Welcome to our Ed Sheeran’s Perfect guitar lesson. It is a suitable song for a beginner because it only uses open chords and you only play down strums throughout. Open chords are easier to play because you don’t have to press down on multiple strings with one finger as done with bar chords. The song is also a great introduction to learning to play songs with compound time signatures. Perfect reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was released in 2017 and comes from Ed Sheeran’s third album Divide.
Figure 1 (below) shows some of the basic notation information in the score of the song. Some beginners may need to learn more music theory to be able to understand all the information in the full score. In addition, beginners may need to learn more about reading rhythms prior to attempting this song.
Song StructureThe structure of the song is as follows:
Place a capo on the first fret of your guitar to play along with the recording. The song uses chords G, C, D, and Em. There is also another chord you may not be familiar with: chord D/F#. This simply means to play a D chord with an F sharp as the bottom note. If you find it tricky to play this chord, playing a D chord instead in those bars will also work.
Guitar PartPerfect has one main rhythm played throughout. A variation of that rhythm is played on bars 8, 16, 22, 38, and 46. On those bars, there are rests at the end. There is also another rhythm variation to the main rhythm in bar 52. Play a dotted minim in beat 3 of that bar.
ConclusionHope you enjoyed our Ed Sheeren’s Perfect guitar lesson. It is a song that is quick to learn and therefore allow a beginner to focus on developing smooth chord changes.
Note: The score below is provided for educational purposes only.
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