Members kwakatak Posted July 3, 2006 Members Posted July 3, 2006 In keeping with the "what's the last song(s) that you learned" thread, I'll go one further: What songs are you interested in learning but never had the time or skill to? Here's my current list: Rain Song - Led ZeppelinOld Love - Eric ClaptonRomeo and Juliet - Dire StraitsGeorgia On My Mind - Martin Taylor's arrangementSomewhere Over the Rainbow - Tommy EmmanuelEndless Road - Tommy EmmanuelMaria Carolina - John Williams (I've gotten close but no cigar) La Madrugada - Chet Atkins, written by Jerry Reed (again close but I still play it too sloppy to claim that I've mastered it) Anything by Pierre Bensusan (his technique is too fluid to try to emulate) Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan (again his technique is too much for me to keep up with)
Members JasmineTea Posted July 3, 2006 Members Posted July 3, 2006 Moonlight Sonata, some other Beethoven stuff. I found a copy of the original soundtrack for The Wizard of Oz, lifted a bunch of stuff from there, "ding dong the merrio, sing it high, sing it low..." kick-ass number, that one is.
Members bigby Posted July 3, 2006 Members Posted July 3, 2006 If you end up learning "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", check out the version by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Hawaiin guy with an amazing voice and great take on that song. I'm always working on songs by Chris Smither to improve my fingerstyle. I've got down Link of Chain and Chrocodile Man. I'd like to be able to play Never Needed it More and Confirmation. He makes them sound so sweet and easy... Also for Stevie, try Life By the Drop. Great tune for acoustic and not too difficult.
Members dadgad7 Posted July 3, 2006 Members Posted July 3, 2006 Bouree in Em, I learned it from an acoustic version of Guitar Player mag about 15 years ago, the Tab must be out there somewhere - (if you like Tab) it's an awesome tune with lots to learn, and it's mighty fun to play it's a Bach tune............
Members JasmineTea Posted July 3, 2006 Members Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by dadgad7 Bouree in Em, I learned it from an acoustic version of Guitar Player mag about 15 years ago, the Tab must be out there somewhere - (if you like Tab)it's an awesome tune with lots to learn, and it's mighty fun to playit's a Bach tune............ Funny, I know a guy who can play it, but he can't play anything els.
Members Queequeg Posted July 3, 2006 Members Posted July 3, 2006 must be something about that tune. my ex-brother-in-law played that tune, and that's all he could play.
Members Dave W. Posted July 3, 2006 Members Posted July 3, 2006 Little Wing, probably the only reason I have hung on to my 33 year old Tele all these years.
Members Sweb Posted July 3, 2006 Members Posted July 3, 2006 When Shrimps Learn To Whistle - Leo Kottke - Burnt Lips CD
Members kwakatak Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Posted July 3, 2006 Re: SRV: Yeah, I actually know Life By The Drop and Pride and Joy but I was thinking along the lines of his longer instrumental pieces like: Little WingLennyRiviera ParadiseWall of DenialChitlins Con Carne I know a few licks from each but I can't seem to put 'em all together to make something that last more than a minute at most. re: Bach's Bouree in EmI actually used to know that one but I forgot it. It was never 100% smooth anyway.
Members martingibson70 Posted July 4, 2006 Members Posted July 4, 2006 http://cgi.ebay.com/Guitar-DVD-Learn-To-Play-Jimi-Hendrix-FREE-S-H_W0QQitemZ330002744003QQihZ014QQcategoryZ38100QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I've learned a lot of the songs mentioned in this thread from instruction dvd's like this.
Members knockwood Posted July 4, 2006 Members Posted July 4, 2006 Originally posted by bigby I'm always working on songs by Chris Smither to improve my fingerstyle. I'm currently defiling "The Devil's Real." Simple progression, but rhythmically challenging - for me, anyway. When I feel I've done enough damage to that song I'll go after his version of "Cold Trail Blues." I never heard of the guy until a few months ago when he was on the cover of AG. Since then, every time I hear one of his songs I wish I'd written it.
