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User Profile: easyScarf7950
easyScarf7950 July 17th

Hi! I'm Laurel. I have ADHD and even though I like playing guitar, I only play when I'm in the mood and if I have something fun and easy to play. I don't know what to play right now. Any suggestions? I crave novelty, so I kind of get bored easily. I like to strum chords. I really like embellished chords, and I don't like/can't play bar chords. I'm open to fingerstyle if it's fairly simple.

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 July 19th

@easyScarf7950

Wow, the guitar sounds amazing 🥰 

I would love to learn it in the future 💛

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User Profile: TovaCares76
TovaCares76 July 20th

I play acoustic do you? My favorite warm up song is "Horse with No Name". It's an old song but very easy to learn and fun to still along with.

User Profile: easyScarf7950
easyScarf7950 OP July 23rd

Thank you! Yes, I play acoustic! I will give Horse With No Name a try.

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User Profile: Dardora
Dardora July 23rd

@easyScarf7950 I play the piano and recently i bought a violin. Piano is much easier for me, i am having a hard time tuning my violin though. And i also have a guitar, but back in the day, it was hard to play songs or learn without a teacher, but it needs fixing. I play interstellar, Now we are free (gladiator) or hans zimmer, coldplay songs, i am usually interested in meaningful music, but i would like to recommend this piece: 

Bagjan Oktyabr - “Soul Therapy”. Just search this song on Youtube, the person plays the song on cello, maybe you can find a guitar version or something. I bought the violin just to play this song. 
Note: I also like turkish music, i feel like they have depth, and this soul therapy song that i gave you, it is turkish.


User Profile: 7motivation
7motivation August 2nd

@easyScarf7950

Hi Laurel,

Try listening to Al Petteway videos online.

He was a really really creative fingerstyle guitar player.

And he wrote some amazing instrumental guitar music.

The music might sound very intricate and difficult to play.

But actually it is usually a lot easier to play than it seems

because he wrote it in open tuning.

And the open tuning makes it sound really nice too.


Now if you are ready to start an amazing musical journey,

listen to his videos online,

pick a simple song that you like a lot

and that sounds easy for you.


Then search for the TAB music online

or buy the music books he sold that have the TAB music

and are still published.

Or get his instruction videos that are still published.


Then you will be able to have a lot of fun for years

learning and playing all different Al Petteway songs

because he wrote a lot.


And they are all instrumental

(except a few he wrote with his wife Amy)

so it's easier to like fun creative beautiful instrumental guitar music.


I have so so sooooo many favorite Al Petteway songs.

I never ever get tired of them.

I love his songs and love playing them.

And you can learn to play them - I guarantee -

but you need to be patient and learn them bit-by-bit

and after time you will be able to play them from memory

and you will be amazed at how good a fingerstyle guitar player you became!

Good luck Laurel