General => General Chat => Topic started by: nzjeebs on December 03, 2007, 01:33:32 pm
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: nzjeebs on December 03, 2007, 01:33:32 pm
Any suggestions as to which songs i should try learn? Im newish so its got to be moderatly easy and Rock n Roll, Blues or Country style (Think The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry)
At the moment i know (and yes i realise these are really easy songs) Down on the corner - Credence Clearwater Revival Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash Some of duelling banjos (From deliverence) Sunshine of your love - Cream
Also, wouldnt mind learning songs with this kinda sound (acoustic blues) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5ANjb-yAVE
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: ThaFleastyler on December 03, 2007, 04:14:49 pm
I just learnt Plug In Baby by Muse - good song for getting the whole 4-finger thing on the fretboard sussed (I'm a defective player - I don't use my little finger much when playing bass, so trying to fix that).
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: Aezra on December 03, 2007, 06:51:07 pm
Quote from: ThaFleastyler;605725
I just learnt Plug In Baby by Muse - good song for getting the whole 4-finger thing on the fretboard sussed (I'm a defective player - I don't use my little finger much when playing bass, so trying to fix that).
Me too :( Wish I'd had been a bit more diligent with scales and so forth back in the day. All it really means is that it's a lot harder to shred up a storm. So yeah, make sure you stick with it, means more practise but it'll pay off heaps in the long run.
Also, I started by picking a song that I really loved but sounded fairly simple, grabbed the tabs off the net, grabbed the CD and just jammed that song over and over until I got it down. Then I chose another by a different artist and did the same thing. That way you learn different chord progressions ( even if you don't know which chords you're actually playing :P ) and can slowly start to improvise as well :bigglasse
Just for reference I use http://www.ultimate-guitar.com for my tabs. It's a pretty decent general guitar website as well with news and reviews, a forum etc.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: SUPA_maori_BRO on December 03, 2007, 06:56:51 pm
'The John butler trio' should be on your list chief. John Butlers gat skills is just the sex.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: Bounty Hunter on December 03, 2007, 07:21:27 pm
im gonna try learn televators by the mars volta tonight...
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: Obbles on December 03, 2007, 08:27:34 pm
This song is quite easy to learn
[video]QjA5faZF1A8[/video]
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: Fragin on December 03, 2007, 08:48:45 pm
There's heaps of these guitar lesson vids on youtube.
Dust in the Wind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NggF9RzA8p0
Title: YOU'RE MY BOY BLUE, YOU'RE MY BOY
Post by: Tandoori on December 03, 2007, 08:51:48 pm
Quote from: Fragin';605945
There's heaps of these guitar lesson vids on youtube.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: Cruzin on December 03, 2007, 09:02:23 pm
Start with the basics mate, stuff like Enter Sandman and One by Metallica.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: bobziolla on December 03, 2007, 09:05:39 pm
Quote from: Cruzin;605958
Start with the basics mate, stuff like Enter Sandman and One by Metallica.
lol.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: nzjeebs on December 03, 2007, 09:13:26 pm
Jesus did anyone actually READ my first post? Rock n Roll is not muse or metalica lol...I even gave examples of bands. I know where to find tabs im looking for suggestions on what songs to learn (in the genre of Rock n Roll, Blues or country.
Also hori, war in movies is awesome...some of the only decent movies are based on war and killing (Pulp Fiction, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket)
I dont care if you dont like my music so dont tell me if you do. Just looking for song suggestions from people who know this kind of music. Dont want to get into an argument about how much modern music sucks...infact il make a new thread for that.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: enile8 on December 04, 2007, 08:17:47 am
This (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/Kristofer+Dahl/contributions/) guy does some good video lesson's.
This first song I learnt was Wish you were here. And the second was purple haze.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: Bounty Hunter on December 04, 2007, 10:09:47 am
Quote from: NZJeebs;605967
Jesus did anyone actually READ my first post? Rock n Roll is not muse or metalica lol...I even gave examples of bands. I know where to find tabs im looking for suggestions on what songs to learn (in the genre of Rock n Roll, Blues or country.
Also hori, war in movies is awesome...some of the only decent movies are based on war and killing (Pulp Fiction, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket)
I dont care if you dont like my music so dont tell me if you do. Just looking for song suggestions from people who know this kind of music. Dont want to get into an argument about how much modern music sucks...infact il make a new thread for that.
fuck sake...i just wrote a massive post on modern rock n roll and how it's still there a wee bit but then realised this was the learn guitar thread not the modern music thread...screw you and your similar threads jeebs!
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: Temp on December 04, 2007, 10:24:21 am
For a computer literate guitar noobie, I would thoroughly recommend Guitar Pro. It's only $59 USD, and you can find literally thousands and thousands of tabs for it for free.
I recently was shown this piece of software, and am pretty blown away by it, and the price is really awesome. I used to go to School of Audio Engineering and similar programmes would cost thousands. Guess things have changed since then, but I really think it's a worthwhile investment for someone that is wanting to learn the guitar.
