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jskrub · Unread post by **jskrub** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:05 pm

Hey, I'm new to dmbtabs.com!! I started playing guitar (electric) when I was 11 where I mostly played rock/metal. I somewhat fell off the whole guitar/rock music scene around 16 where I sold my guitars for turntables. Yea big mistake.. didn't take me long to get bored with the non-sense that is involved in that whole djing scene. I'm 24 now and just got an acoustic and have been just screwin around trying to remember old songs. I have never took lessons..mostly self taught (also read tab). I have been a dm fan for over 10 years and always wanted to try and play like him. So what better time than now right?!?! Well, his style is very unorthodox and I'm having a hard time trying to get chords down...any advice?

littlefriend · Unread post by **littlefriend** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:44 pm

DMBTabs, welcome to it...

My advice is to start with some of his easier songs (i.e., Halloween, Grey Street, Two Step, Granny etc.) to get a feel for the type of chords he uses. When you get comfortable with his chord shapes other songs get easier. And, of course, practice, practice, practice!

sfmartins · Unread post by **sfmartins** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:45 pm

Welcome!

As you can imagine, that topic has been discussed throughout a lot of threads here. Just do a quick search for "easiest Dave songs" and you'll find some nice suggestions.

I started with Ants Marching and #41. Just try to mess around with Live At Luther College...

Good luck man!

bprimedh · Unread post by **bprimedh** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:56 pm

#41 is hard if you have small hands/fingers and cant do that 7547 and x7548 chords

But yeah one of the best songs to start out with IMO is Satellite

MakoMako · Unread post by **MakoMako** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:09 pm

Welcome.

I can sort of agree with playing Satellite, but the stretch tends to hurt when you first start out, since I don't know too many artists that use such a stretch for such a long duration in a song. But once you find yourself remembering the fret order, it gets alot easier.

The first song I learned was Granny, but I'd been playing for a couple of months when I did. I'd also suggest looking at Grey Street once you're use to his chord-style, as well as I found Christmas Song to not be too hard.

Yakko · Unread post by **Yakko** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:00 pm

I would definetely start with Satellite. When I first started playing it I could feel the back of my hand cracking. It took about a week before I could play the entire intro. But after that, Songs like: Tripping Billies, 41, etc. became a lot easier because I was used to the long/er stretches.

proudestmonkey41 · Unread post by **proudestmonkey41** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:42 pm

i would totally recommend starting out with i'll back you up, it has some dave style chords but all in all id say its not too tricky. and such a pretty tune

jskrub · Unread post by **jskrub** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:14 pm

The stretching is no problem because I have huge hands but I have fat long fingers (sausage links I call 'em) which kind of screws things up at times. I pretty much got down SMTS, Tripping Billies, Two Step, Crash, Granny, and a little bit of Jimi Thing. I guess I need to just practice, practice...oh yea some more practice.

TriPPin'BiLLies' · Unread post by **TriPPin'BiLLies'** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:53 pm

jskrub wrote:The stretching is no problem because I have huge hands but I have fat long fingers (sausage links I call 'em) which kind of screws things up at times. I pretty much got down SMTS, Tripping Billies, Two Step, Crash, Granny, and a little bit of Jimi Thing. I guess I need to just practice, practice...oh yea some more practice.

If you pretty much got those songs down, what kind of advice are you looking for then?

jskrub · Unread post by **jskrub** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:01 pm

TriPPin'BiLLies' wrote: If you pretty much got those songs down, what kind of advice are you looking for then?

I have a problem with my finger placement with dave's cords. Which finger to use with which etc.. I fake myself out and think about it way to much.

Brent · Unread post by **Brent** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:04 am

jskrub wrote:
TriPPin'BiLLies' wrote: If you pretty much got those songs down, what kind of advice are you looking for then?
I have a problem with my finger placement with dave's cords. Which finger to use with which etc.. I fake myself out and think about it way to much.

Did you go here off of the main page? That might help explain things better.

Dave style lessons...
http://www.dmbtabs.com/lessons.php?id=1

jskrub · Unread post by **jskrub** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:10 pm

Brent wrote: Did you go here off of the main page? That might help explain things better.

Dave style lessons...
http://www.dmbtabs.com/lessons.php?id=1

Yea, I checked out all those lessons and it helped a bit. I never played chords quite like that so it's something challenging for me now. I'm sure with some hardcore practice I can pretty much master it.

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