That Moment You Play Stairway to Heaven by Accident #guitarlesson #viral

By matt nappo | Jan 27, 2026
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Join us as we reminisce about those initial steps into playing, focusing on the simple joy of a "first guitar lesson." We discuss the early days of learning a "D major chord" and how even a beginner can feel like a rockstar. This conversation is perfect for anyone interested in "guitar for beginners" and finding "easy guitar chords" to start their musical journey.


Discover the magic of learning guitar! We share how an easy D chord led to playing Stairway to Heaven and the obsession that follows. Guitar makes everything better!

[29:29-29:52]

I still remember just learning like 2 or 3 easy chords, or a D chord, a D major chord was the first chord that I could kind of get my fingers on, and I just kind of like accidentally added my pinky and it sounded like, "Na, na, na," like in Stairway, the end of Stairway to Heaven. And if you're like, don't even know how to play guitar and you can play part of a Stairway to Heaven Yeah.

[29:53-30:16]

You're, you're as good as Jimmy Page if you can play one lick. Well, you're hooked too, you know? You're like, "Oh my gosh," like, "this isn't" I still, I definitely remember going, "Oh, wow, this isn't as hard as I, I thought it was." No matter what the shape, the make, the there's a certain motion towards, like, there's a gravitational force towards, eh, the love of it. I was obsessed from the moment I started playing.

[30:16-30:33]

Yeah, I got a Polaroid camera and I remember taking a picture of my guitar with my dog and a picture of my guitar next to this door. You're like, "This, this guitar makes everything better." I had all these, like, beauty shots of the guitar that I was just so in love with.



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