good songs for a beginner ???


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09/20/2004 10:30 pm
undefined Ok i got a guitar for X-mas a year or so ago and i used to take lesons but i gave up because my teacher wasnt showing me the things i wanted to learn. One of my friends from school is pretty good with his guitar so i asked him what good songs would be for a begginer and he said he had NO IDEA so im asking anyonw who can help me out by naming some songs for me that might be easy to pick up OTHER THAN smoke on the water lol :) :) :) anything will help


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09/21/2004 2:59 am
Try "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals.
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09/21/2004 3:25 am
R.E.M.- Drive

The strokes-12:51

Franz Ferdinand- Take me out

Indie and alternative rock are SO perfect to teach the basics!!!
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09/21/2004 3:29 am
That Franz Ferdinand song has quite the catchy guitar part to it, I may have to check it out myself.
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09/21/2004 3:30 am
R.E.M.- Drive

The strokes-12:51

Franz Ferdinand- Take me out

Indie and alternative rock are SO perfect to teach the basics!!!
I want the bomb
I want the P-funk!

My band is better than yours...
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09/21/2004 4:07 am
Metallica - Battery
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Megadeth - Angry Again
Norther - Endless War
Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno (heheheh)
Pink Floyd - Marooned
Europe - The Final Countdown...

Oh wait... easy songs? .... whoops.
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09/21/2004 4:35 am
Originally Posted by: VintageReaperMetallica - Battery
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Megadeth - Angry Again
Norther - Endless War
Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno (heheheh)
Pink Floyd - Marooned
Europe - The Final Countdown...

Oh wait... easy songs? .... whoops.


Actually, the trooper's not bad if you're a beginning metal-head.
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I want the P-funk!

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09/21/2004 4:42 am
Unless you try the solos. For a beginner to play those... I'd be surprised to see it done.
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09/25/2004 1:58 pm
stairway to heaven is pretty easy well most of it but dont try the solo its hard :P
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09/25/2004 7:30 pm
Depends really on ur style ive just started gettin back in to it all
i find greenday is pritty easy to play and pick up, some hendrix stuff is easy to.
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09/26/2004 11:23 pm
you could always try enter sandman or nothing else matters by metallica, their easy.
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09/27/2004 2:02 am
I swear I'm going to shoot myself next time someone requests I play Enter Sandman. Blegh.
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09/28/2004 6:05 am
Try some power chordy songs in the beginning. For some lead work, start on some zeppelin riffs, they're pretty easy and recognizable. When I was a beginner I learned all the stuff on this site.
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
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09/28/2004 11:28 am
Anything by Bob Dylan
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09/29/2004 9:35 am
Originally Posted by: LeedoggTry some power chordy songs in the beginning. For some lead work, start on some zeppelin riffs, they're pretty easy and recognizable. When I was a beginner I learned all the stuff on this site.


hey thats an awesome site thanks :) although i dont understand most of the things like all i know is ^ or b means to bend the string i dont know what hammer on or off etc lol
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09/29/2004 10:54 am
@ leedogg , really cool site :)
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09/29/2004 4:57 pm
Thanks guys, glad I could be of help. Check out http://www.cyberfret.com for definitions of all the techniques you asked about Paul_20.
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
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09/29/2004 9:08 pm
Originally Posted by: LeedoggThanks guys, glad I could be of help. Check out http://www.cyberfret.com for definitions of all the techniques you asked about Paul_20.



cool but where? theres so much crap there i got no idea where to look
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09/29/2004 10:20 pm
click on techniques
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
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10/16/2004 11:43 pm
songs with chords are better than playing songs with riffs. learn all the chords. play songs with easy chords. A, E, D, etc. theres not that many major chords that are hard. once u get chords down u can play many songs. for example, "wild thing" - A A, D D, E E, D D ,
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