Sounds And Practice

[Scotty]

Hi All

I'm really getting back into playing after a little break and I'm looking for some suggestions on so songs to learn (I know it's not good to learnt the song down to the last note but it's good to get the foundation of the song and then add to it).

Think I'm looking for about 10 to start with.

So far I have only come up with a couple:

John Mayer - Why Georgia
Oasis - Stand by me
Some SRV song I guess...................

What about some really good blues tunes ???????????????? Anything really I like a mix.

 

[tvanveen]

I've been working on Hendrix's "Hey Joe" a lot. It's basically just C-G-D-A-E, but he plays about 4 different voicings of each chord, plus all sorts of different fills.

I could play it after about 10 minutes, but a month later I'm still learning new things.

I also like it cuz he does things outside my comfort level, and it's forcing me to play differently.

 

[Jimi D]

I love learning Hendrix stuff - he's so intuitive and flowing in his style, and it's so completely based around an improvisary approach that I can't help but learn something from him every time I try one of his tunes... Brian Setzer stuff will get your finger's moving too, and Rockabilly is filled with interesting progressions and chord voicings; Stray Cat Strut and Rock This Town (which works really well in drop D tuning) are standards...

 

[musikarero]

Hey Scotty,

I've never been disciplined enough or patient either to learn songs but I can suggest a good learning tool that I use a lot. Guitar Player and Guitar One magazines have their instructional columns to download on their web sites. Guitar One is directed more towards the metal player which isn't my thing, but Tom Kolb has a very helpful lesson in there each month that is worth the subscription price alone to me. Each month when the mags arrive I flip to the columns and if its something I'd like to learn I simply go to the web site and download the audio and thats it. Its been helpful for me and I hope the suggestion might be for you as well!