easiest dave song?

[birdman1650]

ey, just started to learn guitar...would like to have a dave song just to work on for fun so its not just straight up memorizin notes and shit....just wonderin what the easiest song would be to play

[jeffro898]

Grey Street, Loving Wings

[MDFdmb50]

The first one I learned was #40, then crash

[dodo_3436]

crash, deed is done, #41 those are good to start if you have pretty good chops or want a challenge as a beginner try rhyme and reason to help with timing it only has two parts!

[nonewdirections]

also anything you're able to repeatably play won't have you worrying about "memorization" even if it's difficult to learn, because it will become easier with practice and will stick in your head. once you get the hang of something, you'd be surprised how little you think about where your hands are moving, even on a tougher one like tripping billies. memorization is kind of a byproduct of practicing.

[chris917]

proudest monkey

[danster]

yea you'll master proudest monkey in all of 30 seconds

[taylorstone]

if you have what they call rhythm, then you will learn all songs in no time. I first started practicing Typical Situation. The verse is good practice and most chorus parts of Dave's songs are somewhat easy. The chorus in typical is easy and fun to play. Check out www.chordfind.com too.

Enjoy!!!!

[bopanic]

yea you'll master proudest monkey in all of 30 seconds

i agree... very easy to play!

also grey street, and billies are very similar!!!

[mantra4]

halloween

[maveric29]

no matter how hard i try i can not get crash to sound right. i can do a few other like grey street, lover lay down and jimi thing, but i can't get crash wtf??

[BurbonSong]

proudest monkey like '96 D&T style is pretty cool and has some depth to it, well Timmy's side does at least LoL

[ennthreepio]

no matter how hard i try i can not get crash to sound right. i can do a few other like grey street, lover lay down and jimi thing, but i can't get crash wtf??keep practicing. it hurts. get the last three strings(xxx450) right first before stretching to play the bass part.

[ennthreepio]

anyway typical situation would be easy to play as a beginner

[GLR87]

proudest monkey is the easiest, Big eyed fish is too.

[dobyblue]

Where are you going is a very easy song to play.
Last Stop (reprise) is also easy.
Gravedigger
Grey Street

[timmyt23]

STJL is pretty easy, only because it's all chords, and not so much a riff that requires stretching. It's a fun one to play.

[i like tictacs]

I've played bass for almost a year now, and just started guitar also...The first song I learned was crash. It helped that my hands were already used to stretching though, I picked the song up in about 20 minutes, and a month later can sing to it rather nicely. I think.

[bigeyedharper]

i agree... very easy to play!

also grey street, and billies are very similar!!!


only the billies chorus...the verse is much more difficult than GS

[maveric29]

keep practicing. it hurts. get the last three strings(xxx450) right first before stretching to play the bass part.
i got the stretch down ( i have big hands), its teh strumming that is giving me a problem.

[AJDMB05]

Gravedigger's got some fast chord changes in the bridge, not something I'd recommend to easily frusterated people. And yes, Billies isn't easy unless you're only playing the intro and the chorus. Where Are You Going takes time to learn fingerpicking, but if you're strumming it's simple.

First songs? Christmas Song, Crash, Grey Street Jane, Big Eyed Fish, Typical, Halloween and DDTW. Those 8 will give you a range of talents from slow, quiet fingerpicking to hard strums, stretches and rhythm. From there, go to #41, OSW, Satellite (slow at first), Say Goodbye, Ants, and LIOG.

[ennthreepio]

i got the stretch down ( i have big hands), its teh strumming that is giving me a problem.
use your thumb for every bass note. the strumming part, limit yourself to the last three strings. so its actually: thumb strum strum strum thumb strum strum thumb strum strum strum thumb strum strum thumb strum strum strum thumb strum strum thumb strum strum strum thumb strum strum

note: strum = one strum down followed a strum up

and im sure you know the chorus already

[maveric29]

thanks that helps a lot sounds a little messy but im sure that will go away with practice. thanks again

[ennthreepio]

youre very welcome