One song to Rule them all...

Insanity^2 · #1 03-07-2008, 12:49 PM

And in the darkness make me awesome.

Could anyone please recommend a song that has a lot of useful technique in it (that varies, rather than tapping and harmonics on 7 the whole way through), is good for warming up (and doesn't sound as boring as playing the first four frets of each string) but preferably uses all your fingers, and all the strings.
Slower is better, as I suck, thus the need for a 'perfect' song, but faster pieces are fine, as I'm open minded and need to train my speed

Basically, what I'm demanding

Rawr
Is a legendary song for learning to use different techniques, while warming up... that's not too difficult... but at a speed that'll help my speed

or as close to those specs as is humanly possible

Cheers, Tony

Edit: Standard Tuning would be nice too

Earthday · #2 03-07-2008, 01:53 PM

A bit fast, but Aeroplane by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a good mix of fingerstyle, slap (mostly octave slapping), and sliding. The scaling at the end can be done in many ways up and down the neck.

jazzbo · #3 03-07-2008, 02:56 PM

"Kiss" by Prince.

TrevorOfDoom · #4 03-07-2008, 03:04 PM

Baby Hold On - Eddie Money

Muss · #5 03-08-2008, 04:09 AM

go for the classical piecies, like bach's prelude in C minor, nevermind the fact that jeff berlin has done it, get the music sheet and play it S_L_O_W, and try to master it, first the bass clef part and then the treble part, it a fun thing to play plus once you'll be able to play it around 3 times without stopping it will make your left hand bleed, bad!

go for it

double-muff · #6 03-08-2008, 04:11 AM

John the fisherman by Primus is an easy but awesome tune.

Insanity^2 · #7 03-09-2008, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Muss

go for the classical piecies, like bach's prelude in C minor, nevermind the fact that jeff berlin has done it, get the music sheet and play it S_L_O_W, and try to master it, first the bass clef part and then the treble part, it a fun thing to play plus once you'll be able to play it around 3 times without stopping it will make your left hand bleed, bad!

go for it

I've considered them, just haven't found anywhere to get them from, help?

And atm I'm still learning notation, takes a good second to recognise a note, then another 2 to find it on the fretboard, so there's no way I'm playing the treble part for now

Muss · #8 03-09-2008, 01:26 PM

so don't do the treble part, but go for it, even if you can't read well... that's a practice after all

Insanity^2 · #9 03-09-2008, 01:29 PM

Where can I get myself some Bach? I'd pay but I don't own a credit card

Checked the DB forums but there was nothing there

XtreO · #10 03-09-2008, 03:09 PM

Metropolis by DT ^_^ Or even better, their instrumedly! Linky

dreadheadbass · #11 03-09-2008, 03:14 PM

play everything you can
those songs on your ipod, learn em
the songs on your pc, learn em
those video's you watch on youtube, learn em
that meoldy in your head, learn it

you might wanna shortlist 3 songs one song for slap one for tapping and one for general finger exercise

El-Bob · #12 03-09-2008, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by XtreO

Metropolis by DT ^_^ Or even better, their instrumedly! Linky

or even better, the dance of eternity, because it has a bass solo

Insanity^2 · #13 03-09-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadheadbass

play everything you can
those songs on your ipod, learn em

Right, I'll get started on all these easy Dream Theatre songs, maybe then I'll move onto rush...
I was initially gonna type that as a sarcastic comment, but tbh DT at 50% speed would be helpful... I just hadn't found many 4-string songs

And to the poster before, thanks for the metropolis/instrumedly mentions, got tabs for both of them and there's plenty of 4-string... cheers

El-Bob · #14 03-09-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Insanity^2

Right, I'll get started on all these easy Dream Theatre songs, maybe then I'll move onto rush...
I was initially gonna type that as a sarcastic comment, but tbh DT at 50% speed would be helpful... I just hadn't found many 4-string songs

And to the poster before, thanks for the metropolis/instrumedly mentions, got tabs for both of them and there's plenty of 4-string... cheers

I'd start with rush, then move onto dream theater.

Muss · #15 03-10-2008, 07:15 AM

I'd stay with rush and no DT

El-Bob · #16 03-10-2008, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Muss

I'd stay with rush and no DT

rush is usually no problem for me, but every time i try to play a dream theater song i end up crying myself to sleep that night...

manbass · #17 03-10-2008, 10:21 AM

+1 on Bachs Prelude in C Minor.

FWIW...Stanley Clarke is quoted as saying if a Bass Player masters his work in the tune "School Days" you can consider them a real musician. Of course he means all the touch/timbre aspects as well. It does cover a ton of musical territory.

tswd · #18 03-10-2008, 03:30 PM

Down With The Ship by Scatterbrain.