Download the trial anyway, see what you think.
http://www.guitar-pro.com
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: enile8 on December 04, 2007, 12:45:29 pm
Quote from: Templar;606254
For a computer literate guitar noobie, I would thoroughly recommend Guitar Pro. It's only $59 USD, and you can find literally thousands and thousands of tabs for it for free.
I recently was shown this piece of software, and am pretty blown away by it, and the price is really awesome. I used to go to School of Audio Engineering and similar programmes would cost thousands. Guess things have changed since then, but I really think it's a worthwhile investment for someone that is wanting to learn the guitar.
Download the trial anyway, see what you think.
[url]http://www.guitar-pro.com[/url]
+Rep always wondered how you look at the guitar pro tabs on Ultimate Guitar etc.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: MrBurNZ on December 04, 2007, 02:13:38 pm
Quote from: Bounty Hunter;605887
im gonna try learn televators by the mars volta tonight...
Awesome song. Tough to learn though, hope you have a good ear for it.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: [tsw].Forsaken on December 05, 2007, 06:39:01 am
If you are newsish to guitar try learning Smoke on the Water (the riff makes you feel like a rock star). thats if you have an electric guitar.
For classical...mmm...can't think of any right now. I'm half way through Ocean by John Butler but thats definetily not a starters song. Though one song that I LOVE TO PLAY is from a japanese dude I can't remember...
OH!! here it is....enjoy. Only thing annoying about it is that you need to tune your guitar differently for this.
[video]bvkmosEt_RM[/video]
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 08:38:20 am
Quote from: (oga).Forsaken;606785
Though one song that I LOVE TO PLAY is from a japanese dude I can't remember...
GUITAR WOLF!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: DEATH0WL on December 09, 2007, 05:55:52 pm
Quote from: ThaFleastyler;605725
I just learnt Plug In Baby by Muse - good song for getting the whole 4-finger thing on the fretboard sussed (I'm a defective player - I don't use my little finger much when playing bass, so trying to fix that).
Me and my mate just learnt that too!!!
Well...
Learn Black Dog by Led Zeppelin. It's not that hard. I know everything except the solo and it's really not the hardest thing in the world to learn.
+1 for Guitar Pro. Best program ever! Along with using UltimateGuitar.com for tabs. Avoid the forums, mostly teenage guitarists: very chatty but weird as fuck!
Don't put off songs using all four fingers. That's a very common mistake that I luckily avoided. Only being playing maybe 7 or 8 months myself.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: qwerty4me on December 09, 2007, 08:58:18 pm
If your into classic rock, Back in Black is awesome to learn. The bend on the second fret might kill your fingers, if they haven't hardened all ready. But work on it, its a pretty cool song to play.
Also, Detroit Rock City by Kiss is quite cool.
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: 3viction on December 09, 2007, 09:14:26 pm
Learn this one :D
[video]0jgrCKhxE1s[/video]
Okay um what about Green Day - Time of you life? Or aren't you into finger picking etc. Well I suppose you can finger pick or strum. I play drums, but I picked this song up quite easily on guitar fingerpicking and strumming
[video]VXXQK59wD9c[/video]
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: nzjeebs on December 09, 2007, 09:16:22 pm
Quote from: snprkdFACE;610097
Learn this one :D
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: 3viction on December 09, 2007, 09:17:46 pm
Quote from: NZJeebs;610100
Take the code at the end of the youtube links (so for [url]http://www.youtube.com/v/0jgrCKhxE1s&rel=1[/url] the code is 0jgrCKhxE1s&rel=1)
then put it inside these so it will turn out like this: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s&rel=1[/url]
Yeah I figured just after I had posted. Thanks though
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: DEATH0WL on December 09, 2007, 10:44:25 pm
What songs can you play already?
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: DEATH0WL on December 13, 2007, 11:13:10 pm
Reading this thread makes me wonder about how many guitarists there are on Iconz...
What's everybody learning right now? I'm learning Everlong acoustic - my first acoustic song!
Find some songs to learn Jeebs?
Title: Rocksmith
Post by: Tiwaking! on January 21, 2013, 12:44:00 pm
I own Rock Band 3 and recently gave Rocksmith a go with my guitar.
Rocksmith is pretty damn amazing, and it is really cool to see that playing Rock Band 3 does teach you how to play guitar in a 'standard' way
If you are serious about playing guitar or even just serious about learning how to play a single song, Rocksmith is the way to go if you like video games and dont have a tutor.
Title: Adams Virtual Guitar
Post by: Tiwaking! on January 31, 2013, 06:49:37 pm
There is an utterly fascinating online virtual guitar you can try. It has some surprising songs and a quite good visual representation of finger positions and chord/string progressions
http://www.adamsguitar.com/Player.html
Title: Learning Guitar.
Post by: pop on February 01, 2013, 03:24:16 am