{"id":7315,"date":"2023-02-27T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bandmag.com\/?p=7315"},"modified":"2023-03-03T11:09:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T11:09:55","slug":"how-to-play-this-is-home-on-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandmag.com\/how-to\/how-to-play-this-is-home-on-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play This Is Home on Guitar (Easy Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you wondering how to play This is Home on guitar<\/strong>? With its catchy melody and simple chord progression, “This Is Home” by Switchfoot is a popular song among guitarists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve wanted to add this song to your repertoire, now’s the perfect time! Here we’ll cover how to play “This Is Home” on guitar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

College students and guitarists will benefit from this guide as it provides an easy step-by-step process for mastering the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Play This Is Home on Guitar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chord Progression<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The chords used in this song are G, Em, Cadd9, and Dsus2. This fairly common chord progression consists of mostly open chords, making it easier to learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start by strumming four downstrokes for each chord until you can transition between them smoothly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have that down, start speeding up the tempo and alternating between downstrokes and upstrokes as you continue practicing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This should give you a good foundation for playing the song accurately and with feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fingerpicking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you want to take your playing skills to the next level, consider fingerpicking instead of strumming. The basic fingerpicking pattern for “This Is Home” is two down strums followed by two upstreams (D-U-D-U)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may take some practice before you get it right, but once you do, you can add more intricate patterns to your playing style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel free to experiment with different rhythms as well; that makes playing a song like this fun and exciting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soloing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you want to impress your friends with your guitar skills, try learning how to play a solo over the chorus of “This Is Home”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solo consists of two simple riffs that use A minor pentatonic scale shapes 1 & 5<\/strong>, along with some chromatic notes thrown in for good measure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is pretty easy if you already have some experience with lead guitar playing, but if not, don’t worry because there are plenty of online lessons that can help get you started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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