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Joined: June 2006 Posts: 106 Location: UK | In a similar thread to "What's the first ever song you learned on the guitar? " here's another question. What tune do you really want to learn but, for whatever reason, it's still on your 'to do' list. Mine is "Busted Bicycle" (Leo Kottke) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6e8cXgcpJgI I have my D28 12string permanently tuned to open C just so I can have a go at it once in a while but progress is tough. I'll do it one day. What's on your wish list ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joined: October 2007 Posts: 2711 Location: Vernon CT I'm not so interested in learning a specific song as I am learning how to Improvise over one. | May not be exact but close. | | Mark in Boise |
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho I've been going with fits and starts on Crazy On You. Before that it was Hotel California. I haven't been as diligent lately as I used to be. Close isn't good enough for me, so I need a ton of time and repetition. Then I get distracted by something like Santana's Smooth and spend a whole evening working on that. | Mostly I redo all the stuff I know and don't get around to new stuff. | | stephent28 |
Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303 Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 Stairway to Heaven :rolleyes: | | | Damon67 |
Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6992 Location: Jet City Mark, you get Hotel down, I have you covered on the lead. | I'm trying to get "Jimi Thing" down, playing and singing. The rhythms of the playing and singing are so different it's been making it difficult for me. | | Captain Lovehandles |
Joined: July 2005 Posts: 3408 Location: GA USA There are quite a few: | Just One Victory by Todd Rundgren Get me by Dinosaur Jr Oddfellows Local 151 by REM Something by Beatles(on uke) Magnolia Mountain by Ryan Adams Jolene by Ray LaMontagne I Got Mine by The Black Keys Kinda Like You by Kevn Kinney Underground Umbrella by Drivin' n Cryin' I've Just Seen A Face by Beatles Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy by Paul Simon About A Girl by Nirvana I just need more time or a little discipline. | | Dale Lutes |
Joined: March 2008 Posts: 355 Location: Wichita, KS I'm working on Dave Mason's "We just disagree" and "I'm Your Captain" by Grand Funk. I'm just not finding the practice time to get them down. Maybe after football season... | | | Waskel |
Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret Still working on "Creation Dream", Bruce Cockburn. | | | Mark in Boise |
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho Damon, just get over here and teach me the lead to Hotel California, or for that matter, the lead for anything. I'm tired of learning a song until it gets to the lead part and then never getting any further. | | | an4340 |
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389 Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands I have a plethora ... but since I have to pick one: | Mountain of Love ---- Johnny Rivers What I do with leads is I either just abandon doing them, or, learn them by rote. Memorize one note, then the second then the third, then the fourth etc, then play it against the record. I like Johnny Ramone's take on this, when he said, he couldn't be bothered with complicated lead work. Life is too short. Or something like that. | | Beal |
Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127 Location: 6 String Ranch I Love My Guitar, by Brad Davis | I got the chords but need to spend a little more time on the lead parts. That's the only song that comes to mind. I don't play many cover tunes, most of the time is trying to write stuff for the Frickin LadyFish for Wednesday nights. | | gh1 |
Joined: April 2006 Posts: 972 Location: PDX For me, i hope this is a list that never gets completed. As i put one under my fingers there is a next one. | Currently working on: finger style arrangements for Cold Cold Heart and Waltz for Debbie. _____ gh1 | | Omaha |
Joined: November 2005 Posts: 1126 Location: Omaha, NE I wish I could play like this guy: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xonMPypUtU4 | | Old Man Arthur |
Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR Oh... Omaha, if we are gonna wish... | I ain't to much on fingerpicking... But this guy uses a pick.... While we are \'wishing\' :D Yeehaw! | | CanterburyStrings |
Joined: March 2008 Posts: 2683 Location: Hot Springs, S.D. Variations on a Theme by Handel, by Mauro Giuliani. I've got the first movement down, but it is a LONG piece, and with this classical stuff, you need to play it every day, or you forget. (I've forgotten more Bach than I can play.) | And now of course, I am working on Embryonic Journey on the banjo. | | Oddball |
Joined: March 2007 Posts: 840 Location: CA Among the many: | * Classical Gas * I'm Going Home * Anything by Eric Turnbull | | Mark in Boise |
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho I just remembered one that's been on mine for a long time and I can't figure out: Castles in the Air. Maybe I'll try the ASD for that. One of the problems I have with Don McLean's stuff is that I don't think he bothered to tune his guitar, except to itself when he recorded some of it. | | | Damon67 |
Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6992 Location: Jet City Canterbury, you reminded me, I've also been attempting "Petite Etude" from Rik Emmett. | The second part is killin me. I'd love to learn his piece called "Fingertalking" too, however I don;t think I have enough years left in my life to master that one. This guy's got it down though, WOW! (really worth a look) Fingertalking | | CanterburyStrings |
Joined: March 2008 Posts: 2683 Location: Hot Springs, S.D. Wow, I might be able to do Petite Etude, but I'm afraid I don't have the speed to do Fingertalking. If you noticed in that thread asking for jazz suggestions, most of the songs I named were slow ones. Everyone has their strong points and weak points. Speed is definitly my weakest! | | | Joe Rotax |
Joined: February 2008 Posts: 747 This one: | The Brilliancy Medley by Fairport Convention. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=beATl3QI2X8 I have a version of it that I worked out back in the 70s and I can play fast enough to do it but my version isn't accurate and I'm too lazy to get it right. Just found the youtube clip a few weeks ago - maybe I'll mess with it some more now. I saw these same players along with Sandy Denny in Toronto during the early 70s and they did this song. When I saw them the lead player was using an Ovation and that was pretty much my inspiration to buy one. So in 1974 I sold my electric stuff to buy the ovation guitar that I still have today. | | muzza |
Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736 Location: Sunshine State, Australia Should be "what tunes!" In no particular order... | Wondering where the Lions are - Bruce Cockburn Guru Man Blues - Eric Bibb Lullaby - Shawn Mullins. and (of course) Classical Gas. I must be the only person on this board that ISN'T interested in Crazy On You. I'd also like to get a repertoire of blues riffs under my belt for jammin'. And, after Damon teaches Mark how to play lead, he's invited downunder to teach all of us, starting with ME! | | birddog |
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 154 Location: Michigan I got 3 I'd like to work on over the upcoming winter as my skill level improves. | All acoustic versions of course. Things Goin On - Skynard Outside Woman Blues - Clapton Key to the Highway - Clapton Wally | | cliff |
Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ ". . I must be the only person on this board that ISN'T interested in Crazy On You . ." | No. You're Not. | | Mark in Boise |
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho Teaching me to play lead might be harder than me teaching him to play Classical Gas. | | | |
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