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15 Easy Folk Songs That Can Be Played on the Guitar

Many beginning guitar players start out by learning folk music.
This is because folk songs are not only easy to play, but are generally known by the majority of the population.
It's always fun for to have a sing-a-long during social occasions or camping trips.
There's nothing like sitting around the fire on a summer night singing everyone's favorite song.
Folk music is attractive to many players because not only it is about every day life, but it's also relatively easy to play.
Most songs can be played by learning only 3 or 4 cords.
The following are 15 of the most popular folk songs that can easily be played on any acoustic guitar.
1.
This Old Man 2.
Yankee Doodle 3.
She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain 4.
The Farmer in the Dell 5.
I've Been Working on the Railroad 6.
Times they are a changin 7.
Hush Little Baby 8 Michael Row the Boat Ashore 9.
If I Had A Hammer 10.
On Top of Old Smokey 11.
Greensleeves 12.
Rock-A-Bye Baby 13.
Oh Susanna 14.
Blowing in the wind 15.
House of the Rising Sun One of the great things about folk music is while it's relatively easy to play for beginners, it can also be challenging for experiences guitar players.
Once you've mastered all the basic guitar cords, you can expand your playing by using a variety of fingerstyle techniques.
This can be done by using your thumb, first, second and third fingers to pick the melodic accompaniment for the songs.
Folk music is an attractive music style because it offers the best of both worlds - songs that are easy to learn, but at the same time, ones that are challenging.
You'll never get tired of playing these songs.
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