First song you learned all the way through and how long did it take

[scoopscallahan]

I've been learning Welcome to the Jungle and I've been after it for about 2+ months. I'm about 2/3 of the way through and was wondering what other brand new players pick for their 1st song and how long it took them to get it down to a point where you can play along to the song and pull it off

[Modern_Myth]

You really got me- The Kinks.

It literally took me 10 minutes...
and it's SUCH a great song :P

[nick_aua]

"O Babis o Flou" ("Easy going Babis") By Pavlos Sidiropoulos
YouTube - ‪

Great song and an easy one too. Took me about 2 hours to learn, but it felt great!

[zachoff]

Blitzkrieg Bop about 15 minutes.

[K73]

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica, but I have no idea how long it took me

[tekdiver500ft]

Soul Man (Blues Brothers version), and it took about 15 minutes to get it down - but I had sheet music...

[stratovani]

Love Me Do, and since I learned it on guitar in 1972 I can't even begin to remember how long it took me, probably not too long.

[jabsys]

I learnt bits of lots of different songs originally, the first full song was Pretty Fly For A White Guy after a few weaks of playing.

[aadams_22]

Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park

probably took me a day

[Big Cadillac]

Outshined by Soundgarden. The actual bass playing wasn't too difficult, the hard part was remembering the different passages and the changes. Maybe took a couple days, this was 10 years ago.

[Dustin Teel]

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Don't remember how long it took, prob less than an hour.

[nickbass79]

House of the Rising Sun....3 minutes

[BassNut93]

Money-it took me around 5 min or so ( also one of my very first songs )

[nickbass79]

How old were you guys when you started and how did you figure the songs out? By ear, tab, instruction...etc.

House of the Rising Sun,
10 years old,
by ear

[zephyr_words]

Closing Time by Semi-sonic. Had just got my first bass for Christmas and let me tell you, that song was tough to play =D

Cool thing looking back on it is that it taught me immediately about Octaves on the bass and the pentatonic scale.

Don't remember how long it took. Not too long.

[AltGrendel]

Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton.

Probably about 30 minutes. I had never played bass before.

[Actium]

I learned 3 songs on my first day playing bass.

Creep by Radiohead
Only in Dreams by Weezer
Mystic Invasion off the Secret of Mana soundtrack. (nerd yea)


Because I knew nothing about the instrument the most time consuming part was actually finding where the notes are. Not so much playing them.

[mjbing]

All Blues (Miles)
2 days

[rtslinger]

opening theme to Hawaii 5 0 1960 something. Theme music composer Morton Stevens
learned it for a school concert I 9 years old 4 ft nothing standing on a stool, upright bass hard to remember 5 months I think?

[Johnius]

"Down on the Corner" by CCR. For a first song it's got an easy tempo but still moves and the chords are easy. Plus it's just a good song (imo).