Hey guys,
One of the primary reasons that folk like me want to learn to play the guitar is so that we can play some of the hit songs that we adore ourselves.
Although Jamorama (reviewed here) provides some great jam tracks to play along to, copyright issues prevent them from including well-known tunes – the cost of paying royalties to the artists would make the guitar course a bit too expensive.
As I’ve been going through the lessons in Jamorama, I’ve found a few songs that complement the skills I’ve learned and I’d like to share them with you here.
As I get through more of the lessons, I’ll update this post with more songs that you can learn for additional guitar practise.
NOTE: Some of these songs are not played exactly the same as the originals but they still sound good 
Songs After Completing Lesson 4
After you’ve completed lesson 4, you will have learned the A Major, D Major and E Major chords. Learning to change between the chords requires quite a bit of practice and will make your fingertips sore but with continued practice your fingers will become stronger.
I found that by playing Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver, I got a lot more enjoyment from my practise and was quickly able to improve the speed at which I switched between the chords. This song is quite well known and uses only the chords you have learned in Jamorama so far.
By lesson 4, you’ll also know how to read guitar tablature, so here’s the guitar tab for Leaving on a Jet Plane and it will also help if you listen to the song (covered by Peter, Paul and Mary) on YouTube as you play.
Another cool song to play is Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan. Here’s the tab and here’s the YouTube video (covered by Joan Baez). Again, you only need the A, D and E Major chords.
More to come soon…
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Enjoy,
Danny
