Is This Love? - Bob Marley

How to play Is This Love? - Bob Marley by Bob Marley on guitar

This song is a great one to learn because it has a relaxed, steady feel and a repeating groove that helps you settle in quickly. You can focus on clean changes and a smooth pulse instead of chasing lots of chord movement, which makes it feel approachable and musical right away.

You’ll use a mix of open shapes and barre shapes, so the main challenge is moving between the easier chords and the harder grips without breaking the flow. The change to watch most closely is the opening move from A to C#m and back again, since that switch sets the feel and can expose any hesitations in your fretting hand.

Start by looping just the opening progression slowly until the shapes feel automatic. Then practice the barre chord on its own, add the open chord, and only speed up when each change sounds even. Once that feels solid, play along with the full tempo and keep your right hand moving steadily.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.