Your opinion of the easiest Dave song to play [Archive]

Mysidia

05-12-2003, 09:26 AM

the only (and I mean only. stone is a breeze, tripping billies, warehouse is a blast.. satellite was one of the first songs i learned etc) dave song I cant play/sing is proudest monkey. pretty easy to play.. but I must not be playing it right (strum wise that is.. )

Tardy79

05-12-2003, 10:35 AM

Gravedigger is really easy too........

boonie

05-13-2003, 10:56 AM

spoon, blue water, grey street

AJDMB05

05-13-2003, 05:58 PM

Many easy songs.. my first one was Christmas Song. If you mean just play, you can't go wrong with Proudest Monkey or Blue Water (two chords on BW!) . Some intermediates.. Grey Street, Crash, #41 isn't so bad, neither is Halloween if you can get it to sound good.

vilar112

05-13-2003, 06:22 PM

loving wings is really easy to play and sing along to, and christmas song

unccrombie

05-13-2003, 11:11 PM

crash if you can strum it :D

Dancing Ants

05-13-2003, 11:24 PM

Minarets actually isn't that hard...

GatorMark

05-13-2003, 11:30 PM

watchtower

unccrombie

05-13-2003, 11:41 PM

Originally posted by Dancing Ants
Minarets actually isn't that hard...

neither is ants, i just cant get the slide and picking part to sound right, god knows why...

ModestMouse2003

05-14-2003, 02:14 AM

Originally posted by Tardy79
Gravedigger is really easy too........

i disagree.

I think that LIOG is the easiest.

Haiku Jimi

05-14-2003, 02:54 AM

Originally posted by ModestMouse2003
i disagree.

I think that LIOG is the easiest.

Lie in Our Graves...easier than Proudest Monkey? Do you realize Proudest Monkey is like 4 or so notes? LIOG isn't exactly the Stone but its sure as hell not the easiest.

Dancing Ants

05-14-2003, 09:08 AM

i still don't have LIOG down..the verse/intro is hard! mine sounds horrible....

unccrombie

05-14-2003, 04:48 PM

Originally posted by Haiku Jimi
Lie in Our Graves...easier than Proudest Monkey? Do you realize Proudest Monkey is like 4 or so notes? LIOG isn't exactly the Stone but its sure as hell not the easiest.

i think he was mainly refering to gravedigger, but seriously though PM is the easiest

ChildOfMusic

05-14-2003, 10:43 PM

Yeah I'm a fairly new player, and I've got Proudest Monkey, Bug Eyed Fish, Route 2 Typical Situation, and most of Ants pretty much down.

But I make an attempt at The Stone, and I just sound like an idiot

unccrombie

05-14-2003, 10:46 PM

Originally posted by ChildOfMusic
Yeah I'm a fairly new player, and I've got Proudest Monkey, Bug Eyed Fish, Route 2 Typical Situation, and most of Ants pretty much down.

But I make an attempt at The Stone, and I just sound like an idiot

i find the stone is real easy without a pick, i just can move a lot faster, doesn't sound as full but i'll use one now and then

smallwaise

05-14-2003, 11:19 PM

Proudest Monkey, Blue Water, Grey Street, Lie in Our graves

adamstcyr

05-14-2003, 11:20 PM

proudest monkey

unccrombie

05-14-2003, 11:24 PM

yeah, we've pretty much stated which songs are easy now, but thanks for the late input, still appriciated

jennmov

05-15-2003, 09:04 AM

satellite -- totally the easiest song!

okay, maybe i'm also full of BS!!! i love watching dave's hands playing that song -- amazing!

i don't play the guitar, and i can play typical situation -- so that's just a little insite into what is really the easiest song!

Scott70180

05-17-2003, 04:59 PM

I don't see how anyone can argue with Proudest Monkey. You don't move your hand position at all the whole song and you just have to lift your fingers twice. Ridiculously easy, typical situation's intro is easy but the rest of the song doesn't make it a contender for easiest song to play, and whoever is suggesting lie in our graves or crash and such are crazy, since anyone who has never played guitar in their life can learn monkey the first day no problem, and on their own, which i can't say the same for many other songs.

Haiku Jimi

05-17-2003, 07:27 PM

I completely agree with Proudest Monkey.

For those who have never touched a guitar: Proudest Monkey

For those who know basic major/minor/power chords: Big Eyed Fish, Watchtower

For those who have developed a decent sense of rhythm and timing: Crash, Typical, Nancies

Mathers420

05-20-2003, 01:29 PM

this is funny

Proudest Monkey and Blue Water are the only ones I would consider anywhere close to easy

the rest are easy once you get them or are pretty decent on the guitar. Also people find different songs easier, I could sorta play ants within a month of me starting, but a year later and I still can't get it to sound good. Lie in Our Graves took about an hour for me to learn but I still can't play crash(haven't had too much desire to learn it but have tried)

so I say PM and BW are the only actually easy songs, also if you don't follow dave's fingerings a lot of his other songs can be simplified.

PilotC150

05-20-2003, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by Haiku Jimi
I completely agree with Proudest Monkey.

For those who have never touched a guitar: Proudest Monkey

For those who know basic major/minor/power chords: Big Eyed Fish, Watchtower

For those who have developed a decent sense of rhythm and timing: Crash, Typical, Nancies

Good explanation. A good sense of rhythm is a must for Crash. Although I do'nt think Nancies belongs on that list. To get it to sound right you really need to work on muting, and that's not a given to go along with a good sense of rhythm.

