# Learn Guitar — Play along > Interactive page: [`songs.html`](songs.html) A song on this page is a **progression** — an order of chords — looped against the click. Progressions are not copyrightable; only melodies and lyrics are. No melody, no words. Beginner loops stay at four beats. Intermediate adds barre and 12-bar. Advanced cuts the beats, adds 7ths, and mutes on purpose. Same idea as [Piano play-along](/piano/songs.html), with guitar shapes. Capo if you need to match a singer’s **Sa**. Roman numerals: [Piano · circle of fifths](/piano/circle-of-fifths.html) and Open Music Theory — I is the home chord of the key. On the HTML page the player loads a loop, strums each chord, and follows the metronome tempo. Play becomes Stop on the same button. A hash loads a loop (`songs.html#four`, `songs.html#folk`, …) and scrolls to the player. ## Three tracks - **Beginner** — Four-chord, Ghar, three-chord, waltz, G–Am–D folk. Four beats each. Downs first, then D-DU-UDU. - **Intermediate** — 50s, relative-minor, Am campfire, lok 6/8, 12-bar. A–D–E, E–A–B7, Am courtyard. Then C–G–Am–F and G–Bm–C–D. - **Advanced** — 2 beats per chord. Blues with 7ths. Quick-change 12-bar. Chunk on 2 and 4. Read the TAB while you play. ## Loops (in the player) | Loop | Track | Numerals | Chords | Meter | |------|-------|----------|--------|-------| | **Four-chord song** | Beginner | I – V – vi – IV | G · D · Em · C | 4/4 | | **Ghar loop (original)** | Beginner | I – IV – V – I | G · C · D · G | 4/4 | | **Three-chord backbone** | Beginner | I – IV – V | G · C · D | 4/4 | | **Waltz in G** | Beginner | I – IV – V – I | G · C · D · G | 3/4 | | **G–Am–D folk** | Beginner | I – ii – V | G · Am · D | 4/4 | | **50s / ballad** | Intermediate | I – vi – IV – V | G · Em · C · D | 4/4 | | **Relative-minor** | Intermediate | vi – IV – I – V | Em · C · G · D | 4/4 | | **Am campfire (original)** | Intermediate | i – VII – v – i | Am · G · Em · Am | 4/4 | | **Lok pulse (original)** | Intermediate | I – V | G · D | 6/8 | | **12-bar blues in G** | Intermediate | I×4 · IV×2 · I×2 · V IV I V | G, C, D | 4/4 | | **Three-chord in A** | Intermediate | I – IV – V | A · D · E | 4/4 | | **Three-chord in E** | Intermediate | I – IV – V7 | E · A · B7 | 4/4 | | **Am–F–C–G** | Intermediate | vi – IV – I – V | Am · F · C · G | 4/4 | | **Am courtyard (original)** | Intermediate | i – iv – V – i | Am · Dm · E · Am | 4/4 | | **Four-chord in C** | Intermediate | I – V – vi – IV | C · G · Am · F | 4/4 | | **G with Bm** | Intermediate | I – iii – IV – V | G · Bm · C · D | 4/4 | | **Four-chord · 2 beats** | Advanced | I – V – vi – IV | G · D · Em · C | 4/4 | | **12-bar with 7ths** | Advanced | I7×4 · IV7×2 · I7×2 · V7 IV7 I7 V7 | G7, C7, D7 | 4/4 | | **Quick-change 12-bar** | Advanced | I IV I I · IV IV I I · V IV I V | G, C, D | 4/4 | Ghar, Am campfire, Lok pulse, and Am courtyard are original — not a named recording. ## How a lesson works Hal Leonard Book 1 treats a song as **changes you can count**. Berklee guitar lab: the right hand stays on the click while the left hand changes. **Four-chord song** — verse and chorus are the same four bars. Count 1 2 3 4 on each chord; pattern D-DU-UDU when the left hand is honest. ``` | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | | G | D | Em | C | ``` **Ghar loop** — home, away, away-more, home. The three-chord backbone Hal Leonard starts with, written as a Nepali-friendly ghar / home cycle: G · C · D · G. **12-bar blues** — Hal Leonard Book 1’s first long form: ``` | G | G | G | G | | C | C | G | G | | D | C | G | D | ``` **G–Am–D folk** — I–ii–V. Resham Firiri / Chari Maryo (capo 2) teaching map. **Am–F–C–G** — Nepali pop workhorse once F is honest. **Three-chord in A** — I–IV–V as A · D · E. **Three-chord in E** — I–IV–V7 as E · A · B7. **Am courtyard** — original i–iv–V–i: Am · Dm · E · Am. **Four-chord in C** — same numerals, needs F: C · G · Am · F. **G with Bm** — I – iii – IV – V: G · Bm · C · D. **12-bar with 7ths (advanced)** — same map, G7 C7 D7. The pull is the lesson. **Quick-change 12-bar (advanced)** — IV