anybody good at the rhythm,bass,melody style playing here?

[cavemanic]

any good beginer songs to start with?

 

I was trying to work on 'riders on the storm' by the doors ...anybody want to have a shot at it?

[brahmz118]

This has been my guitar obsession for years now -- figuring out solo arrangements that include basslines and melodies, and inner lines / chords /harmonies when possible.

One of my main inspirations is Steve King, whose Beatles arrangements are amazing. He's a Taylor artist and I went to see one of his workshops. A few things that he mentioned about his own technique:

1. He almost always has a barre down, to have access to any key anytime. Few if any open strings / chords.

2. He uses all 5 fingers in his right hand.

3. He is willing to take a piece at snail's pace to learn the sequence of intertwined verticals -- beat by beat until he can hear the separate parts.

I had tried to do a guitar version of Riders on the Storm years ago but abandoned it because I didn't think my arrangement was good. I'm sure a really talented fingerstylist could work magic with it, but I just didn't find playing the layers (particularly the melody) very satisfying.

Here's what I started. Probably won't finish it any time soon.

Riders on the Storm

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------7--|-------7-----------------|
|-7-----7--9--------9-----|----------9--------9-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----9-----9-----7--11-7--|----9-----9-----7--11-7--|
|-7-----10----7-----------|-7-----10----7-----------|
..^.....^.....^.....^.......^.....^.....^.....^.....

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------7--|-------7-----------------|
|-7-----7--9--------9-----|----------9--------9-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----9-----9-----7--11-7--|----9-----9-----7--11-7--|
|-7-----10----7-----------|-7-----10----7-----------|
..^.....^.....^.....^.......^.....^.....^.....^.....

|-7--7--10----7-----------|-------------------------|
|----------10----------7--|-------7-----------------|
|-7-----7--9--------9-----|----------9-(9)----9-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----9-----9-----7--11-7--|----9-----9-----7--11-7--|
|-7-----10----7-----------|-7-----10----7-----------|
..^.....^.....^.....^.......^.....^.....^.....^.....

brahmz118

[kwakatak]

A lot of classical, country and jazz-type music use this type of technique, but it sounds like you'd like to stick with rock music.

In that case, for starters check out:

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
More than Words - Extreme
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

These are the songs I first started experimented fingerstyle with.

If you don't feel challenged by these, then check out "Laurence Juber Plays the Beatles".