Haiku Jimi

05-20-2003, 03:34 PM

Originally posted by PilotC150
Good explanation. A good sense of rhythm is a must for Crash. Although I do'nt think Nancies belongs on that list. To get it to sound right you really need to work on muting, and that's not a given to go along with a good sense of rhythm.

Yea, you're right. I just looked at my post, and I was like....."Yea rhythm won't get you anywhere with Nancies :) "

It's tougher to get it down the RIGHT way.

DaveMBFan

05-24-2003, 01:36 AM

i think spoon is fairly easy because of the basic chords
but my first song was watchtower fairly easy just get practice switching chords

Mathers420

05-24-2003, 02:13 AM

Originally posted by DaveMBFan
i think spoon is fairly easy because of the basic chords
but my first song was watchtower fairly easy just get practice switching chords

not trying to offend or make fun of you but why the hell do people keep referring to Watchtower as the easiest "dave song" to play. Dave didn't come close to writing it or even come up with the rythm for the way he plays it

unccrombie

05-24-2003, 02:36 AM

Originally posted by Mathers420
not trying to offend or make fun of you but why the hell do people keep referring to Watchtower as the easiest "dave song" to play. Dave didn't come close to writing it or even come up with the rythm for the way he plays it

yes, most of us know that. it could have slipped his mind, who knows. although, honestly, i've heard dmb do it so many times, when someone mentions watchtower i mention dmb, then catch myself. just depends on how much you think about it.

Haiku Jimi

05-24-2003, 04:24 AM

Originally posted by Mathers420
not trying to offend or make fun of you but why the hell do people keep referring to Watchtower as the easiest "dave song" to play. Dave didn't come close to writing it or even come up with the rythm for the way he plays it

Why do ever-loyal Dylan fans get offended each time someone mentions Dave and Watchtower?

We know its not Dave's song. We know he didn't write it. But its a DMB board, what do you expect. Dylan already has all the respect in the world; he's considered an influence on everyone, what more do you want. And quite honestly, I think DMB's version of the song was an improvement on U2's, Hendrix's, and even Dylan's.

All these people mean when they say easiest "Dave song" is the easiest song that is PERFORMED by DMB. They just want to know an easy song so they can learn it and play it.

GLR87

06-21-2003, 10:58 AM

Pay for what you get is the easiest song to play, its all power chords and a short easy intro.

Mathers420

06-21-2003, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by Haiku Jimi
Why do ever-loyal Dylan fans get offended each time someone mentions Dave and Watchtower?

We know its not Dave's song. We know he didn't write it. But its a DMB board, what do you expect. Dylan already has all the respect in the world; he's considered an influence on everyone, what more do you want. And quite honestly, I think DMB's version of the song was an improvement on U2's, Hendrix's, and even Dylan's.

All these people mean when they say easiest "Dave song" is the easiest song that is PERFORMED by DMB. They just want to know an easy song so they can learn it and play it.

well i just think of "dave song" as written by dave matthews

cj4258

06-23-2003, 09:51 PM

There are ways to play Dave songs easier than he does, but you'll be taking away some of the nuances that make it great.

Take "Say Goodbye." Intro is Amaj (sus4 and add5 if you want to play around with it), Emaj, Dmaj. Chorus is Bmin, Emaj, Amaj, Dmaj. There's the girth of the song, in terms of the chords we all learn as beginners.

Take the intro and majority of "Crash." The high drones are an E and a B, so we can simplify this to the top strings of the guitar. After that, the hardest part is the bassline. This my be a fingerpicker's way to play it, but you can do it with a pick, too.

----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----
----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
--4---0---2-----------0---2------
--------------0---4-----------0--

Now, I know this isn't the way Dave plays. But hell, we're all here to spread the music. Making it a little easier for some never did hurt anybody.

Just my $.02 :D

IamKING10

06-25-2003, 10:23 PM

Originally posted by Haiku Jimi
Proudest Monkey, Typical Situation, Crash, Big Eyed Fish

yep, what he said, although crash could be difficult for beginners cuz of the rhythm, and after playing for 2 1/2 years my hand still hurts like a bitch after playing crash all the way through! is there any hand excercise or something i could do to get rid of this?

TripnBilles41

06-26-2003, 11:23 AM

I very much so disagree with Crash. That was the first song I "learned" but i still dont really have the rhythm down right. Sure pretty much any one can strum the chords to the song, but to get the rhythm down every time takes a little more skill.

Dr. Strangelove

06-26-2003, 05:11 PM

Some good ones posted guys. I don't think I saw anyone mention DDtW, though. That's a really easy song and fun to play. Also, For the Beauty of Wynona is pretty easy as well (yes...I KNOW it's a cover...but Watchtower was mentioned). Cheers!

PilotC150

06-26-2003, 05:19 PM

Originally posted by TripnBilles41
I very much so disagree with Crash. That was the first song I "learned" but i still dont really have the rhythm down right. Sure pretty much any one can strum the chords to the song, but to get the rhythm down every time takes a little more skill.

Strangely enough, that was actually the first song I learned, too, and I picked up on the rhythm just fine. But I think more people are like you than are like me (rhythm wise)