Best DMB songs for beginners?

JaDaRu · Unread post by **JaDaRu** » Thu May 15, 2003 12:10 pm

I'm finally ready to focus on one DMB song at a time. Any suggestions for relatively easy DMB songs to start off with?

Thanks in advance

Jason

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Thu May 15, 2003 12:37 pm

crash, Christmas song, grey street

dmb58hsa · Unread post by **dmb58hsa** » Thu May 15, 2003 12:41 pm

the first song i ever learned in full was grey street its pretty simple but its still great great great music....

heathcliff · Unread post by **heathcliff** » Thu May 15, 2003 3:15 pm

How come no one ever says Spoon as an easy song for beginners? Just simple chords and strumming, no hard riffs, timing or muting.

I learned Spoon and thought I was Dave Matthews for a few days.

Jonny B Good · Unread post by **Jonny B Good** » Thu May 15, 2003 4:28 pm

How come no one ever says Spoon as an easy song for beginners? Just simple chords and strumming, no hard riffs, timing or muting.

Yeah, good call....also, i think Typical Situation is another easy one. And if the chorus is a little to complex for ya with the hammer ons, then just play basic chords: G-G(1st fretted bass note)-Am-C

2steppin2-41 · Unread post by **2steppin2-41** » Thu May 15, 2003 6:52 pm

Songs in progression easiest to hardest that I can play: proudest monkey, typical situation, LIOG, lover lay down, satelite, crash (rhythm is hard to get exact), #40, granny, one sweet world w/intro, the stone, what would you say.

There are more, but these I would concentrate on. I think that crash is the best to learn for a beginner. It gives dexterity and rhythm practice.

dmbfan111 · Unread post by **dmbfan111** » Thu May 15, 2003 6:56 pm

hey im new too and i easliy picked up on christmas song and got it all down pretty quick

Ben41 · Unread post by **Ben41** » Thu May 15, 2003 9:11 pm

If you can learn a song like grey street than you will be able to play parts of songs like LIOG and Tripping Billies. Simple dave chords.

ryopan · Unread post by **ryopan** » Thu May 15, 2003 11:08 pm

i would say try alittle of everything and learn the recognizeable parts taht you can do and everyone will think you are totally awesome. thats what i did before i ever learned a whole song. everything they said above is good. if you wanna be really awesome, start w/ the stone......definitely dave's easiest. 8)

stln · Unread post by **stln** » Fri May 16, 2003 2:07 am

LIOG is pretty easy. I learned it before I could use a pick...I was fingerpickin' and felt really cool. but it didn't sound much like dave... 8)

Lying In My Grave · Unread post by **Lying In My Grave** » Fri May 16, 2003 2:53 am

yeah, liog was my first, too.
learn Pay for what you get. very easy, very repetetive. i dont know where you are with your skills, but if youre beginning, its good for learning sort of quick actions around the fret board. well.. sort of.
also, i know when i began i was always frusterated with only using one area of the fretboard. learn jimi thing, youre all over the place.

matthews123 · Unread post by **matthews123** » Fri May 16, 2003 6:00 pm

so much to say is quite simple. only three parts too it....but i play it different from the tabs here and if i knew how to write tabs on this thing i would so u know

mbgreen · Unread post by **mbgreen** » Fri May 16, 2003 6:07 pm

matthews123 wrote:so much to say is quite simple. only three parts too it....but i play it different from the tabs here and if i knew how to write tabs on this thing i would so u know

I disagree...the song isnt extremely tricky, but for a beginner? I'm a firm believer in learning things the hard way (usually the correct way) first, because it'll make you a lot better in the long run. Just start off with crash or liog and you'll be on your way.

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Fri May 16, 2003 6:11 pm

my friends 2nd song was fade to black by metallica (first was song of joy) - he worked on it for 3 months and thats ALL he worked on - there is no reason you should learn the hard stuff before you learn the basics. start with crash. itll be your best bet.

cosmiccharlie · Unread post by **cosmiccharlie** » Fri May 16, 2003 7:32 pm

Granny was the first song I learned. Seems pretty easy considering I'm a beginner.

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