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Best songs to try for beginner guitar
Posted: Dienstag, Juli 6, 2010 - 22:18
I have made a committment to myself that I will finally learn to play the guitar. My father has played his entire life and I want to be able to play a few songs with him in this lifetime. So two questions for any feedback I can get...Can you all share with me a couple of songs that the Avetts play that are the easiest ones. I love their music and it would be a bonus to also think I would eventually be able to play one of them. And second, can anyone recommend a guitar instruction DVD that I could buy and use while self teaching myself. I work about 60 hours a week so really hard to find time for a real lesson. Right now I'm trying to learn a few chords and get my finger tips toughened. I have very small hands so need to maybe eventually get a guitar suited for a woman's hands.
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SReedTexas:
None of the Avett's songs is all that hard to play, if you're just looking at strumming chords. But for a really easy one to start with, I'd suggest "I Would Be Sad" from Emotionalism. You can get a clean PDF of this to print out at my Avett song archive:
http://squarezero.org/avett/
As for learning, I'd say get a simple chord chart. You can google one for sure. For "I Would Be Sad" you'll need Em C D and G. These are all fairly easy open chords, once you've got some calluses.
I've never heard of a "woman's" guitar, but there is some variation in neck widths out there. But you'll pay for that, since the neck sizes of stock low-end guitars are pretty standard. On the other hand, if you can afford a good guitar ($1200+), get one. Totally worth it -- easier to play, sounds better, makes you play better.
-- Eric
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"Free is not your right to choose, it's answering what's asked of you, to give the love you find until it's gone."
I've found Swept Away to be the easiest song to play on guitar.
Thanks Caroline and AerixJ, I appreciate your feedback very much. Long way to go for sure, but I'm sticking with it no matter how bad my fingertips feel...
As far as a Beginner DVD goes, this is the one you want: http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Presents-Getting-Acoustic-Beginners/dp/B000...
It's how I learned to play and I was strumming songs after a few weeks.
As far as "easy" Avett songs go, most every song is simple and easy if you just want to play the basic chords. A few to get you started would be "The Fall", "Denouncing November Blue" and "Colorshow".
Try http://avettbrotherstabs.com/ once you get the strumming down. That website has some good tabs, but also some very off-the-mark ones, so be careful which ones you look at. Also be sure to get a capo if you want to sound like the Avett Brothers, as they use a capo on many of their songs.
Have fun!
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I believe I'll dust my broom.
go to sleep and in the curve are both easy
thread resurrected.
I'm making a cd for my guitar teacher so he can help me learn some songs. If anyone has any more Avett (or even non-Avett) suggestions, please let me know. thanks!
yes please more suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
http://avettbrotherstabs.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=for_today
I am working on For Today. I know this isn't a TAB song, but it is on the above linked website of TAB tabs (lol) and is a fairly good exercise imo. It doesn't have any crazy chords and it doesn't change more than once in a line. same chords over and over.
I am also working on Shame- kind of same reasons as above.
most of there songs are simple.....all you need to do is practice practice pracitce
AerixJ,
I like your website www.squarezero.org/avett, It's great for a beginner like myself. I just learned Down With the Shine. Love it!!
Thanks, AnnapolisAnn.
"Down with the Shine" -- such a great tune! Sadly I've never heard it live. One of these days!
-- Eric