First Song

[sfmartins]

I gotta say, anyone that is saying the first song they learned how to play was a Dave song is full of it (with the exception of something like Proudest Monkey). Are you kidding me? First songs that people learn are a couple of cords that are easily strummed.

Crash? I don't believe it.

One can start playing guitar with Crash and take 6 months to play it well. But during those 6 months one has problably learned 10 other complete songs...

[sunglassesatnight]

I played Watchtower dmb style on accident and then figured out the intro. Woopdy.

[waffle_house_jam]

I think the first song I learned on guitar was the intro to metallica's "one". The first dave song was probably lie in our graves or stay, I can't remember.

[sfmartins]

I think the first song I learned on guitar was the intro to metallica's "one".

"one" is great!

I also remember playing "The Unforgiven" with a friend. It was the first music I played with someone else.

[Festivus]

If you're first songs were really DMB, then I'm very impressed. But I find it extremely hard to believe.
Seriously, I've taught a bunch of friends how to play thier first songs. Getting them to form a straight A chord was serious work. You can't tell me everyone here skipped that phase and jumped straight to Dave's fingerings. It just doesn't happen.

If you're first song was crash, OSW or even nancies...I'm betting it sounded like shit. There is a lot of talent on these boards, but C'mon!

[DrumsFoDaSoul]

If you're first songs were really DMB, then I'm very impressed. But I find it extremely hard to believe.
Seriously, I've taught a bunch of friends how to play thier first songs. Getting them to form a straight A chord was serious work. You can't tell me everyone here skipped that phase and jumped straight to Dave's fingerings. It just doesn't happen.

If you're first song was crash, OSW or even nancies...I'm betting it sounded like shit. There is a lot of talent on these boards, but C'mon!

Completely disagree. The whole reason for me picking up the guitar was to play Dave songs. I know my first attempt to play something was Crash Into Me. Something I could easily recognize, and would work hard to play it. Yes, sounded like shit the first time. But played it.

My first song to get down completely was Pantala Naga Pampa.

[sfmartins]

If you're first songs were really DMB, then I'm very impressed. But I find it extremely hard to believe.
Seriously, I've taught a bunch of friends how to play thier first songs. Getting them to form a straight A chord was serious work. You can't tell me everyone here skipped that phase and jumped straight to Dave's fingerings. It just doesn't happen.

If you're first song was crash, OSW or even nancies...I'm betting it sounded like shit. There is a lot of talent on these boards, but C'mon!

Completely disagree. The whole reason for me picking up the guitar was to play Dave songs. I know my first attempt to play something was Crash Into Me. Something I could easily recognize, and would work hard to play it. Yes, sounded like shit the first time. But played it.

My first song to get down completely was Pantala Naga Pampa.

Yeah, I believe it's possible. It just means you took more time to learn the first song(s). Congratulations for the motivation. I don't think I could ever start with such a song like Crash. At the beginning I needed to get a lot of well sounding notes, just to motivate my progression.

[Festivus]

I'm not ripping on everybody who learned Dave first. I guess I just assumed that most people start off by learning the basic chords, strumming patterns, etc. like I did. I think that to jump right to Dave's unorthodox style of play immeidately will only slow you down in the long run.

But I guess that's why most of us play. We heard a song that we thought was great, and wanted to be able to play it.

[littlefriend]

First complete song: Halloween. That's right punks, a Dave Matthews Band song. Proudest Monkey was a close second.

[jmack]

Completely disagree. The whole reason for me picking up the guitar was to play Dave songs. I know my first attempt to play something was Crash Into Me. Something I could easily recognize, and would work hard to play it. Yes, sounded like shit the first time. But played it.

My first song to get down completely was Pantala Naga Pampa.

exact same story here.. and it didnt take 6 months to play crash well. almost all i've played for my first six months are Dave songs so at some point you get used to the style.

i realize just playing dave stuff isnt good for my guitar playing in general, so i'm starting to learn other stuff.

[acusticdude]

Horse with no name by america... easy and fun

[EnFuego]

First complete song: Halloween. That's right punks, a Dave Matthews Band song. Proudest Monkey was a close second.

Halloween was teh first Dave song too...first song overall was Plush by STP.

[TaylorGuy110]

House Of The Rising Sun! thanks to guitar dummies DVD. LOL
Dave Song= So Much Too Say that was a bad one to learn first IMO!

[NJPearce22]

You guys do realize that this being in the "Dave's Guitar Discussion" forum that this is implying "Which Dave song did you learn to play first?"

[mlb1399]

Crash and LIOG.

I worked on chords while learning to play but those were the first songs I could play in their entirety.