Songs for beginners

FrankieG · July 2012

Nice Thread!

I will be playing some of these this weekend hopefully.

DriftingByTheStorm · July 2012

So Also ...
i've been on like a "revisit all things southern rock and deep 70's" recently ... probably cuz i'm sick to death of modern music ... even the indie shit is all either variations-on-an-emo, or I-Think-I'm-The-Replacements-Or-The-White-Stripes, etc ...

Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers

TRULY easy as piss.
Even the solo, again like most of the songs i'm posting with solos, is a fairly straight forward pentatonic solo, and you really don't even move out of 7th position for the whole thing. These are good ways to get familiar with using single notes in a scale (ie. soloing, der dee der)

Heres another, mildly retarded song, but I've started at this point just clicking on the youtube sidebar for ideas \ related content ...

I'm Your Captain - Grand Funk Railroad ... i mean, TWO CHORDS for about 10 minutes ... and then an easy 4 chord refrain: Dm-Bb-Dm-Bb-Dm then Bb-F-A-A x2

no real solo, a lick or two, and again, really straight foward easy as piss.

ALSO, i don't think anyone has mentioned the following, and it was ALSO ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS I EVER TRIED TO LEARN ON GUITAR:

The Who's - Tommy (all of it) ...
some of this is obviously multiple instruments (sometimes not even guitar) reduced down to guitar ... so actually like the overture is pretty complex (but good practice for theory & fingering) ... but MOST of it is EASY as piss ... see Christmas, Go To The Mirror Boy, Tommy Can You Hear Me, EVEN PINBALL WIZARD are all pretty goddamn easy. The rest involve a bit more fingering \ walking bass lines (Pete always straddled a fine line between lead and rhythm) but is still not Ynwingie Malsteen!

Also, straight up randomly,
Mama I'm Comin Home - Ozzy good for practicing simple finger picking patterns (that, GnR Paradise City and Beatles - Black Bird, which are both a bit harder, but definitely not out of "beginner" reach in some capacity) [pps. you can use a pick on Ozzy & GnR (recommend you learn to finger pick though), but don't try it with Blackbird!]

OH.
and if you wanna walk some bass lines learn
ROLL ANOTHER NUMBER - NEIL YOUNG

When you see chords like this:
D/A and D/B
the FIRST letter is the CHORD. the SECOND is the walking ***NOTE*** ... you are walking the song ... listen to it to get the feel for the rhythm and the bass\"walk" ...

D [consider this D/D]
e----2
b----3
g----2
d---0- <---- This is the D
a----
e----

D/A
e----2
b----3
g----2
d

a----0 <---- THIS IS THE "A"
e----

You pick\walk like this:

____D______D/A______
e

2--2

2--2----
b

3--3

3--3----
g

2--2

2--2----
d---0

a

0

e

____G______G/A_____G/B___G/A_
e

3

3---
b

3

3---
g

0

0---
d

a

0

2

0

e----3

CAPISCHE?

DriftingByTheStorm · July 2012

One more.

Uriah Heep - Easy Livin (live)
Tab that Plays The Music For You To Hear

It behooves you to try your damnedest on that little riff at the end of the chorus. You will reap the rewards in the long run, especially if you bother to study your pentatonic scale at all. Then you will start to understand WHY and WHAT they are playing. Why those notes? Well. Lookie here at the Dminor Pentatonic Scale:

That riff starts in "position 4" and falls back to "position 3".

Learn that shit, fools!

DriftingByTheStorm · July 2012

Slow Song Morning over here.

This falls in the EASY AS POO category:
Man of Golden Words - Mother Love BONE

(uh i had this friend a long time ago who didn't know MLB, and instead of saying the name with the natural pronunciation on Love, he put it on Bone. Try it. It sounds idiotic.)

ANYhow ...
song is really easy, and beautiful.
Try messing around with hitting\appregiating single notes in the chords for some flavor.
Or try hitting chords higher up. Like do F and G as bared "A Chords" on 8th and 10th frets. Whatevs.

LukinFan · July 2012

I Use to Love Her - GnR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-NzvEb0zGM

D
A
G
A

x2

then
G
A
x3

then D

DriftingByTheStorm · July 2012

LukinFan wrote:

I Use to Love Her - GnR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-NzvEb0zGM

D
A
G
A

x2

then
G
A
x3

then D

Also,
if you're learning this one,
might as well learn the song (that GnR also covered well) that they probably "stole" this general song structure from (same way i think Eddie prolly ripped off The Kids Are Alright for Betterman, but hey, who am i to say?)

Chords
Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers - Tab
woop woop

Better Tab of Riffs\Fills\Leads

Great 'Stones Live Version

ALL GUNS N ROSES SONGS = HALF STEP DOWN, ALL STRINGS.

megatron · July 2012

whipping is a fun one
its just E G A G

power chords or majors either way is real easy

a good one for strengthening your barre chords is come back

its just F B-flat and C

the pattern changes a couple times during the song..real easy to listen and figure it out. easy solo too

DriftingByTheStorm · July 2012

megatron wrote:

a good one for strengthening your barre chords is come back

yeah but that solo really pisses me off.
i can never get it to "rip" like Mikey does it.
:( :( :(

megatron · July 2012

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

megatron wrote:

a good one for strengthening your barre chords is come back

yeah but that solo really pisses me off.
i can never get it to "rip" like Mikey does it.
:( :( :(

ok i meant the first part of the solo is easy

and "i can never _______ like mike" is a constant theme in my playing. he's pretty good at guitar

DriftingByTheStorm · July 2012

megatron wrote:

he's pretty good at guitar

lol.
yeah.
playing with your guitar behind your head = "pretty good".

