Simple, But Damn Cool?

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Simple, But Damn Cool?

Unread post by Elliottman » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:24 pm

ive been playing guitar now for about a year, i taught myself, so ive just been learing some Dave Tunes and other tunes. But i would really like to learn something that sounds pretty cool. Something jazzy or Bluesy? Something that people will say, yeah that sounds cool :D But if possible at the same time, something pretty simple and straight forward? :wink: Is this asking too much?
If anyone has something that would be cool. Thanks
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Unread post by czech » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:39 pm

Lynard Skynard : Gimmie Three Steps
Lynard Skynard : Tuesday's Gone (i love this one, it is the song that is the intro to Happy Gilmore. just real slow bends and scales. really easy).

Clapton : Layla (pretty easy if you practice it, and the solo is pretty straight foward).

Ozzy Osbourne : Crazy Train (another one fo the first songs i learned, pretty fun to play)

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Unread post by Easy E » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:54 pm

jack johnson inaudible melodies
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Unread post by guitardmb » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:23 pm

---------------------------------5-8----------
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This is a simple penatonic also known as the blues scale. Learn to play this fluently up and down and just play random notes from it in any postition. Sounds amazing but is so simple.

Whenever you get the hang of it full strum it but mute the other strings so it sounds fuller and is easier to move around then just straight picking.

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Unread post by Davy28 » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:55 pm

girl from ipanema. Lots of cool jazz chords.
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Unread post by Kahn » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:59 pm

eze3484 wrote:jack johnson inaudible melodies
i was just about to say that. definantley learn this song. eay and sounds cool.

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Unread post by Usaj88 » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:48 pm

yeahhh learn the intro to taylor too, that impresses some people. some day ill tab out my guitar teachers version of malaguena for you guys.. it sounds pretty impressive and is fairly simple to play if you practice it
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Unread post by Davy28 » Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:08 pm

Learn the Rain Song by led zeppelin. cool tuning, gorgious song.
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Unread post by c_tietze » Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:48 am

Simplicity when done right sounds the best. See Bob Dylan's guitar playing for an example. His technique is really quite good, but he's not doing anything amazing.
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Unread post by jellyfish » Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:57 am

c_tietze wrote:Simplicity when done right sounds the best. See Bob Dylan's guitar playing for an example. His technique is really quite good, but he's not doing anything amazing.
I have never seen a man who can play C,G,D so many different ways. I always thought his stuff is easy to play becasue of thebasic chord structures but his rythym & technique always make it much harder than what it appears.

Shelter from the Storm is a good example. I think it's just G & D but he makes it sound so much fuller, & tricks you into thinking he is playing more Chords than he actually is.

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Unread post by MOE.PHISH » Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:09 pm

not bluesy or jazzy, but mexico by moe. is easy and fun to play 8)
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Unread post by Speenis » Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:23 pm

The main riff to "First Tube" by Phish is pretty easy to play, and it sounds cool.
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Unread post by czech » Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:17 pm

ZZ Top - La Grange. I love that song

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"Tender Surrender" by Steve Vai.

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Unread post by hmm69 » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:41 am

Incubus-a certain shade of green (acoustic)

more funky but very cool and pretty easy
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