This is the song you should work on over winter break to improve your guitar skills!
Winter break gives you plenty of time—it’s a great chance to practice guitar and make real progress!
Maybe you’re not only aiming to get better at guitar, but also feeling the urge to dive deeper into music itself.
You might be unsure which songs are effective for practice, or what to play to better understand music, and find yourself stuck.
So in this article, we’ve gathered lots of practice songs we’d love guitar beginners to try!
We’ll focus on songs that even those who just started playing can handle, so be sure to check them out.
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These are the songs you should work on over winter break to improve your guitar skills! (41–50)
The Never-Ending SongTHE BLUE HERTS
A legendary band that sent middle and high school students across Japan into a frenzy from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, THE BLUE HEARTS.
The vocals give it a fierce feel, but the tempo is relatively slow, and the single-note phrases played during the interlude are also at a leisurely pace and easy to copy, making it approachable for beginner guitarists.
These are the songs you should work on during winter break to improve your guitar skills! (51–60)
Wandervogelkururi
A song by Quruli, a rock band from Kyoto Prefecture.
The main guitar part is strumming mixed with arpeggios using a slightly overdriven tone, so there are no difficult techniques and it’s an easy number for beginner guitarists to play.
The occasional cutting, including in the intro, gives the song contrast, so be sure to clearly play the parts where the sound rings and the parts where it’s muted, and stay locked to the rhythm.
Since the overall arrangement assumes playing while singing, it’s recommended to learn the vocals together if possible.
Banzai ~ So glad I loved you ~Urufuruzu
The band Ulfuls’ signature song “Banzai ~Sukide Yokatta~” is perfect for singing and playing on the guitar! When it was released, it was a huge hit, selling over 500,000 copies.
Some of you might even sing it often at karaoke.
It’s a love song that still feels fresh and never loses its charm!
Shangri-LaChatto Monchī
Released in 2006, this song by Chatmonchy was used as the ending theme for the TV anime Hataraki Man.
It features a simple, continuous cutting (strumming) pattern, but there’s a tricky section where extra beats are added, making it quite a challenging piece.
It’d be really cool if you could play that odd-meter part smoothly as if nothing happened.
Also, since guitarist-vocalist Eriko Hashimoto sings while playing guitar, it’s a great one to practice singing while you play.
That’s important.Daiji MAN Burazāzu Bando
“Sore ga Daiji” is on the more challenging side among beginner-friendly songs, but it’s perfect for practicing finger technique.
To break out of the beginner stage on guitar, be sure to master this tune! It’s an encouraging song, so I think you’ll feel motivated as you work on it!
GraduationOzaki Yutaka
This is the song you’ll want to remember by the winter graduation season! It’s been a while since its release, but I think there are few people in the younger generation who haven’t heard it.
If you could do a solo singing and guitar performance of this song in the classroom on graduation day…
it would be the perfect way to cap off your youth!
cherry blossomMoriyama Naotaro
This is a song by singer-songwriter Naotaro Moriyama, and the original version consists only of vocals and piano.
Many of the chords used are complex, but because the tempo is slow, it’s perfect for memorizing chords and practicing chord changes.