Tere Sang Yaara

How to play Tere Sang Yaara by Atif Aslam on guitar

This song is a great beginner pick because it has a warm, romantic feel and a steady pace that lets you focus on clean changes. At about 80 BPM, you can really hear the melody sit nicely over the chords, so it feels smooth and rewarding when you get it flowing.

You will mostly be moving between barre shapes, so the main challenge is keeping your fretting hand relaxed and your transitions even. The easiest shapes here are F and C, while G#, D#, A#, G#m, Fm, C#, A#m, Cm, and Gm ask for more hand strength. Watch the opening move from G# to D# and then to A# - that change is the one to lock in first.

Start by practicing the opening progression slowly, one chord at a time, until the shapes feel automatic. Then loop G# - D# - G# - A# and only speed up when each change sounds clean. After that, run the full chord cycle at a comfortable tempo and build toward the song speed little by little.

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.