The fastest, easiest way to play all your favorite songs is, in my opinion, as follows:
First, you learn the basic chords. Chords are the basic building blocks from which all music is created.
Next, you learn to string a few chords together into progressions. The key to that is being able to switch your fingers quickly enough that is sounds smooth.
And the third step, once you can play chord progressions, is to play a complete song based on 1 or more chord progressions and a vocal melody.
I call this the “1-2-3” method and that’s exactly what you’ll learn inside the Ultimate Beginner Guitar course.
Of course, there’s a lot that goes into each of these steps, but once you understand that you can play hundreds or thousands of songs from the same basic chords, you have a firm grasp on how easy it really can be to learn guitar.