Hey folks!
Can you please give me some songs that would take an intermediate player to learn in one or two days? And I mean the whole guitar part.
A good example would be Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop, a counter example would be Metallica’s Fade to Black, where the whole song is quite easy, but the solo can take some time.
Not sure I can do the whole ten, I’ll try my best
Kreator - Enemy of God
Death - Sound of Perseverance
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Hypocrisy - Catch 22
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
Alestorm - Back Through Time
Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed
Carpenter Brut - Trilogy
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Necrophobic - Mark of the Necrogram
This is the whole reason I created this post – I’m not too exposed to the easier to learn kinda music
Oh dang OK. Metal then. The hardest genre maybe! Are there any pop or basic rock songs you like enough to learn to get you started?
No worries if not but metal, thrash, speed stuff is going to be technically a lot harder than pretty much any other genre. I don’t think that means you can’t learn it but it will make it less easy for sure
I’m going to give these songs a quick scan soon and see if any of these seem easier than others
Aw, mate, I appreciate it, but you don’t have to! The reason I asked the original question is my teacher says it’s a good idea to work through some easy songs alongside my main goal (which is Heartwork by Carcass atm). That way brain feel good, and I’ve got more songs in my repertoire, which is never bad.
Anyways, thank you very much for the offer, but please do not torture yourself with something you don’t want to listen to on my behalf xD
I did have a quick blast of some of them, but yeah, these compositions are at the extreme end of difficulty and the definition of running before walking which will make the process of learning much much harder.
What you want are fairly middle of the road rock songs that you like, that you can learn and progress with. Then for the type of playing you’re ultimately aiming for, you’ll also require heavy practice on scales and improving speed and strength… This is a long term goal and definitely not an overnight challenge
Bear in mind also that on a lot of those metal albums the guitarist is using open or dropped tunings to make the chugging bits easier, as well as a ton of effects.
When I was learning I did find that having some distortion, overdrive or fuzz on helped to mask some of the mistakes I was making and let me continue playing until I improved.
I might recommend learning something by Queens of the Stone Age or similar. It’s metal ish but definitely more playable. Either way, get to the point where you can play the chords to some way simpler songs you like first, then start looking at lead/solos once you have the rhythm down, then start learning fifths and modes and stuff, as you will need to know your scales if you want to shred
Best of luck!