Alright! So we’ll be learning a super easy song, which is also very popular today, which most beginners can play.
Hey Soul Sister is a really nice and upbeat song to play on the guitar, not to mention, very easy as well. So what we are going to need in playing this song is, of course, your guitar, and you need to place a capo on the 4th fret to make it as easy as possible for you to play. We are going to simply break down on how to play this song step by step so that it will even be much easier for you.
The Verse
We are going to need the chords: C Major, G Major, A Minor and the F Major pattern. The verse will need you to play the whole pattern: C G Am F, but once you repeat, you need to add the G Major chord after the F. So basically, the whole verse pattern will be C G Am F C G Am F G. Notice the G chord at the last.
The Rhythm
Now that we know the chords for the verse, we will now move on to the rhythm. It’s going to be quite a fast strumming pattern and it goes:
DOWN DOWN DOWN UP DOWN UP
The one above is one rhythm pattern. So for the verse, you are going to do 2 rhythm patterns on each chord. Literally, that is 2 patterns on C, 2 patterns on G, 2 patterns on Am and 2 patterns on F. On the repeat, you’re still going to do 2 rhythm patterns on each chord but on the last part, you are only going to do one pattern for F and one pattern for G.
The Chorus
We now move on the chorus which starts with 2 rhythm patterns on F Major, 1 rhythm pattern on G Major, then transition to A Minor, then G Major. It can be quite challenging, but sooner, you will get used to it. Once you are getting used to the rhythm patter, you can keep the rhythm patter going. For the last part of the chorus, you will no longer transition to Am – G, but you will only do F Major, then G Major, then back to the verse chords. This is basically a guideline to get you started, so once you are comfortable with the rhythm and the chords, you can start revising your own pattern to go along with the song.
The chord pattern is really, really very versatile, and if you notice that there also other songs using this pattern, that is in no way considered plagiarism. Like I said the versatility of the chord pattern can be made into a lot of songs with different rhythms. As a matter of fact, you can use the same chords and play “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz! You can also switch the capo around to get different pitches as well. Once you are thoroughly an expert on this one, you can even make your own songs using the chord pattern. Isn’t that amazing?
