talkin about beginner stuff here that everyone knows when they hear it, need something to just impress people :-D

8/25/2005 3:25:24 PM

green day is what i started with

8/25/2005 3:29:12 PM

I will not aid you in such a stupid and vain endeavor.

8/25/2005 3:33:29 PM

put down the guitar.

[Edited on August 25, 2005 at 3:34 PM. Reason : ...and become a magician if you want to impress people]

8/25/2005 3:33:44 PM

i just purchased my first acoustic and learning how to play it

its killing my fingers

i cant practice but for a 1/2 hour at time before my fingers feel like they are bleeding

8/25/2005 3:34:58 PM

haha im just kidding with the just to impress people part, i know quite a few chords and just want to know some songs that you guys started with when u first got going. I just recently got a new acoustic guitar and put down my strat till i get some good stuff under my belt.

thanks guys

8/25/2005 3:36:32 PM

oasis, beatles, bob dylan ...
guitartabs.cc

8/25/2005 3:41:30 PM

Learn "goodbye blue sky" by Pink Floyd. It's not very hard to play, but sounds good and should be helpful.

8/25/2005 3:43:06 PM

isn't "stairway..." everybody's first song?

nirvana, green day, and other 3chord bands are always good beginner stuff...howie day is very simple, lay off DMB for a while...anything ac/dc is cake

play around with a C, G, Am, F progression...its like 4000 songs

8/25/2005 3:52:42 PM

Anything by Necrophagist or Dream Theater should do the trick.

http://www.mxtabs.net
http://www.wholenote.com
http://www.guitartricks.com

All of those sites have links to basic beginner lessons. Hopefully it will be of some use to you. Guitar is a wonderful thing.

8/25/2005 3:53:32 PM

the intros to "come as you are" and "today"

8/25/2005 3:59:43 PM

anything in the Country music genre is easy. If you like classic rock...Eagles and Tom Petty might be a good start. For something more modern...you might wanna try Ryan Cabrera's stuff. I don't like his music too much...but its really easy guitar stuff.

8/25/2005 4:01:40 PM

Hank Sr. is good starter stuff.

8/25/2005 4:03:27 PM

http://www.taborama.com

8/25/2005 4:48:25 PM

gunzz you just gotta keep playing and develop calluses

8/25/2005 4:50:54 PM

outkast is pretty simple G-C-D-Em stuff

8/25/2005 4:53:08 PM

Ramones..

8/25/2005 5:28:27 PM

Quote :

"isn't "stairway..." everybody's first song?"

Actually, I've seen "Me and Bobby McGee" as the first or second song in lots of beginner guitar books.

8/25/2005 6:53:53 PM

smells like teen spirit... that'll get your power chords crankin

seriously though, if you haven't got a guitar yet, I suggest starting on an acoustic, even if you plan to move on to an electric... it's not the definite way to go, but it's definitely easier to play electric guitar after playing acoustic guitar for a while, rather than vice versa... good luck...

8/25/2005 6:58:37 PM

free faillin by petty

8/25/2005 11:22:50 PM

Free Falling was the first song I learned--then I went on and picked up some other Petty songs, too.

8/26/2005 12:02:09 AM

here's an idea. Find songs you like, then look up the tabs. If you can't play those songs... practice more.

8/26/2005 12:35:13 AM

i was all about some tom petty when i started

8/26/2005 12:36:16 AM

the only song i can play - blister in the sun

8/26/2005 12:41:08 AM

Hootie & the Blowfish


combinations of G, C, D and the occasional Am will get you far

8/26/2005 12:52:36 AM

http://guitar.about.com/library/bleasysongs80s.htm

http://guitar.about.com/library/bleasysongs90s.htm

http://guitar.about.com/library/bleasysongs00s.htm


This is a pretty good list of beginner songs. Free Fallin and Knockin' On Heaven's Door would be the two to start with.

8/26/2005 1:00:19 AM

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"nirvana, green day, and other 3chord bands are always good beginner stuff"

8/26/2005 1:16:38 AM

http://www.cyberfret.com/ has a lot of lessons

8/26/2005 1:22:22 AM

most ppl i know come as you are was their first song. just the intro too haha.

but yea just go to guitartabs.cc and look up bands you like. anything on the radio is easy to play pretty much so take your pick and good luck

8/26/2005 2:49:33 AM

Wish You Were Here

8/26/2005 4:22:07 AM

The first song I learned to play on the guit-fiddle was Cat Scratch Fever.