Members Hudman Posted July 4, 2006 Members Posted July 4, 2006 Originally posted by kwakatak In keeping with the "what's the last song(s) that you learned" thread, I'll go one further: What songs are you interested in learning but never had the time or skill to? Here's my current list: Rain Song - Led ZeppelinOld Love - Eric ClaptonRomeo and Juliet - Dire StraitsGeorgia On My Mind - Martin Taylor's arrangementSomewhere Over the Rainbow - Tommy EmmanuelEndless Road - Tommy EmmanuelMaria Carolina - John Williams (I've gotten close but no cigar) La Madrugada - Chet Atkins, written by Jerry Reed (again close but I still play it too sloppy to claim that I've mastered it) Anything by Pierre Bensusan (his technique is too fluid to try to emulate) Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan (again his technique is too much for me to keep up with) Old Love is a really cool tune on the acoustic. There are a ton of Led Zeppelin songs I want to learn but I'm too lazy to screw with all of the different tunings Page uses. Speaking of Led Zeppelin - I'm going to start a new thread about Robert Plant.....(right now)....
Members Rickkkk Posted July 4, 2006 Members Posted July 4, 2006 Wow ... Good topic. I play a couple of the tunes listed here already, but not many. "Lola" by the kinks was one of the first songs I learned. I also do "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits, but I play it in D instead of F. I guess the one I'd really like to learn to do properly is "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams. I screw around with it but can't really do it justice. I have the one-guitar only version he recorded and that's what I'd be aiming for. Ahhh ... If only I had the time ...
Members babablowfish Posted July 4, 2006 Members Posted July 4, 2006 bigby said: If you end up learning "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", check out the version by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Hawaiin guy with an amazing voice and great take on that song.
Members Jessz1 Posted July 4, 2006 Members Posted July 4, 2006 There is a song called "Wheels" on Orsonos website I would like to learn. Never saw a tab for it but it looks fairly easy and is a pretty tune.
Members Greymuzzle Posted July 4, 2006 Members Posted July 4, 2006 Hemingways' Shotgun - Eric TaylorRise- Peter MulveyThumbin' my way back to Heaven -Pearl JamLight of the World - Kelly Joe Phelps version Just even one of these afore Toasting time
Members Queequeg Posted July 4, 2006 Members Posted July 4, 2006 Originally posted by kwakatak What songs are you interested in learning but never had the time or skill to? Here's my current list: Anything by Pierre Bensusan (his technique is too fluid to try to emulate) Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan (again his technique is too much for me to keep up with) Kwak-Two of my favorite "jazzier" SRV tunes, Lenny & Riviera Paradise are surprisingly easy to play and readily available (published) in tab. Best on electric because they both rely on whammy bar, but do well on acoustic and caused me to learn to bend several strings at once on acoustic to emulate this tremolo effect as best I could on acoustic.later I bought a Gretsch 6120 with a bigsby, but I still play them on acoustic and bend the heck out of a handful of those PBs.
Members kwakatak Posted July 4, 2006 Author Members Posted July 4, 2006 Originally posted by Queequeg Kwak-Two of my favorite "jazzier" SRV tunes, Lenny & Riviera Paradice are surprisingly easy to play and readily available (published) in tab. Best on electric because they both rely on whammy bar, but do well on acoustic and caused me to learn to bend several strings at once on acoustic to emulate this tremelo effect best I could on acoustic.lter I bouhgt a Gretsch 6120 with a bigsby, but I still play them on acoustic and bend the heck out of a handful of those PBs. Hmmm, I guess I got a little off-topic then because I haven't really attempted them on acoustic. I agree that they both require a little tremelo bar usage (just some dips here or there with actual vibrato done with the left hand) but it seems as if I didn't install the strings on my Strat correctly because any t-bar use knocks 'em out of tune. I do like to do Little Wing and Pride and Joy on acoustic though.
Members Bradster Posted July 7, 2006 Members Posted July 7, 2006 Howdy guys and girls (this is my first posting here...). "Rain Song" is highly recommend learning! I can still remember when I first stumbled upon tabs for this maybe 15 years ago. This was on a newsgroup IIRC
Members ESL94 Posted July 7, 2006 Members Posted July 7, 2006 Kwakatak, ck. out this short version of Romeo & Juliet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i0Zza8kMMU&search=monte%20montgomery
Members Abnorm Posted July 7, 2006 Members Posted July 7, 2006 "Look At You, Look At Me" by Dave Mason. It contains what I consider to be iconic blues/rock licks along the lines of Jimmy Page's "Since I've Been Loving You."
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