songs I should learn (guitar)
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Radiohead - High and Dry (Easy to play)
Radiohead - Street Spirit (A little harder but very enjoyable and cool to play)
Green Day - Time of your Life (I'm sure everyone knows this one)
REM - Everybody Hurts
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (A bit cliche, but a very nice song to know, especially when you get to the heavy part
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Oasis - Wonderwall
Radiohead - Street Spirit (A little harder but very enjoyable and cool to play)
Green Day - Time of your Life (I'm sure everyone knows this one)
REM - Everybody Hurts
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (A bit cliche, but a very nice song to know, especially when you get to the heavy part
)Oasis - Wonderwall
OzZie said:Do you have to play in Open G tuning still though?
Well I play in standard tuning with a capo on 5 and it sounds correct. I think on my dire straits DVD knopfler has the capo on 3 so he's probably tuned down to D.
Looking at some tabs it appears he uses tuning of DGDGBD, and don't forget he's playing a resonator too
I guess its another one where you can make it however complicated you want - it sounds fine with normal tuning and a capo on 5 (using chords C, Am, G relative to the capo) but I may get the old resonator out and tune it down to check
m3csl2004 said:
:/Robosapien said:
Maybe something a bit more... possible? I serverely doubt someone playing a year will be able to pull either off WELL, and anyone who claims otherwise is usually kidding themselves (I was
).I disagree. Most muse songs are far from 'simple' on the guitar. If you compare them to any of the new wave of garage rock bands or indie bands, Kooks or whatever, the songs are very complicated to play! Just because you can master it and find it simple at whatever stage you are at doesn't again mean its 'easy' to just whack out for a one year 'old' begginer. I know some guitarists that struggle with PIB after two years of playing. However, I think its something he should look into, its probably around the right level of challenging difficulty for him/her to be looking atZefan said:
Other recomendations from me.... hmmm. Layla by Derick and the Dominoes was something I thought was really cool to play, but I wouldnt worry about hitting everything note for note... the riff and chords sufice. Plus all your friends will think you are cool
^that guys right^
Im pretty good for how long ive been playing but theres no way i can play through anything by satch with any fluency even with a lot of practice - i can play the kinda early on riff part and thats about it (from surfing with the alien)
im asking for something in between the recomendations given - stuff like oasis really doesnt intrest me simply because its not helping me in anyway playing it - its just chords that i already know or slight variations, i am looking for something i can get my teeth into if you get me
Plug in baby I can indeed play but i still mess up - very rarely do i go through it without hitting a harmonic (my picking technique needs help me thinks) or miss picking the sweep part. more peices like this would be great
Hey joe is another one that can be played as easily or as complicated as you like, i tend to play it with a basic C G D A barre chord progretion with some on the fly picking and then into the the riff parts but ive seen good people playing bass notes and going all over the place which is just to difficult for me
Im sorry ive caused some confusion but I assure you its all helping.
Im pretty good for how long ive been playing but theres no way i can play through anything by satch with any fluency even with a lot of practice - i can play the kinda early on riff part and thats about it (from surfing with the alien)
im asking for something in between the recomendations given - stuff like oasis really doesnt intrest me simply because its not helping me in anyway playing it - its just chords that i already know or slight variations, i am looking for something i can get my teeth into if you get me
Plug in baby I can indeed play but i still mess up - very rarely do i go through it without hitting a harmonic (my picking technique needs help me thinks) or miss picking the sweep part. more peices like this would be great
Hey joe is another one that can be played as easily or as complicated as you like, i tend to play it with a basic C G D A barre chord progretion with some on the fly picking and then into the the riff parts but ive seen good people playing bass notes and going all over the place which is just to difficult for me
Im sorry ive caused some confusion but I assure you its all helping.
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Nitefly said:m3csl2004 said::/Robosapien said:
Maybe something a bit more... possible? I serverely doubt someone playing a year will be able to pull either off WELL, and anyone who claims otherwise is usually kidding themselves (I was
Kidding myself sounds about right!
I swear I went from Oasis/Nirvana -> Metallica/Satriani when I got given the tab books for those two albums off a mate, admittedly I had been playing for more than a year though...(obviously failed to read that bit).
Took me about 6 months to get the puppets riff right (EFBEFCEFC#EFCEFBB - played ludicroulsy fast, palm muted), still no good at solos. Will have to check out Guitar Warriors soon...
Nitefly said:I disagree. Most muse songs are far from 'simple' on the guitar. If you compare them to any of the new wave of garage rock bands or indie bands, Kooks or whatever, the songs are very complicated to play! Just because you can master it and find it simple at whatever stage you are at doesn't again mean its 'easy' to just whack out for a one year 'old' begginer. I know some guitarists that struggle with PIB after two years of playing. However, I think its something he should look into, its probably around the right level of challenging difficulty for him/her to be looking at
Muse guitar lines are definately easy, just because every other band is easier doesn't mean the Muse aren't easy. The only thing difficult the Muse have written is the bass line to Hysteria and that only needs endurance
Well, I'm just going to have to confirm my own disagreement thenPhalanx said:
I doubt that a one year old guitarist could pull off most muse songs without horrible string noise due to poor muting, or control of unplayed strings. I am currently tuturing a muse freak, and despite showing a lot of progress, she can't pull it perfectly, or as good as me, without try to sound egotistical mind. She has been playing one and a half years now. Scoff all you want if you think thats poor progress but I think shes doing great and I'm proud of her.