arrives in bar 2: ``` | G | C | G | G | | C | C | G | G | | D | C | G | D | ``` ## Famous titles (chords only) Titles are a recognition aid — not a transcription. Usual guitar teaching key is **G or C plus capo**. | Progression | Titles (chords only) | Play as | |-------------|----------------------|---------| | I – V – vi – IV | Let It Be · No Woman, No Cry | C · G · Am · F, or G · D · Em · C | | I – V – vi – IV | With or Without You · Take Me Home, Country Roads | G · D · Em · C + capo | | I – vi – IV – V | Stand By Me · Blue Moon · Heart and Soul | G · Em · C · D | | I – IV – V | La Bamba · Twist and Shout · Wild Thing | G · C · D | | I – IV – V | Three Little Birds · Blowin’ in the Wind | A · D · E | | vi – IV – I – V | Zombie · Save Tonight | Em · C · G · D | ### Nepali titles (chords only) Teaching keys from common beginner charts — not transcriptions. Cadd9 on those charts is our open **C**. | Title (chords only) | Play as | |---------------------|---------| | Resham Firiri | G · Am · D | | Chari Maryo (Nepathya) | G · Am · D, capo 2 — or A · Bm · D · E | | Hamro Nepal Ma (Neetesh Jung Kunwar) | G · C · D | | Makhamali Pachheuri Le | G · Am · D | | Timro Nyano (Uglyz) | G · D · C · Em | | Aankhama Timilai (Nabin K. Bhattarai) | G · Am · C · D · Em | | Awaz (Albatross) | Em · C · D | | Pir (Prakash Saput) | C · G · F · Am, capo as needed | | Nepali Thito (Naren Limbu) | C · Am · F · G | | Adhuro Prem | Am · F · C · G | | Chihan Ki Pari (Shirish Khadka) | C · Am · D · G | 12-bar titles (Hound Dog, Johnny B. Goode) share the G map — capo to change key. No jazz turnarounds. ## Capo and Sa Keep the G shapes. Move the capo so open G matches the singer’s Sa. | Capo fret | Open G shapes sound like | When | |-----------|--------------------------|------| | 0 | G | Default | | 2 | A | Singer’s Sa is A | | 3 | B♭ | Many South Asian film and lok keys | | 5 | C | Matches open-C piano thinking | ## TAB and the count High **e** is the top line — same as the neck on this site. Numbers are frets, not fingers. A lead-sheet count under the letters is the notation of the change. Full staff waits until a page earns a real score. Four-chord song in G (left-hand seats, not a melody): ``` G D Em C e|--3----------------2-----------------0-----------------0-- B|--0----------------3-----------------0-----------------1-- G|--0----------------2-----------------0-----------------0-- D|--0----------------0-----------------2-----------------2-- A|--2----------------------------------2-----------------3-- E|--3------------------------------------------------------- ``` Ghar loop: ``` G C D G e|--3----------------0-----------------2-----------------3-- B|--0----------------1-----------------3-----------------0-- G|--0----------------0-----------------2-----------------0-- D|--0----------------2-----------------0-----------------0-- A|--2----------------3-----------------------------------2-- E|--3----------------------------------------------------3-- ``` **Sources (two-check):** Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 (TAB orientation, I–IV–V, 12-bar blues, capo) · Open Music Theory (Roman numerals) · Berklee guitar-lab practice of locking the strum to a click. ## Classical and fingerstyle First-pieces maps (titles and harmony, no printed tunes or riffs) live on [Folk](drills-folk.md), [Classical](drills-classical.md) (and [concert-hall names](drills-classical.md)), [Rock](drills-rock.md), [Metal](drills-metal.md), and [Solo](drills-solo.md). This page keeps two public-domain / original doorways so classical / fingerstyle also appear as harmony loops: - **Open-string study in Em** — thumb on the beat, i–m on the treble. Pachelbel’s Canon (1694, IMSLP) is the famous I–V–vi chain; we do not print his melody. Then [Classical drills](drills-classical.md). - **Thumb + brush on Ghar** — folk fingerstyle seed. Build it on [Folk drills](drills-folk.md). Carcassi, Sor, and Giuliani (IMSLP) are the trusted spines for a named study. Do not copy a numbered exercise here. Continue: [Open chords](chords.md) · [Dictionary](dictionary.md)