Guitar as Accompaniment

Acoustic guitar is known best as the type of guitar that supports singers as they perform on stage. the ease of playing the basic chords of an acoustic guitar (or any guitar for that matter), makes it perfect for a self-accompaniment.

When you learn acoustic guitar well you will find that eventually the chords become natural, the steps become expected and the flow of the song is one that the fingers on chord placement become mindless.

It is this mindless ability to play that makes it such a good accompaniment. Not having to think too much about what you are doing or how to do it makes it that much easier for you to play the guitar and really concentrate on the song that is being sung. It is too difficult to perform two instruments at once well, so having one down to a science makes the voice (another instrument) so much easier to put your time into.

Acoustic guitar is wonderful to add color to the piece being played. It also gives a new singer a bit of support, having something to hold on to and keep your attention could only be a good thing for a new singer.

Eventually your chord maturity will get to the point where you can also add some riffs, bass lines and bar chords to the complexity of the songs that you play. Adding these elemnts to accompany your song will give the song even more body and will allow for the song to sound even more complete.