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Give me a song to learn on acoustic during quarantine
Posted on 3/15/20 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 3/15/20 at 3:56 pm
I have basic chords and strumming down. I also enjoy some blues picking.
Corona lock down suggestions?
Corona lock down suggestions?
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Posted on 3/15/20 at 3:57 pm to Kvothe
More than a Feeling
Posted on 3/15/20 at 4:11 pm to Kvothe
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Posted on 3/15/20 at 4:39 pm to Kvothe
Angie - Stones ( chords - version 7 was one I liked)
or maybe
No Rain - to pass along a King Bob suggestion from another similar thread from sometime back. It's a fun song to play an uses this great E5
if you don't already have it down pat.
*eta: (oops) - strumming all strings on that E5 for optimal results
or maybe
No Rain - to pass along a King Bob suggestion from another similar thread from sometime back. It's a fun song to play an uses this great E5
if you don't already have it down pat. *eta: (oops) - strumming all strings on that E5 for optimal results
This post was edited on 3/15/20 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 3/15/20 at 7:36 pm to Kvothe
Lay Down Sally
Posted on 3/15/20 at 7:57 pm to Kvothe
Almost any early CCR.
Lodi
Who'll Stop the Rain
Bad Moon Rising
Green River
Looking Out My Back Door
Lodi
Who'll Stop the Rain
Bad Moon Rising
Green River
Looking Out My Back Door
Posted on 3/15/20 at 8:01 pm to Kvothe
Why aim low? Learn Neon by John Mayer. You might need to be quarantined for years.
This post was edited on 3/15/20 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 3/15/20 at 8:30 pm to Kvothe
Wish You Were Here
Posted on 3/15/20 at 8:46 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:
Wish You Were Here
This was the first actual song I started learning.
Thanks for all the other recs Kings of the music board
This post was edited on 3/15/20 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 3/15/20 at 9:35 pm to Kvothe
Needle and the Damage Done...or anything by Neil Young would probably be easy
Posted on 3/16/20 at 5:05 am to Kvothe
If you have way too much time on your hands, and really like the blues, I suggest playing around with some alternate tunings.
I really like an open D.
From the top string, it tunes like this D-A-D-F#-A-D .
Strumming open is a D chord. Barring the strings(1 finger) at the 5th fret becomes a G chord, barring the strings(1 finger) at the 7th fret, becomes an A chord.( you really only have to bar the bottom 4 strings if you want and just pick those)
just pick any string at the 3rd and 5th fret and bend a little bit and have fun.
Capo at the 2nd fret and you are playing open E. A chord will be at the 7th fret and B at the 9th.
Don't become too reliant on playing this way, still want to learn proper playing, but it's something different every now and then, and really easy to sound good and impress people who don't know that you are cheating.
A really good easy song to play like this is. Baby Please Don't Go. You know The Ray Charles/ Van Morrison-Wild Ones song. You don't really have to do anything but strum open, and pick some notes on the 3rd fret.
A bunch of The Doors songs are done this way too.
You can add: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
I really like an open D.
From the top string, it tunes like this D-A-D-F#-A-D .
Strumming open is a D chord. Barring the strings(1 finger) at the 5th fret becomes a G chord, barring the strings(1 finger) at the 7th fret, becomes an A chord.( you really only have to bar the bottom 4 strings if you want and just pick those)
just pick any string at the 3rd and 5th fret and bend a little bit and have fun.
Capo at the 2nd fret and you are playing open E. A chord will be at the 7th fret and B at the 9th.
Don't become too reliant on playing this way, still want to learn proper playing, but it's something different every now and then, and really easy to sound good and impress people who don't know that you are cheating.
A really good easy song to play like this is. Baby Please Don't Go. You know The Ray Charles/ Van Morrison-Wild Ones song. You don't really have to do anything but strum open, and pick some notes on the 3rd fret.
A bunch of The Doors songs are done this way too.
You can add: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
This post was edited on 3/18/20 at 8:04 am
Posted on 3/16/20 at 6:41 am to Kvothe
I would suggest song with only four chords that maintain the same repeated pattern.
Dwight Yoakam's "1000 Miles From Nowhere" is a great expample.
C Am
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
C Am
Time don't matter to me
C Am
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
F G
And there's no place I wanna be
[Verse 1]
C Am
I got heartaches in my pocket
C Am
I got echoes in my head
C Am
And all that I keep hearing
F G
Are the cruel, cruel things that you said
[Chorus]
C Am
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
C Am
Time don't matter to me
C Am
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
F G
And there's no place I wanna be
[Bridge 1]
F G F G (STOP) Am
Oh I, oh I, oh I------I, I---I
(Lead Ride)
C - Am - C - Am - C - Am - F - G - G
F G F G (STOP) Am
Oh I, oh I, oh I------I, I---I Oh I
[Verse 2]
C Am
I've got bruises on my memories
C Am
I've got tearstains on my hands
C Am
And in the mirror there's a vision
F G
Of what used to be a man
[Chorus] (x2)
C Am
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
C Am
Time don't matter to me
C Am
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
F G
And there's no place I wanna be
[Bridge 2]
F - F - G - G - F - F - G - G
Oh I
(Lead Ride)
C - Am - C - Am - C - Am - F - G - G
[Outro]
F G F G Am
Oh I' oh I' oh I------I, I---I
Oh I
Posted on 3/16/20 at 6:53 am to Mizz-SEC
quote:
Dwight Yoakam's "1000 Miles From Nowhere" is a great expample.
Sheesh I would love to try to learn that one, but F chord is a killer for me. Small hands and barres are yikes, hard as hell.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 7:01 am to flvelo12
On that particular song, you can get by, just playing the F on the bottom 4 strings.
1st finger, first and second string, 1st fret, 2nd finger, 3rd string, 2nd fret, 3rd finger 4th string 3rd fret. Play only those strings.
Also, when you play the G chord on that song, add that D note on the 2nd string, it really sounds good.
You can also play it easily in the Key of G.
Your chords would be G-Em- C and D.
Or key of D: D-Bm-G-A.
1st finger, first and second string, 1st fret, 2nd finger, 3rd string, 2nd fret, 3rd finger 4th string 3rd fret. Play only those strings.
Also, when you play the G chord on that song, add that D note on the 2nd string, it really sounds good.
You can also play it easily in the Key of G.
Your chords would be G-Em- C and D.
Or key of D: D-Bm-G-A.
This post was edited on 3/16/20 at 8:16 am
Posted on 3/16/20 at 7:08 am to auggie
quote:
On that particular song, you can get by, just playing the F on the bottom 4 strings.
Thanks!
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:10 am to Kvothe
Rhiannon
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:14 am to Nicky Parrish
quote:
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Good choice. Hint: It's in drop D.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:55 am to auggie
quote:
On that particular song, you can get by, just playing the F on the bottom 4 strings.
1st finger, first and second string, 1st fret, 2nd finger, 3rd string, 2nd fret, 3rd finger 4th string 3rd fret. Play only those strings.
and this shape slides right up the neck to play any other major chord, use the E string note as the chord. I've been doing this instead of full barre chords for a long time, all you lose is a bass note.
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