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05-15-2006, 09:14 PM
| | | | just looking for an easy song
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i would really appreciate it if anyone knows any pretty easy song for a real beginer to play. nothing boost confidence like actually playing with a a song. any help would be great and please no jokes. just starting out. thanks a ton |
05-15-2006, 09:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PHOENIX, AZ | | | well what kinda music do you like or who do you listen to???
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05-15-2006, 09:22 PM
| | | | first song I learned was bad to the bone, that should be an easy one for you.
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05-15-2006, 09:30 PM
| | Recovering Keyboard Player | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago | | | Whitesnake "Is this Love"
Def Leppard "Animal"
Green Day "welcome to Paradise"
Cream "Sunshine of your Love"
Queen "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Jaco Pastorius "Teen Town" |
05-15-2006, 09:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Green Day - Longview... it sounds great, and is melodic.
Sunshine of your Love is also a classic.
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05-15-2006, 09:34 PM
| | | | thanks guys. i listen to everything so anything should be fun. from metal, rock, blues, folk country, rap, r&B. i mean everything. |
05-15-2006, 09:38 PM
| | | | As far as blues go just learn the standard lines. There is a basic form you learn then you just improvise what goes where. It will really help you in all genres and I find it's the easiest ways to start improvising your lines.
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05-16-2006, 09:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Louis // St. Charles, MO | | | Get some old Led Zeppelin CDs - Zeppelin I, II, III, IV, Physical Graffiti, Presence, Coda and on and on... Pick any song that has bass and go to it! (Some of the great Zep songs feature all acoustic guitars or JPJ on organ/melotron...
Specific songs I would recommend include:
1. The Lemon Song
2. Ramble On
3. Livin' Lovin' Maid
4. Heartbreaker
5. The Ocean
Screw it! Just learn every Zep song you can...
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05-16-2006, 09:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by tZer Get some old Led Zeppelin CDs - Zeppelin I, II, III, IV, Physical Graffiti, Presence, Coda and on and on... Pick any song that has bass and go to it! (Some of the great Zep songs feature all acoustic guitars or JPJ on organ/melotron...
Specific songs I would recommend include:
1. The Lemon Song
2. Ramble On
3. Livin' Lovin' Maid
4. Heartbreaker
5. The Ocean
Screw it! Just learn every Zep song you can... | One he masters The Lemon Song is he still a beginner??  |
05-16-2006, 09:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Louis // St. Charles, MO | | | Hey, way aim low? I know, I know... it is definitely NOT the easiest song, but it is really hard for me to recommend Zep (which does have a bunch of easy ones) and NOT suggest 'The Lemon Song' -
Sorry, ottispunkmeyer - The Lemon Song is not for beginners. But listen to it anyway and aim for it after you get through your batch of beginner stuff!
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05-16-2006, 09:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, TX. | | | First song I learned was How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin.
Another easy one was CCR's Down On The Corner. |
05-16-2006, 09:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, TX. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by tZer Hey, way aim low? I know, I know... it is definitely NOT the easiest song, but it is really hard for me to recommend Zep (which does have a bunch of easy ones) and NOT suggest 'The Lemon Song' -
Sorry, ottispunkmeyer - The Lemon Song is not for beginners. But listen to it anyway and aim for it after you get through your batch of beginner stuff! | Ramble on was not easy for me either during the chorus. The intro part is pretty easy, and helped me learn some sliding though, plus its just fun and very recognizable. How Many More Times is a much better starter song Id think though. |
05-16-2006, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by tZer Hey, way aim low? I know, I know... it is definitely NOT the easiest song, but it is really hard for me to recommend Zep (which does have a bunch of easy ones) and NOT suggest 'The Lemon Song' -
Sorry, ottispunkmeyer - The Lemon Song is not for beginners. But listen to it anyway and aim for it after you get through your batch of beginner stuff! | But what you should be able to learn pretty easily is the Howlin Wolf song "Killing Floor" which The Lemon Song is a copy of, like bunch of Zeppelin songs that were copies of blues songs. If you go back, most popular music evolved from the blues, which is why it's a great starting place.
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05-16-2006, 10:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Yukon, OK. USA | | | How about one of the easiest and coolest songs ever..
"Some Kind of Wonderful" from Grand Funk Railroad!!
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05-16-2006, 10:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | learn tush/zztop
You will learn a classic and you will learn the chord progression of a 12 bar blues.
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05-16-2006, 10:16 AM
| | | | "Pride and Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughn - Another 12 bar blues song that you can play as simply as using a 1-3-5-3 line or do the whole 1-3-5-6-8-6-5-3, walk up and down, all even 1/4 notes.
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05-16-2006, 10:19 AM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Stir It Up - Bob Marley
Exodus - Bob Marley
Time Tough - Toots and the Maytals
Fire On The Bayou - The Meters
Fortunate Son - CCR
Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zep.
Dark Hollow - Grateful Dead
Badfish - Sublime
I Want To Be Sedated - Ramones
Voodoo Chile' - Jimi Hendrix
Monkey Man - Toots and the Maytals/The Specials
This list covers a lot of styles. Reggae, Funk, Rock, Punk, Blues, and Ska. That way you can focus on other aspects of bass like timing, rhythm, not just note progression. |
05-16-2006, 10:29 AM
|  | Yeah, I'm a guy! Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Marana, AZ, USA | | Hmm, the first tune I learned to play was Metallica's Seek & Destroy. I don't know if I would call it a beginner song but it was for me!  |
05-16-2006, 10:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Birmingham, England | | | my first song was bombtrack my RATM
i recommend punk as it is always fairly simple although some is pretty fast
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05-16-2006, 11:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Germany | | | I recommend "Orange Crush" by REM. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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