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Need some songs
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I just started playing guitar about 4 days ago, I can play bits and pieces of songs, but I need some good begginer acoustic songs that I could play, I learned Ode to Joy, but I'd like to find something a bit more challenging. Thanks for all suggestions.
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I think its just G. F and D with an E thrown in there every now and then. Just strum the chords, don't try to get it to sound exactly right.
Am, C, D, F, Am, C, E, E
Rinse, repeat, sing in a ridiculously bluesy southern voice when drunk.
Live - Supernatural (Am, C, G, repeat)
Live - Selling the Drama
Howie Day - Collide (super duper easy, 4 chords all just a string or two different)
Howie Day - Brace Yourself
Howie Day - Morning After
Howie Day - Be There
Semisonic - Closing Time
Semisonic - Chemistry
NOTE: I prefer singing over playing the guitar, so I guess these are songs I like to sing more than they are fun guitar pieces, though they are still easy.
C D Am G D C Am G
If you want something fun to play with, try Simple Man by Lyn Skyn.
C, G, Am. Rinse repeat.
Also, play with Going to California -- D and G...throw a C in there for the music break, and a Dm for the part where he goes high.
Play Desire by U2, fun and easy. D, A, E, A, E then repeat.
Some pink floyd songs are really easy on an acoustic -- and a lot of Foo Fighters stuff can sound really good too. That may be a bit farther down the road for you...as is The Smashing Pumpkins, but again, really easy stuff.
Those chords are mostly wrong, I'm afraid.
You mentioned learning Ode To Joy, so is it actually contemporary stuff you're looking to learn?
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I know there is a G and a D... it's been a few years since I've played that song and probably about 6 months since I've played guitar at all
G, C, D
G, C, D
Em, D, C, G
Em, D, C, G
Em, G, Em, G
Em, D, G
Repeat...
God I feel dumb....is that Brain Stew?
No. He is listing the chords for Time of Your Life. Brainstew has a descending verse progression that starts around A I think, or maybe A flat as most of their songs they tune down a half step.
On they topic of what to learn: Most songs you hear on the radio use very few chords, at least the pop music stations, and I am sure you'll be surprised to find that many songs you really enjoy all share the same basic chord progressions. It appears as well that many forumers are learned in guitar so if you just listen songs we could probably just tell you the basic chord patterns to save you the hassle of digging through in correct tabs. An excellent song to learn on the acoustic guitar is Blackbird by the Beatles, granted you only have been playing for a few days so it might be down the road for you. Aside from that I you could learn My Overkill by Colin Hay which was featured in Scrubs and is a rather simple catchy song too.
Any song will do, I was looking for stuff like Greenday, but someone told me Ode To Joy was good for beginners so I learned it.
nextlevelguitar.com's lesson for that is pretty good because he shows how to play it even if you ignore the arpeggiation of the intro.
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You mean these?
So the first one would be notes(from Low D): G D A ?
Edit: Isn't that like Gsus2 (I'm kinda new to theory...)
B|
G|
D|--7-6----4---
A|--5-4----2---
D|--5-4----2---
That's KINDA like it, but its more open...i'll show you in standard tuning cuz its easier...
e|
B|
G|--9---12
D|--m---m
A|--7---10
E|--0----0
m = muting. Anyway, this is sorta the beginning of Cherub rock. Its basically just octaves. Everynote your hitting is just an octave, especially that first one, each note is just E. Sounds really good though, and its used frequently by bands get the that melodic sound.
AC/DC - T.N.T, Jailbreak
Any Ramones song
Oh you mean Octets but the Pumpkins just pluck the open E string (or D as it were) to get a fuller sound. Yea i'm familiar with em. A lot metal bands like to use them as well, usually only two notes though.
They're all over my favorite Opeth album "Blackwater Park".
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Ah ok, I got confused. I see the difference looking back at the G scale.
..Now i'm confused. So by what your saying a triad is defined by the notes played, regardless of octave? In a sense, a triad can never be more than what it is: 3 notes?
Strictly speaking, a triad is built in thirds - the root, a major or minor third, and a major or minor third above that (which is the fifth to the root). I suppose technically that chord would not be considered a triad, and could be a ninth because it does have a ninth. But a ninth is typically built by adding a ninth to a major/minor triad (often with the seventh as well). So for example, Am9 would be A C E G B.
Gosh, that's a terribly confusing post.
Don't worry, I followed the post just fine. But still, the chord then wouldn't be a triad (the Gsus2 chord in debate) but just a chord, correct?
Also, can you have something like a Gsus2 with a 9th? Would that be Gsus2Add9?
You can have the Gsus2Add9.
But it sounds exactly the same because the 9th is already in there.
Innnnnnteresting. Ok we've derailed this long enough :P
(I'd love for the guitar thread in the PA knowledge forum to be a beacon for guitarists new and old alike)