how to play "bubbly" by colbie caillat

Here’s a guide on how to play Bubbly by Colbie Caillat. It’s one of those great ‘radio friendly’ pop songs typical of the singer songwriter genre.

Firstly it’s helpful to know that you can play the song in various ways with different degrees of difficulty. Whatever way you ultimately choose to play the song will depend on the current technical level of your guitar playing.

For my video I’ve chosen an easy way to play the song using a Capo position so you can use your well known open chords and not have to worry about any Barre Chords.

How to Play Bubbly: Structure

There are just 4 chords in the progression and most of them are very common except for one which has been modified in keeping with the tonal character of the song. It’s actually a very pretty chord in the context of the progression.

Now when people ask how to play a song, often what they really need to learn is the particular strumming pattern used in the song. In Guitar in a Nutshell we refer it as a Shuffle Strum and any tutorial on how to play Bubbly needs to have a clear explanation for it!

Fortunately, the strum never changes throughout the song so once you have it, it never changes. That’s good news for beginners on guitar.

The idea is that you should isolate the two main requirements. The first is the chord progression and the second is the strum pattern. With each of those mastered individually you’ll be in a great position to play the song.

Follow the video step by step, pausing the video to practice. It’s very important! In that way you’ll learn how to play the song just as if it were a real 1-1 lesson.

So good luck, it make take you a few days to learn how to play Bubbly especially if your learning the strum for the first time so be patient.