SONG OPTIONS FOR MODULE 11🎶

Time flies when learning is fun!

You have many new guitar techniques under your belt .. and many more to come! We've been introduced to loads of new guitar concepts, and the skills you're learning are increasingly complex. So it's normal you're still finding some of these newer techniques a challenge!

In the most recent lessons, you've learned fingerstyle and sus chords. They both work together, but when it comes to your song practice, it's better to tackle them separately. Spend most of your time working on one of these techniques.

When you feel comfortable, move on to the other. Or you can divide your second practice session into halves. It's completely up to you! You'll soon be doing practice consolidation for Grade 2, and then you can pick and choose the things you want to work on. You'll be in the consolidation phase for a little while, so there's no need to be rushing techniques right now.

💡 Remember - choose songs that you enjoy. Make sure it's songs to work on your fingerstyle or sus chords & always focus on techniques that challenge you the most. :)

5 Songs To Practice Fingerstyle

Here are 5 song recommendations to practice your fingerstyle. I included different genres, so there's something in there for everyone. Some of these songs are also available guitar-oke style on the JustinGuitar Lessons & Songs app. :)

Everybody Hurts by REM

This is an ace song. You'll need some power chords for the bridge, which you'll learn shortly. You can make this super simple, or if you're ambitious, you might like to add in the little rundowns and stuff :)

House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals

You may have already learned this song. The original recording uses a pick to play it, but it works GREAT as a fingerstyle song. It's a tad fast at the original tempo, so slow it down if you need it!

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

I love this song! It's original by Leonard Cohen, but the Rufus Wainwright version kills me every time. Most folks like the Jeff Buckley one. It's got quite a few fast changes, so this won't be the one to start with! The lesson for this one is an oldie - but still great to learn the song.

This Year's Love by David Gray

Another one you may have looked at before! This song is a wonderful option for an acoustic fingerstyle song.

Nothing Else Matters by Metallica

This uses fingerstyle in 6:8. But there's more going on, and most of you will find this very tricky!

4 Songs To Practice Sus Chords

You can practice sus chords as ornaments in songs you already know. This is something you want to develop over time anyways! You might enjoy playing some classic riffs that use sus chords too.

Summer Of 69 by Bryan Adams

This Bryan Adams classic is probably the most famous sus chord riff! There are a few barre chords in the song later on. But, we'll cover them with Power Chords which we'll be learning in Module 12!

All You Have Is Your Soul by Tracy Chapman

I was not familiar with this Tracy Chapman song until someone suggested it in the comments on a previous lesson. It's a superb track. No lesson yet, but I will do it sometime soon!

All I Want Is You

This U2 hit needs an F# minor for the chorus, but the sus riff is super nice :)

Who Says - Selena Gomez

Ok, this is super pop, but it is D Dsus2 D Dsus4 for pretty much the whole song! Here, the sus chords come on the 'and' and after 3, even on the 8th note.

Not my cup of tea, but a beautiful message to the song. If it's you dig it - then check it out - it's PERFECT for working on your D sus shapes! This was a song recommendation by Davey, one of my students. Thanks for sharing this tune with us!

Spotify Playlist Module 11

Ok - you now have so many song options - why not give them a listen first and see which one inspires you? Check out this Spotify Playlist for Module 11 and energize your next guitar practice!

Have more song recommendations to practice these techniques? Log into your JustinGuitar account, and share in the discussion area. Help inspire the JustinGuitar Community to discover new tunes! :)