:P :roll: :P

I guess you have to play with your TEETH or your TONGUE like Hendrix to be "really good"?

I guess we all SUCK then?
:( :( :(

HEY LUKIN,
hows your playin' comin?
Frustrated, excited, bored, whats goin on man?
The 1st year of guitar always sucks the worst.
Like so much possibility yet so limited in your ability gets frustrating (least i was pissed off!)
sounds like you're on the right track though.

PS - 4:22 on the recorded version of Come Back is what i'm talking about.
I know this is just simple pentatonic shit but he makes it sound SOOOOOOOOOO goood.

Berasapj · July 2012

Life wasted is another good song to start evolving from beginner to intermediate

Berasapj · July 2012

Another thing a little help with the strumming for 'Man of golden words'?

DriftingByTheStorm · July 2012

Berasapj wrote:

Another thing a little help with the strumming for 'Man of golden words'?

Just watch The Pro do it (Chris Cornell covering, acoustic) ...

dunno how good\miserable you are at guitar, but it's not that hard.
What specifically you need help with?
chords are here

Really the only other thing is some B string movement in the Am chord before going to the G chord

E---0---0---0---0
B---1---3---1---0
G---2---2---2---2
D---2---2---2---2
A---0---0---0---0
E

You should be able to figure out where that fits in after the first few Am strums at the song start,

LukinFan · July 2012

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

HEY LUKIN,
hows your playin' comin?
Frustrated, excited, bored, whats goin on man?
The 1st year of guitar always sucks the worst.
Like so much possibility yet so limited in your ability gets frustrating (least i was pissed off!)
sounds like you're on the right track though.

PS - 4:22 on the recorded version of Come Back is what i'm talking about.
I know this is just simple pentatonic shit but he makes it sound SOOOOOOOOOO goood.

It's going great! I jam with a buddy of mine - he plays piano/keys and sings. We just do it for fun. We have a base of songs we always play when we get together and slowly we are building on it. Honestly, if it wasn't for him always pushing me and this place, I would not be where I'm at now. The damn F chord almost made me quit. Still working on power chords, but I'm not going to quit.

megatron · July 2012

LukinFan wrote:

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

HEY LUKIN,
hows your playin' comin?
Frustrated, excited, bored, whats goin on man?
The 1st year of guitar always sucks the worst.
Like so much possibility yet so limited in your ability gets frustrating (least i was pissed off!)
sounds like you're on the right track though.

PS - 4:22 on the recorded version of Come Back is what i'm talking about.
I know this is just simple pentatonic shit but he makes it sound SOOOOOOOOOO goood.

It's going great! I jam with a buddy of mine - he plays piano/keys and sings. We just do it for fun. We have a base of songs we always play when we get together and slowly we are building on it. Honestly, if it wasn't for him always pushing me and this place, I would not be where I'm at now. The damn F chord almost made me quit. Still working on power chords, but I'm not going to quit.

same here roger. f chord was "impossible". if you're ever in orlando lets jam

LukinFan · July 2012

megatron wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

HEY LUKIN,
hows your playin' comin?
Frustrated, excited, bored, whats goin on man?
The 1st year of guitar always sucks the worst.
Like so much possibility yet so limited in your ability gets frustrating (least i was pissed off!)
sounds like you're on the right track though.

PS - 4:22 on the recorded version of Come Back is what i'm talking about.
I know this is just simple pentatonic shit but he makes it sound SOOOOOOOOOO goood.

It's going great! I jam with a buddy of mine - he plays piano/keys and sings. We just do it for fun. We have a base of songs we always play when we get together and slowly we are building on it. Honestly, if it wasn't for him always pushing me and this place, I would not be where I'm at now. The damn F chord almost made me quit. Still working on power chords, but I'm not going to quit.

same here roger. f chord was "impossible". if you're ever in orlando lets jam

oh yeah - that would be sweet! Are you going to either of the PJ festivals?

megatron · July 2012

i'd like to do deluna but the ride situation is kinda shaky right now. had to sell the truck.

and i have a family wedding the last week of september kinda worried about funds

LukinFan · July 2012

megatron wrote:

i'd like to do deluna but the ride situation is kinda shaky right now. had to sell the truck.

and i have a family wedding the last week of september kinda worried about funds

at least you have a couple of local EV shows to look forward to

Berasapj · July 2012

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

Berasapj wrote:

Another thing a little help with the strumming for 'Man of golden words'?

Just watch The Pro do it (Chris Cornell covering, acoustic) ...

dunno how good\miserable you are at guitar, but it's not that hard.
What specifically you need help with?
chords are here

Really the only other thing is some B string movement in the Am chord before going to the G chord

E---0---0---0---0
B---1---3---1---0
G---2---2---2---2
D---2---2---2---2
A---0---0---0---0
E

You should be able to figure out where that fits in after the first few Am strums at the song start,

I've been playing guitar for 7 months, os I guess I still suck big time

I'll listen to chris's version so I can dig the rythm, 'cause in the MLB version I can mainly hear the piano and the vocals

megatron · July 2012

a real easy one is dont be shy. but i have a question for anyone that plays this song.

i learned how to play by watching this vedder video. it looks like G D C/G with a slide down to a D or whatever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LRexwx-VNM

thing is every tab online has A E D
http://giventowail.com/tab/pearl-jam/co ... ont-be-shy

just wondered how you guys play it..?

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