Thread: Tell me about songs every guitar player should know.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

A good place to start when getting into guitar is learning how to play this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT8sJ...e=channel_page

That's some great improv. My favorite part has always been when he slows it down and the band joins in (at precisely 5 minutes in).

Originally Posted by DuB

That's some great improv. My favorite part has always been when he slows it down and the band joins in (at precisely 5 minutes in).

I think it's the best guitar playing I have ever heard. Every time I show that video to somebody who plays guitar, they are blown away by the fact that it is even possible for a person to play like that.

I dunno, I've always been most blown away by Machine Gun

I'll be back with more later, but off the top of my head I can think of a good one: About A Girl by Nirvana. It's easy as hell to play, and if you have a decent voice you could probably sing it too.

Learning the opening riff to "Crazy Train" will get you plenty of ass, and it's really easy.

Stairway to Heaven all the way.

No offesne Maverick, but the one riff over and over again gets pretty boring.

It is a cool riff, though, and if you're going to learn it you might as well learn the rest, it isn't that hard.

Originally Posted by Maverick

Learning the opening riff to "Crazy Train" will get you plenty of ass, and it's really easy.

Nah, if you want some ass, learn Fade to Black. The intro riff, especially, never fails to melt a girl's heart.

Originally Posted by Supernova

No offesne Maverick, but the one riff over and over again gets pretty boring.

I'm not saying you need to play it over and over like that, for some reason the vid just looped it for like 3 minutes

Fade to black is also pretty sick Lezen.

Agreed, Fade to Black is a great song to learn. Nothing else matters is a good one too. If you're not up for learning the lead part (I wasn't) you can just do the intro and play the chords for the rest. I got it out of an issue of Guitar World, so the "official" tab is probably on their site.

Originally Posted by DuB

I dunno, I've always been most blown away by Machine Gun

Dear GOD!!!! Hendrix appears to be tearing a hole in reality with his insane skill!!

Definitely recommend Blackbird by the Beatles, Yesterday by the Beatles, and Dust in the Wind by Kansas. None are terribly difficult.

Originally Posted by RockNRoller123

Dear GOD!!!! Hendrix appears to be tearing a hole in reality with his insane skill!!

I think he did. Did you see the "Woodstock Improv"?

Just make sure that if you learn Dust in the Wind you learn how to travis pick. Otherwise you'll sound really bad.