Books, Movies, Music & Entertainment - what songs do you know on guitar???

just make a list of the songs you can play on guitar:

sweet home alabama
the opening to eminem's song~lose yourself
star spangled banner
and there is one or two others that i can't remember the names of

Well.... know? I guess Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

I've just started teaching myself guitar with Mel Bay books. I'm just starting "Fourth string" lesson now. I'm also working with the chord book at the end of a practice session. Having big trouble with muting strings I shouldn't and finding it very frustrating.

Any pointers?

I can play Gram Parsons, Joy Division and Beethoven on guitar.

Star Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix version)
Temptation- Tiger Army
The Last of the Famous International Playboys- Morrissey
Whole lot more Tiger Army....
Bits and pieces of Voodoo Child and Purple Haze
Stray Cat Strut- Stray Cats

Well.... know? I guess Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

I've just started teaching myself guitar with Mel Bay books. I'm just starting "Fourth string" lesson now. I'm also working with the chord book at the end of a practice session. Having big trouble with muting strings I shouldn't and finding it very frustrating.

Any pointers?

Keep playing, practice is the best advice. Also, get on some of the guitar tab sites and print out some songs you like. The reason many people give up playing is that the instructional material uses songs that they don't like or that don't hold their interest. Also, learn to read music early and you will have many more choices to play later.

Having big trouble with muting strings I shouldn't and finding it very frustrating.

Any pointers?

When first starting out, reach and positioning problems often cause this. It takes time, often many months, before the muscles in your left hand will stretch out to allow you more precise contact with the strings. Try positioning your hands so that the tips of the fingers contact the strings at more of a 90deg angle to the fretboard, coming straight down on the strings like hammers on the strings of a piano. This may require more arching of the fingers than you are currently using.

Also, if you learn to find your pleasure in tone production and the beauty of the sound, you should never get bored, whether playing scales, chords, or Variations on a Theme by Mozart.

Cheers :)

I play a bunch of Clash/Pistols/Damned/Pearl Jam Etc Etc... Love to play Neil Young or Dan Bern on the acoustic
I just discovered how good a song writer Noel Gallagher(Oasis) is and I'm learning some of his stuff

I also like to play stupid campfire tunes, The last 24hr race I was in I kept our team and neighbors entertained, at least I was entertained and they were to polite to tell me to shut up!

'Rasher

Over the Bridge :)

On the Bass,
Inspector Gadget theme
James Bond theme
Barney Miller theme
BatMan theme (TV)
Peter Gunn
The bass line to any simple blues song (All the same :) )
The opening to a Yes song I can't remember the name of.
I practice Zero and therefore suck. My Bride can shame many paid guitar players and can pick up a song by ear in a very short time. She taught me most of the above and plays classical, electric, bass, 12 string, and keyboards.

Keep playing, practice is the best advice. Also, get on some of the guitar tab sites and print out some songs you like. The reason many people give up playing is that the instructional material uses songs that they don't like or that don't hold their interest. Also, learn to read music early and you will have many more choices to play later.

That's fairly much in line with my program. Though finding... er making time to practice is the difficult part. I'm very much pro learning to read music and developing a fluid note picking skill. The 'Axe Ace" at the local music store suggested that I concentrate on chords and forget learning to read music. To me, that's a hack mentality. He went on to tell me there's even a book of songs that are done around 3 chords. It's like yech, why? There's so many notes to play on the fret board. Why limit myself to just 3 chords?

:)

When first starting out, reach and positioning problems often cause this. It takes time, often many months, before the muscles in your left hand will stretch out to allow you more precise contact with the strings. Try positioning your hands so that the tips of the fingers contact the strings at more of a 90deg angle to the fretboard, coming straight down on the strings like hammers on the strings of a piano. This may require more arching of the fingers than you are currently using.

Also, if you learn to find your pleasure in tone production and the beauty of the sound, you should never get bored, whether playing scales, chords, or Variations on a Theme by Mozart.

Cheers :)


I guess that explains why my hand feels like it was run over by a truck. What with all the tendons stretching and muscles working differently. Always something new out there... I just mastered Amazing Grace! :)

I know quite a few since I've been playing the g-tar for quite some time, but these are my most challenging and fun to play.

The Wind Cries Mary
Little Wing
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix version
Things We Do by Indigenous
Drive by Incubus
Lots of Dylan
Learn To Fly by Foo Fighters
My Favorite Mistake by Sheryl Crow (Go Lance!)
La Bamba
Hurts So Good by Johnny Cougar (aka John Mellencamp)

Yes, practice is the key. Practice practice practice. Most of all, have fun with it. For a while, I wanted to impress people, which is why I just about went crazy learning some Jimi songs. However, now it is just for fun.

I can play a bunch of Paul Simon songs on guitar. Not just strumming, I bought this guitar tab book about 12 years ago and taught myself all the songs.

Social Distortion's - Ball and Chain (chords only) and bad luck. Then Farewell Jamacia, also now the chords for Every rose has its thorn (shhhh don't tell anyone). I am picking it up here and there. Just picked up an old electric Ibanez and borrowing an old gorillamp and headphones.(my so I can play and not bug my fiance's studying.)

To quote Mitch Hedberg = I tried to teach myself guitar.... I am not the greatest teacher, cuz I don't know guitar.....

stairway to heaven
nostalgia in times square
lots of baroque
d'yer m'ayker
while my guitar gently weeps
voodoo child (slight return)
hey baby
blackbird

Update:

I have Hey Mr. Tamborine Man down fairly good and I'm having a bunch of fun stylizing Glendale Train. All in baby steps.

A bunch.

stairway to heaven
nostalgia in times square
lots of baroque
d'yer m'ayker
while my guitar gently weeps
voodoo child (slight return)
hey baby
blackbird


finally! i was getting worried that nobody had listed stairway to heaven yet. a true standby. everyone and their mothers should know how to play at least the beginning of this song. we must keep the cliché alive!

finally! i was getting worried that nobody had listed stairway to heaven yet. a true standby. everyone and their mothers should know how to play at least the beginning of this song. we must keep the cliché alive!
I know about a half dozen songs, most learned 20 years ago when I was a teenager. :eek:

The first two I ever learned, of course, were Stairway to Heaven and (another cliché) Dust in the Wind. Timmhaan, you mention the beginning of the song. What else is there to learn, except the "ooooh, it makes me wonder" part and the three chords in the final electric section? ;)

Later, I picked up a medley of Rush acoustic tunes, Broon's Bane segueing to the opening of The Trees, then into the introduction to Farewell to Kings.

Finally, there's a great little acoustic thing by Canadian band Triumph (Rik Emmett guitar solo, I'm pretty sure) called A Midsummer's Daydream, with lots of cool harmonics and runs, in Open-D tuning. I've got a tab of it from an old Guitar Player magazine, but I still can't really play it very well. But it's fun to try. :)