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Easy to play PJ songs on accoustic guitar?

Obi OnceObi Once Posts: 918
edited January 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
Hi i got a used accoustic guitar for xmas and i've just started to learn how to play, 2 friends are helping me, and i'll take lessons soon, i was wondering what PJ song isnt too hard to learn to play? Since i know these songs, i thought it would be easier to learn.. so far i'm stuck with playin RITFW all the time..
Thanks
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  • SquirrelSquirrel Posts: 337
    hey..RITFW is cool! i'm stuck with the intro to corduroy...*lol* :D

    i think 'better man' might be one of the easier ones...??

    ok..i'm the wrong person to post right here...who's_pj and mig..have a go! :)
  • miskinmiskin Posts: 278
    hehehehe, glad to welcome you into the guitar playing world!

    try out ummmm

    betterman
    alive (the chordal version that stone plays)

    these songs are pretty easy... basically when you start out as a guitarist just download and print off fuck loads of tablature, regardless of difficulty, and learn to play it.
    any guitarist can play anything.... it just takes a different amount of time to learn. guitar is one of those few intruments when you an jump in the deep end :-). If you want any pearl jam tablature message me :-)
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  • miskinmiskin Posts: 278
    were you joking about beign stuck on beginningm of corduroy???!!??!!??!?!?

    its

    9---9
    9----9
    9
    9
    9----9
    -7-7---7---7-7----7---7-0-0
    0----0--0----0

    9---9
    9----9
    9----9
    9----9
    -7-7---7---7-7----7----7-0-0----0----0
    8-8----8----8


    then A major barred, 10th fret, 9th fret etc etc etc etc etc
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  • miskinmiskin Posts: 278
    yay i just turned into a red mosquito! yay!
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  • JakeYanachekJakeYanachek Posts: 31
    Last Kiss

    only 4 chords...
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Obi, check http://www.giventowail.com. They have a beginners through advanced guide. It's learning to play the guitar using all PJ songs basically, from easy to hard. Good theory as well. Good luck!
  • SquirrelSquirrel Posts: 337
    pearlwax wrote:
    Obi, check http://www.giventowail.com. They have a beginners through advanced guide. It's learning to play the guitar using all PJ songs basically, from easy to hard. Good theory as well. Good luck!

    oh cool...i'm gonna check that one out as well! :)


    and miskin..ehm..well i actually have mastered the intro to coruroy...but that's about it...:D
  • Obi OnceObi Once Posts: 918
    thanks for the feedback ya'll! betterman is the one i'm working on now..

    pearlwax - i (naturally:)) found that site, is there a beginners through advanced guide..?

    and mrs nutgone, that intro is pretty cool! :)
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  • samicksamick Posts: 373
    LUKIN

    Long Road

    Hail Hail

    Not for you

    Corduroy

    Spin the Black Circle

    Do The Evolution

    Faithful
  • jimbo_lizardkingjimbo_lizardking Posts: 14
    Release - 3 chords, everything is based around the D chord

    Untitled - only has one riff

    Jeremy - a couple of chords and the bass riff at the beginning

    Bushleaguer - Has 2 riffs
  • SquirrelSquirrel Posts: 337
    Obi Once wrote:
    and mrs nutgone, that intro is pretty cool! :)

    tis indeed...hey we'll keep on practising and by the time i might get to holland we'll be able to have a jam session!!! *optimism sparkling* :D
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Squirrel wrote:
    tis indeed...hey we'll keep on practising and by the time i might get to holland we'll be able to have a jam session!!! *optimism sparkling* :D


    Wow! You know the intro to Corduroy?!
    Impressive!
    How the hell did you learn that!? :D

    (Don't forget to let the low E string ring a bit! ;) )
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  • SquirrelSquirrel Posts: 337
    who's_pearljam? wrote:
    Wow! You know the intro to Corduroy?!
    Impressive!
    How the hell did you learn that!? :D

    (Don't forget to let the low E string ring a bit! ;) )

