My daughter – Lord bless her soul – is taking on the challenge of teaching me some guitar.
So, I need a goal.
What are some of the easiest hymns to play (and sing for bad singers) on guitar?
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I am a part-time local pastor serving Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and a participant in the Indiana Conference's Wesleyan ConneXion. I teach business communication at Indiana University in the Kelley School of Business.
I also blog at Luc means light and contribute to The View from Here blog at Next Step Evangelism.
My wife, Lisa, and I have been married 23.5 years. Luc, 8, lives with us. Zach, 22, and JillAnn, 18, are off at college much too soon for my liking.
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Two that immediately spring to mind are Jesus Loves Me and Amazing Grace. I’m sure others will offer helpful suggestions.
One that sounds like it might be simple is Chris Tomlin’s How Great Is Our God – at least it sounded easy to this singing non-guitar playing pastor on the radio tonight.
How Great is Our God is a good one but also Holy is the Lord by Tomlin is easy as well. Some other fun ones are Pass it On, Seek Ye First, and Here I Am Lord. If you need to know chords, chordfind.com is a great site! ROCK ON!
Thank you for the list.
I’m still working on learning the notes on the various strings, so there is a long way to go.
It would also help if I could get a rhythm implant from somewhere.