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Post subject: Need a new song to focus on...help please?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:28 pm
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I really wanted to take onto an easier song, maybe in the rock/hard rock/glam field. I've only been playing a year, so excruciating leads are not a strong point...(oh one day...).

Other than that, any blues, blues rock, or anything else will also be helpful! Can anyone lend me a hand? It'll be greatly appreciated. :D


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Give us an idea of what you are capable of...


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mhainz wrote:
Give us an idea of what you are capable of...


Ah...I'm good at rhythms, not so much on leads. I can play the solo to "Ace of Spades" but only the last part of the solo am I any good at getting down. I'm not bad at Nirvana solos, and the best of my lead is pretty much the solo to "Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest. Other than that, that's it. :?

Does that help?


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You could have a crack at some of The Darkness's stuff. Most of the rhythm parts are just powerchords and a lot of the lead solos aren't too complex.

Otherwise maybe try some bluesy rock like the Doors 'Roadhouse blues"; which has a slower pace or even some earlier ZZ Top before they got all synthesized.


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Hey, thanks! When I get my iTunes library up and running and I get another iTunes card, I'll check into that. :)


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Hi,
Fleetwood Mac have been a hot topic lately, you could try some of their early stuff.
' I loved Another Woman ' as nice easy ( but effective ) lead and rhythm parts. Also ' Long Grey Mare '. Quite a lot of their stuff could be worth checking out. Hope that helps, I could come up with a lot if you need something else.

Cheers.... :D


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Got back into guitars one year ago last month. I simply try to teach myself things I've always loved.

I can pick out a melody pretty easily and usually come up with some chord progressions that are close, but want to be able to play many things as done originally, then morph them a bit if it suits me. Tabs. After being disappointed with many of the free ones I've found on line, started just buying books. I've got a small library now of ~ 30 covering various aspects of guitar.

Tab books, I've got ~15 that are each specific to an artist ranging from Chuck Berry through ZZ Top, including Creedence, Hendrix, Stones, Stevie Ray, Pink Floyd, Rush, the Who and everything Zeppelin ever did. These are usually ~$20.

I've also got the set I'll link below, Guitar Tab White pages, all 3 volumes. First books I bought. This set is 450 songs, score, tabs and lyrics, ~ 3500 pages total and weighs ~ 15#. They sell seperately for $30 each but the set is $70. Various artists and mostly Rock. The songs are listed on the Mf site, the first link I've included.

Most of my books are the Guitar Recorded Versions put out by Hal Leonard Publishing and I've found them to be very good, but my Zeppelin and Stones are from Alfred Publishing (HL didn't have).

The white pages don't state Guit Rec Ver, which after some reasearch I'd concluded are as accurate as can be found, but I both called and e-mailed Hal Leonard Pub before I ordered the White Pgs and both responses stated that they were in fact GRV's. And I just noticed on Amazon, there are a couple of the volumes avail for $20 each, and then also a newer edition of the 3rd vol for $25 that now states they are such.

I've never bought directly from Hal Leonard, but you can. Just been cheaper through Musicians friend or Amazon.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navig...hite+pages&st=

I look at the hal leonard site just to see what they've published, then see where the best prices are.

Here's the link to what pops up when you're on their homepage and do their search for Guitar Recorded Version.

http://halleonard.com/search_items.j...0&type=product

This site also lists all the songs in each book when clidked on.

There are also many here that are compilations of various artists.

I looked at all these for quite a while before ordering. I'd written down all my favorite artists, paying particular attention to specific songs I wanted to learn, then searched through some of the books. Quickly came to the conclusion that for me and what I like, I got the best and most immediate bang for my $ by purchasing the complete white pages. The rest came later.

If you don't find the artists you want at Hal, as they don't have everything, search them at book or music sites, my two favorites I've already mentioned.

There are also some excellent books on theory (Hal Leonard has one based on guitar written by Tom Kolb, excercises, scales, chord progressions, others techniques (ie SRV), etc, and many have an accompanying CD.

As I go through to learn something, no matter how familiar I am with it, having a recording of it to play as you go is invaluable. If I don't own the album, and am only interested in one or two songs on a particular album, I just down load it for a buck off i tunes. Then once I've enough to fill a disc, will burn one off.

Also great books on care and maint. I've got a couple by Dan Erlewine that I'd seen were highly recommended.

