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dHERZ
02-18-2006, 10:30 PM
im bored, can anybody suggest some good songs/ riffs to learn on my acoustic? :spin:
BeckyB
02-18-2006, 11:07 PM
yellow by coldplay :howudo:
anything by Led Zepplin
"Cemetary Gates" by Pantera
"planet caravan" by Black Sabbath
shayne21
02-19-2006, 01:11 AM
zepplin is a good choice.....cky bangs out some catchy riffs....but of you want a sick song to play on the acoustic...sultans of swing by the dire straights....its old but hella dope...and 36 crazyfists bloodwork is killer...welcome home by coheed and cambria....i'll list more later
falldm82
02-19-2006, 03:38 PM
Wanna know how I know you're gay.....you like the band coldplay, lol. Just bustin on ya. Don't really play much on my acoustic, but I can give ya plenty advice on electric. Just finished learning master of puppets and seek and destroy by metallica.....tons of fun to play.
f3joel
02-19-2006, 04:15 PM
dust in the wind is one of the best acoustic songs ever
falldm82
02-19-2006, 04:20 PM
+1.....especially when its sung by will ferrell
stuntafo'life
02-20-2006, 06:48 PM
The Bard's Song(In the Forest)-Blind Guardian for acoustic.
for electric: Her Ghost In the Fog-Cradle of Filth
BigDawg99
02-20-2006, 08:21 PM
electric Guitar -- Surfing with an Alien By Joe Satriani
Acoustic Guitar - Stairway to Heaven..
electric Guitar -- Surfing with an Alien By Joe Satriani
Acoustic Guitar - Stairway to Heaven..
Noooo!
Don't get me wrong, I love Led Zepplin...but "Stairway" is one of the most overplayed guitar songs by newbs..... :headache: Learn "Over the hills and far away" or "the gallows pole" instead....my personal fav is "hey hey what can I do" :clint:
The Head
02-21-2006, 08:58 AM
Hurt by Johnny Cash
I will post some others as I think of them.
dHERZ
02-21-2006, 10:02 AM
Noooo!
Don't get me wrong, I love Led Zepplin...but "Stairway" is one of the most overplayed guitar songs by newbs..... :headache: Learn "Over the hills and far away" or "the gallows pole" instead....my personal fav is "hey hey what can I do" :clint:
thanks for the advice everyone!! i can already play over the hills but i never learned stairway to heaven, although you make a good point about it being over played
thanks for the advice everyone!! i can already play over the hills but i never learned stairway to heaven, although you make a good point about it being over played
The funny thing is that in music stores here, the second someone starts playing "Stairway" some people groan, some roll their eyes..doesn't matter if it's being played note for note....sad, for it being such a great song and all. Tom Petty has some pretty good acoustic stuff, "Mary Jane's Last Dance" "Free Fallin'" etc.....Dire Straits got alot of good riffs "money for nothing" is always fun to play, and it's pretty easy. Lynard Skynard songs work too....
:pimp:
TRYPHBRENT
02-21-2006, 12:06 PM
House of the rising sun is fun and pretty easy to play.
House of the rising sun is fun and pretty easy to play.
good call....forgot all about that one!
TRYPHBRENT
02-21-2006, 03:39 PM
Noooo!
Don't get me wrong, I love Led Zepplin...but "Stairway" is one of the most overplayed guitar songs by newbs..... :headache: Learn "Over the hills and far away" or "the gallows pole" instead....my personal fav is "hey hey what can I do" :clint:
Im trying to learn over the hills and far away right now, thats a bad ass song.
stuntafo'life
02-21-2006, 09:24 PM
A Past and Future Secret-Blind Guardian...
Good shit for acoustic in my opinion.
TLSTUNTS
02-22-2006, 12:28 AM
+1.....especially when its sung by will ferrell
+2
Koabzilla
02-22-2006, 06:32 AM
Alice in Chains - Nutshell
There is another really good one on their Jar of Flies album, but I can't think of the name right now. I'll find out.
Koabzilla
02-22-2006, 06:37 AM
Hell, come to think of it, the entire Jar of Flies album has great acousticals.
f4stunna
02-22-2006, 12:26 PM
a little off topic but avenged sevenfold kicks ass.....
you can definitally tell gnr was a huge influence on em
TRYPHBRENT
02-22-2006, 02:50 PM
Does anyone know the correct tab to the beginning of Metallicas Fade To Black? The part with all of the hammering and shit.
Hell, come to think of it, the entire Jar of Flies album has great acousticals.
that's true, Jerry Cantrell got some cool riffs...
"Don't Follow"
"Got Me Wrong"
"Down in a Hole"
"Godsmack"
any of their stuff is fun to play....
shayne21
02-23-2006, 07:39 PM
House of the rising sun is fun and pretty easy to play.
and its a great song to solo to....pretty easy to sound like you know something hahaha
TRYPHBRENT
02-23-2006, 10:28 PM
and its a great song to solo to....pretty easy to sound like you know something hahaha
What?
shayne21
02-24-2006, 02:27 AM
what do you mean what...simple blues pentatonic pattern....i'm not too up on that shit but i know that pattern and its pretty much the solo they play for the song...if i can solo to it anyone can
TRYPHBRENT
02-24-2006, 07:03 AM
and its a great song to solo to....pretty easy to sound like you know something hahaha
Oh my bad dude, I took that the wrong way.
richfunk
02-27-2006, 05:55 PM
im bored, can anybody suggest some good songs/ riffs to learn on my acoustic? :spin:
Yea.. learn some john mayer stuff.. i have been told it is hard.. because that mofo.. can reach all the way around the guitar wiht his thumb.. :shrugg
first of all YES i can play the beginning of fade to black correctly.Try DEE(randy Rhodes) bouree in e minor or any other classical tune Tune your acoustic down to open d tuning. low E to D-a to g-d stays-g stays b stays high e to a d. Then try some blues stuff. Use a slide or whatever you want. Find some muddy waters recordingsand try to figure out some. That older blues is really fun after headbanging stuff. Makes a nice change of pace
Nikoli
02-27-2006, 09:01 PM
a little off topic but avenged sevenfold kicks ass.....
you can definitally tell gnr was a huge influence on em
hellz yea!, their new CD sounds exzactly like appitite for D by GNR, i deffently love it! - good shit by the sevenfold!
Yea.. learn some john mayer stuff.. i have been told it is hard.. because that mofo.. can reach all the way around the guitar wiht his thumb.. :shrugg
ya that dude spent some time at Musician's Institue so he had to pick up a couple things while he was there.....I saw him on tv jammin' on some blues with a Strat and he has some chops...can't deny that
shayne21
02-28-2006, 10:13 PM
Oh my bad dude, I took that the wrong way.
dude its cool
ya thats a ill song and pretty much any queens of the stone age....but they tune down a step so it'll sound funny if you want to jam with the song
Little D
03-04-2006, 06:57 AM
im bored, can anybody suggest some good songs/ riffs to learn on my acoustic? :spin:
learn fade to black by metallica its hard to remember but the song kicks ass
scubasteve1200
03-05-2006, 06:48 PM
beethoven's 5th on electric by joe satriani and steve via is pretty bad ass as for acoustic john mayher and jack johnson have a lot of acoustic songs i just heard the alice in chains acoustic album that was pretty bad ass
Shawskin
03-08-2006, 06:36 PM
learn fade to black by metallica its hard to remember but the song kicks ass
to live is to die without a doubt
great acoustic intro and great middle part. best metallica song by far.