It's not bad at all.

8/26/2005 4:22:48 AM

Green Day - When I Come Around is possibly one of the easiest to learn

8/26/2005 4:47:28 AM

Quote :

"isn't "stairway..." everybody's first song?"

Yeah, we have all seen Waynes World. That is the only source I can think of where people originally got this idea.

StH is not the easiest song to play - if you play it right that is. You see, songs took actual musical talent to play 2 or 3 decades ago. Anything made in the past 10 years should be an easy play.

8/26/2005 8:10:07 AM

smoke on the water, to promote a cliche

silverchair and STP are pretty easy things to get the hang of, the biggest thing is takin up reading tablature online

www.postanote.com has one of the best libraries i've been able to find, it has no ads and has skins you can get when you sign in with a user name. (some friends started it and it rocks)

8/26/2005 10:00:45 AM

"Bombtrack" by Rage Against the Machine was my first song

8/26/2005 10:26:43 AM

Incubus - Drive
Oasis - Wonderwall

8/26/2005 10:31:11 AM

^ I second Wonderwall.

8/26/2005 10:33:33 AM

I would recommend doin' it the old fashoined way. Start with the major chord pattern (I ii iii IV V vi vii VIII). Listen to any song you want to learn, and use the major chord pattern. Probably 8 out of 10 times you will find that the song is derived from this pattern. In two or three months and with a little practice, you will be ear trained better than most people who have been playing for 2 or 3 years nowadays. ALWAYS TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE THEORY BEHIND THE NOTES AND CHORDS.

Ex. You notice that a song is in the key of C.

The Major interval pattern is W W H W W W H.

I ii iii IV V vi vii VIII
C D E F G A B C

The chords possible in the key of C are as follows:
C major which is the I or "tonic" in musical terminology
D minor which is ii
E minor which is iii
F major which is IV
G major which is V
A minor which is vi
B augmented which is vii
C major which is written above as VIII but is also I

[Edited on August 26, 2005 at 12:16 PM. Reason : added example]

8/26/2005 12:06:05 PM

at one point, all freshmen guitarists were required to know "plush" by STP

8/26/2005 12:13:05 PM

there are several songs in here that would be WAY too hard for any beginner to play correctly. if you started on those songs, you were faking them or fucking them up.

8/26/2005 12:15:38 PM

Quote :

"^ I second Wonderwall"

Man i slap people if they ever start playing Oasis. One day you will all realize how fucking shitty that bad was

^and yeah, Duke's right.

8/26/2005 12:23:53 PM

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Black Sabbath - Ironman
Green Day - When I come Around
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Bush - Glycerine
Bush - Machine Head
Blur - Song 2

8/26/2005 1:03:34 PM

When I said, "I second Wonderwall" I mean "its easy".

8/26/2005 1:16:02 PM

Beatles / Dylan

There are a few that might have more complex chords, or that might be a little too fast, but for the most part it's the same chords over and over.

Out of curiosity, how many of the other people in here who play guitar sing when they play?

8/26/2005 3:40:45 PM

I cant sing, so i dont bother.

I also play more metal than anything else lately, so im sure as hell not gonna sit there and growl while i play either.

I also dont care about lyrics.

8/26/2005 4:02:38 PM

^^ I do. My singing is actually a lot better than my guitar playing.

[Edited on August 26, 2005 at 4:25 PM. Reason : damn carets]

8/26/2005 4:25:17 PM

I'd start with some Hendrix, get the easy stuff out of the way first, haha, j/k. I've always heard you should start with Stairway.

8/26/2005 4:46:19 PM

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"Incubus - Drive"

I heard that was pretty hard to play

8/26/2005 5:07:28 PM

i can sing pretty well, and depending on the song, sometimes i can sing and play at the same time (only when playing rhythm, and only if it's not too complicated). both my singing and playing ability go downhill when i do, though, so i don't do it much.

8/26/2005 5:25:29 PM

^^^

The only hard Hendrix stuff is the rhythm.

8/26/2005 7:31:26 PM