Hal Leonard also puts out a few posters that are quite nice to have on the wall. Chords, Theory, Scales.

I've been noodling with guitars since I was a kid, but didn't get serious until a little over a year ago. I'm not a musician but I've always had a hell of a nack and some day, I will be. But I can make a lot of noise, and usually do so for at least a couple hours a day.

I'd love to hook up with a good mentor, but I'm now in a very small community and wasn't impressed with the only instructor I've so far found.


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for excample check out "other side of the river" from life of agony, not to fast, a little solo. tune the lower E string to D.

Cheers :D


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I think a hendrix song with basic chords like Hey Joe could fit you pretty fine!
Easy basics, but therefore enough to play around with.

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ZEKE, man you need to listen to some Zeke. If do you like Motorhead, you'll probably like some Zeke...Til The Living End is one of my favorite CDs by them...

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dafreeze wrote:
Got back into guitars one year ago last month. I simply try to teach myself things I've always loved.

I can pick out a melody pretty easily and usually come up with some chord progressions that are close, but want to be able to play many things as done originally, then morph them a bit if it suits me. Tabs. After being disappointed with many of the free ones I've found on line, started just buying books. I've got a small library now of ~ 30 covering various aspects of guitar.

Tab books, I've got ~15 that are each specific to an artist ranging from Chuck Berry through ZZ Top, including Creedence, Hendrix, Stones, Stevie Ray, Pink Floyd, Rush, the Who and everything Zeppelin ever did. These are usually ~$20.

I've also got the set I'll link below, Guitar Tab White pages, all 3 volumes. First books I bought. This set is 450 songs, score, tabs and lyrics, ~ 3500 pages total and weighs ~ 15#. They sell seperately for $30 each but the set is $70. Various artists and mostly Rock. The songs are listed on the Mf site, the first link I've included.

Most of my books are the Guitar Recorded Versions put out by Hal Leonard Publishing and I've found them to be very good, but my Zeppelin and Stones are from Alfred Publishing (HL didn't have).

The white pages don't state Guit Rec Ver, which after some reasearch I'd concluded are as accurate as can be found, but I both called and e-mailed Hal Leonard Pub before I ordered the White Pgs and both responses stated that they were in fact GRV's. And I just noticed on Amazon, there are a couple of the volumes avail for $20 each, and then also a newer edition of the 3rd vol for $25 that now states they are such.

I've never bought directly from Hal Leonard, but you can. Just been cheaper through Musicians friend or Amazon.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navig...hite+pages&st=

I look at the hal leonard site just to see what they've published, then see where the best prices are.

Here's the link to what pops up when you're on their homepage and do their search for Guitar Recorded Version.

http://halleonard.com/search_items.j...0&type=product

This site also lists all the songs in each book when clidked on.

There are also many here that are compilations of various artists.

I looked at all these for quite a while before ordering. I'd written down all my favorite artists, paying particular attention to specific songs I wanted to learn, then searched through some of the books. Quickly came to the conclusion that for me and what I like, I got the best and most immediate bang for my $ by purchasing the complete white pages. The rest came later.

If you don't find the artists you want at Hal, as they don't have everything, search them at book or music sites, my two favorites I've already mentioned.

There are also some excellent books on theory (Hal Leonard has one based on guitar written by Tom Kolb, excercises, scales, chord progressions, others techniques (ie SRV), etc, and many have an accompanying CD.

As I go through to learn something, no matter how familiar I am with it, having a recording of it to play as you go is invaluable. If I don't own the album, and am only interested in one or two songs on a particular album, I just down load it for a buck off i tunes. Then once I've enough to fill a disc, will burn one off.

Also great books on care and maint. I've got a couple by Dan Erlewine that I'd seen were highly recommended.

Hal Leonard also puts out a few posters that are quite nice to have on the wall. Chords, Theory, Scales.

I've been noodling with guitars since I was a kid, but didn't get serious until a little over a year ago. I'm not a musician but I've always had a hell of a nack and some day, I will be. But I can make a lot of noise, and usually do so for at least a couple hours a day.

I'd love to hook up with a good mentor, but I'm now in a very small community and wasn't impressed with the only instructor I've so far found.


Try Wolf Marshall lessons or any other book as mentioned above that will start you from basic stuff like power chords as mentioned in another post. Then you can evaluate other songs and know if they will be playable.


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