lesson Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Vw5wo4MBY&list=PLOKVJibwUTbq-06crYLBzkWfI0pVrdr4s
Surfaris Wipeout Guitar Lesson [Easy Songs for Beginners]
0:00 Lesson Preview/Performance
0:31 Lesson Introduction
0:54 Using a Guitar Pick
1:17 The 'Copycat' approach
2:45 First Eight Notes
4:46 Counting Notes/Timing
5:11 Section 2
5:45 Sections 1-3 review (slow pace)
6:43 Sections 4-5
8:44 Section 6
9:46 Combine Sections 4-6
10:24 Lesson Review
Guitar Lessons for Beginners - Easy Guitar Songs
Wipeout is a simple single-note melody that, for a beginner guitar lesson, is easy to learn. This Wipeout guitar lesson for beginners consists of just six sections which makes it an easy electric guitar song to learn
Wipeout by the Surfaris Easy Guitar Lesson for Beginners
[Use a guitar pick!!]
As a first easy step to learning Wipeout by the Surfaris, simply try to play section 1 a few times without errors and with clarity. To get a better sense of timing Wipeout, try ‘counting off’ section 1 as: ‘1-2-3 123 1-2', with the middle ‘123' count played rapidly and emphasizing the three consecutive notes played on the third string/fifth fret.
How to Play Wipeout on Guitar [Main Riff]
Section 1 of this easy Wipeout guitar lesson is played four consecutive times. With the first and last note being the same, the note is played twice when ‘connecting’ each section. The same eight-note riff to Wipeout is played in section 1 and repeated five frets higher for section 2. If section 1 of Wipeout is practiced properly, then learning section 2 of the Wipeout guitar lesson is simple and easy. The only difference will be that the frets are spaced closer together when moving higher up the fretboard, so a slight adjustment of positioning the fingers closer together needs to be made when learning to play section 2 of Wipeout.
Section 3 of this Wipeout guitar lesson simply repeats section 1 and is played twice. The key to playing Line 1 of Wipeout by the Surfaris is to shift quickly along the fretboard between sections. This can be done by using the dots found alongside the fretboard neck as a guide for the third finger to reach the fifth and tenth frets faster to begin each section of Wipeout.
Make sure when learning how to play Wipeout in this beginner guitar lesson to play the last note in each section only once, as beginners learning how to play Wipeout tend to double this note before shifting to the next section.
Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners; Wipeout by the Surfaris
Rather than a finger exercise, or practicing the ‘Do, re, mi’ scale, learning how to play an easy version of Wipeout by the Surfaris is more enjoyable and gives a beginner the opportunity to immediately ‘show off’ and perform an easy song they have learned on guitar. This Wipeout easy guitar lesson for beginners video provides a step-by-step approach to learning each section of this easy guitar song.
A common expression used when learning music is that ‘slow is fast’, meaning the primary objective is to play correct notes with clarity, regardless of the speed in which the notes may initially be played. A bad habit is learning how to play Wipeout on guitar too fast, which results in making too many errors and having to ‘stop and start over’ too often.
Paluzzi Guitar
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