Yui certainly makes guitar look easy, doesn’t it? Heck, even her sister Ui can learn for a couple days and blend in with her band for ease.
Shows like K-ON!! have inspired many to pick up the guitar and they may have had big dreams of becoming a great rock star, but within your first week, you’ll realize it’s not as easy as it looks. I actually had to write an article on Anime Guitar Prodigies, and it their quick growth was realistic or not. . I highly recommend checking it out if you feel you’re progressing at a slow rate.
But if you have your foundation down and are just trying to find some easier K-ON!! songs to learn, this list is for you. I will say though, even their easiest songs aren’t that easy, so if you’re looking for easy anime songs in general, check out my 25 Easy Anime Songs for Electric Guitar, or my 50 Power Chord Anime Songs article instead. You can also find all my Japanese Music and Anime Tabs Articles Here!.
And if you love Japanese music and would like to learn and understand it more, please check out My Japanese Music Resources Page. And if you’d like to learn more about Japanese music theory so you can understand and create your own Japanese inspired music, check out The Complete Japanese Music Theory Course!
With that out of the way, I will now rank K-ON songs from easiest to hardest.
Easy
Definition: Basic strumming, slow/simple riffs. Possible with under a year experience.
1. Hold On To Your Love
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Note: If you’re interested in other easy anime songs, check out this article!
Medium
Definition: More complex 8th beat strumming, may have barre chords and muting. Solos contain slides/hammer-ons/bends, but riffs are not too fast. A goal for a 1 year guitarist.
1. Fude Pen Boru Pen
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2. Honey Sweet Tea Time
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3. Listen
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4. Girls In Wonderland
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5. Don’t Say Lazy
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6. Ichiban Ippai
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7. Tsubasa wo Kudasai
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8. Sumidare Love
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9. Gohan wo Okazu
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10. Guitar Ni Kubittake
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11. Tokimeki Sugar
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12. Tenshi ni Fureta Yo
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13. Pure Pure Heart
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14. No Thank You
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15. U & I
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16. Happy!? Sorry!!
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18. Fuwa Fuwa Time
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Hard
Definition: Faster 8th beat strumming or slower 16th beat strumming, harder/newer chords, complex solos but still possible with a couple years experience.
1. Cagayake Girls
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2. Over The Starlight
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3. Curry After Rice
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4. Ichigo Parfait
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5. Sweet Bitter Beauty Song
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6. Watashi wa Watashi no Micho wo Iku
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7. Go Go Maniac
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8. Lovely Sister Love
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Extremely Hard
Definition: Super Fast and extremely complex. You will have to do lead and rhythm, 16th rhythm patterns, barre chords, triads, arpeggios, etc. Will definitely require a few years of experience.
1. Jama-Uma Way To Go
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2. My Love Is A Stapler
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3. Utau yo Miracle
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Fly High!~