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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby LukinFan » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:11 pm

I just started messing around with"Hey, Ya" by OutKast - kind of a cool song. Here's a good video link on how to play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgi0mSD ... _embedded#!
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby LukinFan » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:54 am

Started working on Green Day's "Time of Your Life" this morning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdlg_lbB5yE
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby Professor Earthtones » Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:36 pm

I didn't read through every post, but here's my list of semi-popular, easy songs for the guitar that I still enjoy listening to, and playing...sorry for any duplicates from previous posts.

If you know power chords (and you should!), then every song by Green Day is cake (although Palm Muting is a skill that takes some developing, and you do need a quicker picking hand). They are a much better band when you START playing guitar. Also, drop D tuning is the friend of the beginning guitarist that wants to play some easy songs, or even better, playing your own easy songs/jams.

Other easy songs off the top of my head:
Soundgarden: Outshined (Drop D)
Local H: Eddie Vedder
Pantera/Sabbath: Planet Caravan
Jimi Hendrix: Wind Cries Mary
Pearl Jam: Corduroy, Release, In My Tree
Mad Season: River of Deceit
TOTD: Hunger Strike (Drop D)
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Foo Fighters: For All the Cows
Alice in Chains: Down in a Hole, Nutshell
Metllica: Enter Sandman, Fade to Black, Nothing Else Matters (first 5 notes SUPER EASY! lol... other parts not too difficult for beginners either)
Nirvana: almost everything's easy...About a Girl is a very easy one with easy to find video of them playing it
Tool: older stuff is very easy for guitar...mostly in drop D (I don't know any new stuff)
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2003: Champaign, St. Louis, Chicago, Alpine, Indy, KC, Council Bluffs, Philly x2
2004: St. Louis
2006: Chicago x 2
2010: Indy
2011: Alpine x 2
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby mfc2006 » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:28 pm

a few others...

Beck-Lost Cause
My Morning Jacket-a lot of it is easy, you just need a capo
Soul Asylum-Runaway Train, Homesick
the letters you write
deep in the darkness
and the candle you burn
for those that have lost it...
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby LukinFan » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:29 am

anyone have any good videos for "Wishlist"?
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby mfc2006 » Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:52 pm

LukinFan wrote:anyone have any good videos for "Wishlist"?


pm me your email address & i'll record one for ya, Roger.
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby LukinFan » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:23 am

mfc2006 wrote:
LukinFan wrote:anyone have any good videos for "Wishlist"?


pm me your email address & i'll record one for ya, Roger.

Matt - you rock! PM sent
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby magga1976 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:05 pm

Harvest Moon is a great song for beginners IMO
This tab works pretty well
The riff and the chords sound pretty spot on
i don't think the arpeggio is right (maybe supposed to be harmonic on the 12th fret) just leave it out

http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/n/neil_young/harvest_moon_crd.htm

play along with this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1DFifr7iYg
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby LukinFan » Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:59 pm

I started messing around with this one today:

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BS-305-Y ... eatles.php
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby Hugh Freaking Dillon » Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:24 pm

Tweeter and the Monkeyman (by the Travelling Wilburys, but redone by the Headstones in a punk sorta way).
you're so full of sh*t your ears are full of flies

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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby LukinFan » Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:58 pm

8-)
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby phungi » Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:47 am

Blackbird by the Beatles is much easier than I expected...
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby LukinFan » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:31 am

Horse with No Name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Jki9Ga ... re=related
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby YgoWash » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:09 am

try learning just about any song from

Iggy and the Stooges " Funhouse " album

all are pretty easy !!!
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Re: Songs for beginners

Postby LukinFan » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:58 am

Been working working on Times Like These by the Foo Fighters. Pretty easy chords. Still trying to get down the strumming for the verses
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