    *giggles* well you know..i'm simply a genious...just playin by ear n stuff...*lool*

    nah..a wooonderful friend who's the greatest guitar player...taught me many tips and tricks...and some of them...i haven't forgotten...yet! :D

    actually i was surprised how much i remembered..hell of a good teacher you are!!! but i'd need some refresh-lessons!!! *puppy eyes*
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Squirrel wrote:
    *giggles* well you know..i'm simply a genious...just playin by ear n stuff...*lool*

    nah..a wooonderful friend who's the greatest guitar player...taught me many tips and tricks...and some of them...i haven't forgotten...yet! :D

    actually i was surprised how much i remembered..hell of a good teacher you are!!! but i'd need some refresh-lessons!!! *puppy eyes*

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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Wow, Squirrel is turning into a gearhead...


    Two songs that are STUPID-easy that nobody mentioned already...

    Black:

    E7 and A for intro (it's a variation you can learn later, but fake for now)

    E and A for the verse

    C and Em for Chorus A

    D, C, and Em for Chorus B

    Indifference (Ben Harper version):

    Em and D for the verse (I usually play a D9)

    G, D, and Em for the chorus
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • SquirrelSquirrel Posts: 337
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    Wow, Squirrel is turning into a gearhead...


    uhm..well...*coughs* sorta...*grin* :)
  • DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 734
    i know you are looking for easy pearl jam songs to play...but you'll be surprised at how much you'll enjoy playing other music too...that said, here's a great site that provides instruction for easy songs: http://www.guitarnoise.com/easy.php

    i'll add that the following songs that PJ plays are relatively easy:
    • hide your love away
    • last kiss
    • crazy mary
    • black
    • hail, hail
    • low light
    • Nothingman
    • Elderly woman...(by far the easiest)
    • I am Mine
    • Strangest Tribe (need a capo)

    ds
    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Obi Once wrote:
    pearlwax - i (naturally:)) found that site, is there a beginners through advanced guide..?

    http://www.giventowail.com/new/interact/beginner/index.php

    there ya go
  • Obi OnceObi Once Posts: 918
    pearlwax wrote:
    http://www.giventowail.com/new/interact/beginner/index.php

    there ya go
    thanks! i guess i missed that block of links...
    and also the others, mcC=god, who'sPJ?, ds (that link is gold), samick and jimbo! It'll be a long road from here, but i'm looking forward to it, thanks again.
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  • soapyrowssoapyrows Posts: 235
    man, if you need extra help as a beginner, powertab is the greatest program ever!

    download it at:
    http://www.power-tab.net

    and the actual tabs at:
    http://www.powertabs.net

    they have a heap of good pj stuff, especially breath, it's perfect!
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  • pearl_bugpearl_bug Posts: 22
    Small town
    I was alone
    I took a ride
    I didn't know
    What I would
    Find there.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Yes, and if you tune your guitar to DADGAD playing "Small Town" is very easy. I might put up the chord shapes I worked out for this arrangement some time. Open tunings are much easier to play than one might imagine.
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Yes, and if you tune your guitar to DADGAD playing "Small Town" is very easy. I might put up the chord shapes I worked out for this arrangement some time. Open tunings are much easier to play than one might imagine.

    :confused: why would you even go there? It doesn't get any easier in standard...
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Well, I play and write a lot of songs in DADGAD and in fact, it's the tuning my guitars have been in, 95% of the time since about 1990. In fact the chords for "Small Town" in DADGAD involve one or two finger chord shapes. Dead easy. And it sounds right too.
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Okay now post 'em! I'm curious now :D

    95%?! I don't even know how to write a decent song in standard tuning, let alone i alternate tuning. How do you go about that?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    pearlwax wrote:
    Okay now post 'em! I'm curious now :D

    95%?! I don't even know how to write a decent song in standard tuning, let alone i alternate tuning. How do you go about that?

    Er, I will, after a bit. If I could be arsed to learn how to convert wma files to Mp3s, I'd post my demos here. ;)
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    jimbo_lizardking wrote:
    Release - 3 chords, everything is based around the D chord

    Untitled - only has one riff

    Jeremy - a couple of chords and the bass riff at the beginning

    Bushleaguer - Has 2 riffs
    speaking of jeremy, which harmonics does mike play in the intro? i have a tab that sounds wrong
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