Easy Rock songs for a noob

cnl83 · #1 07-05-2007, 12:49 PM

Looking for pretty easy rock songs, to learn to play. Im a noob bass player, and need to add more songs to my arsenal.

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #2 07-05-2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cnl83

Looking for pretty easy rock songs, to learn to play. Im a noob bass player, and need to add more songs to my arsenal.

(And what do you play currently?)

Most of AC/DC catalog is comprised of pretty simple basslines. Same for Judas Priest (although I'm thinking of their old material. Never heard their most "recent" stuff).

Diegoyayi · #3 07-05-2007, 01:44 PM

You can practice Blink-182 songs. They were some of the first ones I learned and are really cool and easy

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Rock On

Stumpy · #4 07-05-2007, 01:58 PM

Early VanHalen, 60's rock songs like Louie-Louie, Mony-Mony(sp), Night Ranger has some stuff that you can get through (Jack is playing and singing...)

Hope that that helps

afinalfantasy · #5 07-05-2007, 02:04 PM

Most modern rock songs you hear on the radio today are easy to learn, not meaning they are good songs though.

funkybassinator · #6 07-05-2007, 02:08 PM

really most greenday is simple,blink-182 to.
hope that helps!!

goolimari · #7 07-05-2007, 08:06 PM

Any idea where i'd be able to get the score for these? (we're noobs, so please dont say "play it by the ear!"!!)

MysticMichael · #8 07-05-2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by cnl83

Looking for pretty easy rock songs, to learn to play. Im a noob bass player, and need to add more songs to my arsenal.

Once In A Lifetime, by Talking Heads. It's only two notes - just F# to A...then back again!

MM

MysticMichael · #9 07-05-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by goolimari

Any idea where i'd be able to get the score for these? (we're noobs, so please dont say "play it by the ear!"!!)

Play 'em by ear. If you don't know how, learn how. It's absolutely fundamental and absolutely essential. Being a noob is no excuse...

MM

TheBassBetween · #10 07-05-2007, 08:30 PM

Has no one suggested this yet?

Smells Like Teen Spirit.

plastik-bass[?] · #11 07-05-2007, 08:32 PM

i kicked my bass off w/ zeppelin and chili peppers...

Muckaluck · #12 07-05-2007, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBassBetween

Has no one suggested this yet?

Smells Like Teen Spirit.

haha, yeah that was my first thought too.

First song I ever learned was Brain Stew by Green Day. It's simple and gets you accustomed to moving up and down the E string. It's A, G, F#, F, E.

TRB6MAN · #13 07-05-2007, 08:38 PM

ac/dc, kiss, some old ozzy, anything where the bass line follows the guitar is pretty easy stuff. but don't get stuck in only one style of music. try some sade for a latin feel or some toby keith for some modern country. if you start now learning different styles and grooves, you'll be a better bass player later on. as a session bass player I have to play everything from nu metal to southern gospel.

**NOLA Bass** · #14 07-05-2007, 09:00 PM

Try some old Ozzy off the first few records (Blizzard of Ozz, Diary of a Madman, Bark at the Moon). They are not hard to play but Bob Daisley wrote some nice lines. I always enjoy the Ozzy stuff we play b/c of those lines. Some songs you could try would be Crazy Train, Over the Mountain, Flying High Again, Bark at the Moon and I Don't Know. I think they'll give you some good stuff to practice while showing you how to do more than just ride the E. He usually would write entirely different solo sections to go behind Randy Rhoads solos as you'll see.

Check out some Thin Lizzy as well. You can search alot of bass tabs on the internet to help you when you are having trouble figuring something out. Just try to use your ears and not rely on the tab.

Depending on your budget, something like a Tascam Bass Trainer might help you as well. You can slow the CD down, enhance the bass, cut the bass, etc. It is a great practice and song learning tool.

uturnbass · #15 07-05-2007, 09:54 PM

I started off on some old Boston songs.
More Than A Feeling was my first.
So you could check that out...

I also played songs like Another One Bites The Dust, Money, Brown Eyed Girl, Great Balls of Fire, etc.

shattered611 · #16 07-05-2007, 11:39 PM

i started out learning chili peppers. some of his lines were to complex to start out with, so i learned them later. easy ones that are fun to learn are otherside, scar tissue, sir psycho sexy, and snow.

canopener · #17 07-06-2007, 12:45 AM

Black Dog

Deacon_Blues · #18 07-06-2007, 01:28 AM

Try some U2 songs. Those are easy and a good start to develop your ear.

Pilgrim · #19 07-06-2007, 08:42 AM

Peter Gunn theme. The whole thing is four notes, but it kicks ass. E-E-F-F-G-G-A-G (repeat)

Link Wray: Jack the Ripper (simple but fast)

Ventures: Pipeline, Walk Don't Run

Dick Dale: Miserlou

There are plenty more classic surf and rock songs from the 50's and 60's that people love but aren't complex. Even Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman isn't that hard with an hour's practice.

louieeadg · #20 07-06-2007, 08:48 AM

Um...not to be a buzzkill but I highly regret just trying to learn songs when I first started playing. Learn chords and chord progressions. Then you can look up the chords for a song on the internet if you're not ready to transcribe....and there's nothing like playing with a bunch of guys; they ask if you know the song, I say, "no. But what key is it in? And what's the progression?" He tells me. Then I just play with the drummer. Good fun...

alright, one that sounds cool and is terribly easy is "Whole Lotta Love" ledzep....