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Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:03 am
by Kivenkantaja
I've started playing guitar several hours a day and right now I'm practising something like 10 songs simultaneously (Opeth's deliverance, masters apprenticies, windowpane and Iron Maiden's aces high for example) and I've been thinking, what then? Most of the music I listen is really really hard to play so I'm running out of material.

Please help. Recommend something. Songs, bands, theme songs, coffee jingles, anything. As long as it's got some balls and is not impossible anything goes.

Thanks.

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:06 am
by the-fluke
Speaking of coffee jingles...try 'Duncan Hills Coffee' By Dethklok if you havn't already. It's a nice short piece of metal with an amazing verse riff. Trying to do it myself at the moment actually.

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:14 am
by Kivenkantaja
Ok I'll try. Anything from dethklok seems way too difficult though, for example It'd take years for me to nail those sweeps in Duncan Hills.

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:10 pm
by Luna_ad_Noctum
Deadhead is pretty easy, minus one hell-of-a-stretch in the breakdown-thing.

And Storm is mostly easy.

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:43 am
by Dr.Mosh
Kivenkantaja wrote:Ok I'll try. Anything from dethklok seems way too difficult though, for example It'd take years for me to nail those sweeps in Duncan Hills.


He never said learn the sweeps. Learn the other riffs in the song. Trying something hard will make you better much quicker

I am so glad I already know how to play guitar :)

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:47 pm
by the-fluke
Dr.Mosh wrote:
Kivenkantaja wrote:Ok I'll try. Anything from dethklok seems way too difficult though, for example It'd take years for me to nail those sweeps in Duncan Hills.


He never said learn the sweeps. Learn the other riffs in the song. Trying something hard will make you better much quicker

I am so glad I already know how to play guitar :)


Actually yeah I didn't mean the sweeps. Hehe sorry bout that. I can't play any lead guitar whatsoever myself but I'm a beast with riffs. The Duncan Hills riff is great for developing technique.


Yeah Deadhead is also a great riff. Helped me loads with my stretches....

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:19 am
by Kivenkantaja
I have a huge problem with my hands breaking every other day. My left wrist has been useless over a week now. :evil:

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:44 am
by Biert
Kivenkantaja wrote:I have a huge problem with my hands breaking every other day. My left wrist has been useless over a week now. :evil:

Wonder where that come from :wanker:

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:53 am
by sj_2150
JOY DIVISION! JOY DIVISION! JOY DIVISION! JOY DIVISION! JOY DIVISION!

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:11 am
by Kivenkantaja
Biert wrote:
Kivenkantaja wrote:I have a huge problem with my hands breaking every other day. My left wrist has been useless over a week now. :evil:

Wonder where that come from :wanker:

Uhh... from playing guitar perhaps? :fuck: :mrgreen:

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 7:11 pm
by Migstopheles
Try pretty much any Mastodon song. I'd recommend learning Crystal Skull all the way through, it's got a couple of pretty tricky bits thrown in there if you're still on the steep side of the learning curve.

Re: Good songs to learn for an advanced beginner? (Guitar)

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:08 pm
by -THe-Billy-
Hey man,

I'd recommend anything slow to be honest. Go for slow and heavy. You can learn a lot more about technique that way. For a beginner that wants a bit more of a challenge, get in some Zakk Wylde riffs from Ozzy cds if you like heavy. He's a good guitar player to pick up qualities from for the beginner to the pro.