For example, some muse songs I think a 'one year old' guitarist will have to perservere with (Mainly due to unwanted string noise) are:
Hysteria (Mmmm, string noise)
Hyper Music (Mmmm, string noise)
Plug in Baby (Got to love that note bleed! If you are wondering what I'm on about, when you play the riff, are any of the notes being played at the same time? You will need some trusty 'finger rolling' to get around that problem!)
New Born (Some very tricky chords in the chorus for a begginer)
Even for some of the 'easier' songs such as bliss some of the 'more basic' rock guitar skills such as dead/ghost notes have to be sussed if you want to sound spot on. This is ignoring some of the more 'tricky' songs such Invincible of which a one year old guitarist, hell, an intermediate/advanced guitarist will certaintly struggle to get spot on without a lot of hard work.
To a more advanced or even intermediate guitarist, some muse pieces may be easier than other bands, but I don't think you are going to get much harder to play mainstream music without actively searching for it.
So yeah.... you're talking poo, sorry
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I agree with Nitefly, Muse stuff is generally hard to pull off well unless you have been playing for years. As mentioned, Bliss is probably one of the easiest songs to play as a beginner because there are only 5 or 6 chords in total. Some of the Muse songs I have looked into learning, I've gasped when I found the complete chord/tabs.
To the OP, I'd recommend Radiohead - High and Dry, also Green Day - Time of your Life (as mentioned before), REM - Daysleeper, The Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.
To the OP, I'd recommend Radiohead - High and Dry, also Green Day - Time of your Life (as mentioned before), REM - Daysleeper, The Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.
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I am just learning Guitar, can read music fine though from playing the piano.
Now I have a Yamaha pacifica and Amp, I have a copy of Guitar Pro and I download a few music files and play along with that program (well, one of two strings at least), we all start somewhere. Also have a few books and I will have some lessons in the new year.
I also got myself a acoustic guitar, but it has no markings on the frets. Can you buy stickers or something ? to go on the frets as on the acoustic im not sure where all the fret numbers are yet due to me learning. On the Pacifica its a lot easier as the fret board has no markers.
Looking forward to some lessong though. Should help a lot, as quite often I am picking the wrong strings and not fretting hard enough or buzzing other strings with fingers accidently touching other strings. Sure there are correct words for all that though
I am just learning Guitar, can read music fine though from playing the piano.
Now I have a Yamaha pacifica and Amp, I have a copy of Guitar Pro and I download a few music files and play along with that program (well, one of two strings at least), we all start somewhere. Also have a few books and I will have some lessons in the new year.
I also got myself a acoustic guitar, but it has no markings on the frets. Can you buy stickers or something ? to go on the frets as on the acoustic im not sure where all the fret numbers are yet due to me learning. On the Pacifica its a lot easier as the fret board has no markers.
Looking forward to some lessong though. Should help a lot, as quite often I am picking the wrong strings and not fretting hard enough or buzzing other strings with fingers accidently touching other strings. Sure there are correct words for all that though
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Nitefly said:So yeah.... you're talking poo, sorry
Gotta agree here I'm afraid! Either you guys don't know what sounds good, or you're just fooling yourself for the sake of a forum! Everybody likes to think they're better than they are, but at the end of the day it's not getting you anywhere... like he says Muse's riffs may be easy, but the secret lies in the nuances of his playing, and the countless hours of production that go after it, of course.
Nitefly said:Well, I'm just going to have to confirm my own disagreement then
I doubt that a one year old guitarist could pull off most muse songs without horrible string noise due to poor muting, or control of unplayed strings. I am currently tuturing a muse freak, and despite showing a lot of progress, she can't pull it perfectly, or as good as me, without try to sound egotistical mind. She has been playing one and a half years now. Scoff all you want if you think thats poor progress but I think shes doing great and I'm proud of her.
For example, some muse songs I think a 'one year old' guitarist will have to perservere with (Mainly due to unwanted string noise) are:
Hysteria (Mmmm, string noise)
Hyper Music (Mmmm, string noise)
Plug in Baby (Got to love that note bleed! If you are wondering what I'm on about, when you play the riff, are any of the notes being played at the same time? You will need some trusty 'finger rolling' to get around that problem!)
New Born (Some very tricky chords in the chorus for a begginer)
Even for some of the 'easier' songs such as bliss some of the 'more basic' rock guitar skills such as dead/ghost notes have to be sussed if you want to sound spot on. This is ignoring some of the more 'tricky' songs such Invincible of which a one year old guitarist, hell, an intermediate/advanced guitarist will certaintly struggle to get spot on without a lot of hard work.
To a more advanced or even intermediate guitarist, some muse pieces may be easier than other bands, but I don't think you are going to get much harder to play mainstream music without actively searching for it.
So yeah.... you're talking poo, sorry
this man speaks truth, teach me how to play 6 string please?
ive never got a long with those things!
