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Post by Uriah on Apr 19, 2004 7:44:30 GMT -5
Hi all,
I've only been playing guitar for a few months but... I can't settle on a song to learn, I'm always learning bits of pieces of my favorite guitar solos and riffs and songs... But I can't actually play a full song (Well I can play seven nations army..)
Thanks
PS: I'm talking easy, not A horse with no name easy.
PPS: I have a capo if that helps anything...
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Post by OzDog on Apr 19, 2004 8:41:53 GMT -5
Uriah, I'm not sure what kind of music your into and don't know what you know so far. The first song I ever fully learned was Living After Midnight by Judas Priest.
Very simple chord progression. High E/5 to D/5 using the A form barre chord then A/5 to B/5 using E form barre chord. Very simple but quite fun to play. Then is moves to Low E major open position. Using a plam mute to G major.
I used to use this song as a teaching aid for my students. It works well on switching between to two most used barre chord forms and moving up and down the neck.
Oz Dog
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Post by Uriah on Apr 19, 2004 9:25:40 GMT -5
Cool! Thanks, I'll go check it out.
PS: I'm more into rock then anything else
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Post by tekrek on Apr 19, 2004 17:29:00 GMT -5
Uriah: I too have only been playing a short tim and found AC/DC Back in Black a good first song to play all the way through...Still cant play leads yet...  but working on it!!!!Intro,verse, courus,seemed to me fairly easy to pick up!!!! |
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Post by Steelpriest on Apr 19, 2004 17:35:01 GMT -5
Uriah, I'm not sure what kind of music your into and don't know what you know so far. The first song I ever fully learned was Living After Midnight by Judas Priest. LOL  How funny, this was also one of my first complete songs I could play alongside with Breaking the Law and Paranoid... hehe, the basic stuff for every guitar newbie who likes hard rock music  |
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Post by OzDog on Apr 19, 2004 21:18:12 GMT -5
The best songs are almost always based on the "keep it simple stupid" theory. Many a Priest tune and Black Sabbath were my stepping stones.
Oz Dog
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Post by Stratman on Apr 23, 2004 21:30:36 GMT -5
Cumbersome-7mary3
Not hard to remember, sounds cool, fun to play.
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Post by jeje on Apr 24, 2004 17:54:35 GMT -5
Lots of The White Stripes' songs are really simple, like Hardest Button to Button, Little Acorns, Seven Nation Army, I Think I Smell A Rat  Put on some distortion and kick ass |
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Post by samicksg on Apr 24, 2004 23:04:22 GMT -5
ANYTHING by blink 182 is easy  Also I find "alrite now" by free to be a really easy song to play. The solo may be a little difficult for a newbie but Im sure you can get the hang of it with a bit of practice |
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Post by RB on Apr 25, 2004 3:27:30 GMT -5
Paranoid, Crazy Train ... Just take your time ...
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Post by Uriah on Apr 26, 2004 6:29:06 GMT -5
Well, today I'll look through powertabs archive for some of those songs.
Here's a list of the songs I can play a bit/alot of:
Seven Nations Army: whole thing, no slide
Lucy in the sky with diamonds: No chords just the opening
Don't Fear the reaper: main riff
Thunderstruck: the little chorus that goes through the whole song
Smoke on the water: first 3 pages
Crazy Train: beginning riff
Concerning hobbits: most of the beginning
Simpsons theme: whole opening
A song me and my friend made up: Havent finished it
Songs I want to learn:
IRON MAN
Paranoid
Back In Black
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Another Brick In The wall: Im having trouble with the barre cords
I'll add on if I forgot something.
~Uriah
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Post by jamesnz on Apr 30, 2004 2:52:54 GMT -5
ummmmmm,
enter sandman - metallica
anyone could play the rythym part to that with one hand and their eyes closed...
And thats what I hate about it
freaken mainstream metallica
pity they didn't all quit after justice,
or mabey halfway through black
sorry to vent...
have fun
james
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Post by hcoll on Apr 30, 2004 14:53:13 GMT -5
...play a duet with a friend....
...The Beatles..."Tomorrow Never Knows"...from Revolver....
...you play John Lennon's rhythm part ...all on a C-Chord....
...your friend fills in the rest....
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Post by supedupviper on May 2, 2004 19:43:32 GMT -5
A really fun and easy song to learn is Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. Nothing hard to it at all, plus the solo is super easy
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Post by thebigkahuna on May 11, 2004 17:53:04 GMT -5
some beatles stuff is good to learn because its mainly pretty easy an no solos, thats the probly with ozzy, le zep and deep purple stuff, the solos are to hard for beginners
but like i said The Beatles, actually the first entire song i learned how to play was "8 days a week"
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but working on it!!!!Intro,verse, courus,seemed to me fairly easy to pick up!!!!
How funny, this was also one of my first complete songs I could play alongside with Breaking the Law and Paranoid... hehe, the basic stuff for every guitar newbie who likes hard rock music 
Put on some distortion and kick ass 
Also I find "alrite now" by free to be a really easy song to play. The solo may be a little difficult for a newbie but Im sure you can get the hang of it with a bit of practice 