FAO: Guitarists - first and last song(s) you learnt.
 

Not sure if this belongs in the general.. But I think it does :D

1. About A Girl - Nirvana
2. Smells like teen Spirit - Nirvana
3. Wonderwall - Oasis

Can you all remember that first moment when you thought ZOMGGG I'm doing it!!?

I hope this thread doesn't die a horrible death. It'd be interesting to see what people's first loves were..

And maybe their lasts:

Elliott Smith - No Number #1

first song i remember learning enough to play it to someone and have them recognize it was...

Riders on the Storm by The Doors. the tab was in a Circus magazine or something like that, was a nice slow classic rock tune. never did perfect the outro but whatever.

not too long after that i learned Suck my Kiss by the Chili Peppers. it was the first one i nailed start to finish, solo and all.

last song i remember figuring out was Milk Ocean by the Gandharvas. to be honest i'd have to sit with the song again to relearn it at this point.

The first song that was very difficult, but I felt I had to learn it anyway was Clap by Steve Howe.

I imagine for bass it was something by either the Ramones or Misfits, maybe guitar too. I don't really learn songs very often anymore as I try and focus on my own stuff. It would probably be some Super Mario Bros music on bass and some Andrew Jackson Jihad chords for guitar.

1,000th post.

What an eventful 1,000 posts http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/src/Hat-tip.jpg MB :thumb:

I try and write my own stuff and continuing to learn new stuff. The more styles I can play, the better. But if you're already happy with your playing level then whey bother trying to learn new stuff. Waste of time ;)

First song I ever learned on guitar was "Fade to Black" by Metallica. One of my mom's co-workers lent me her acoustic guitar so when my buddy who introduced me to metal learned about that he got me over and taught me how to play the acoustic opening, then he showed me how the play the electric guitar parts.

I'm pretty sure the last song I learned how to play was "Still Alive" by Jonathan Coulton, but it's been awhile since I got out my guitar and played so it's entirely possible that I'm confused.

I'm not saying I don't make an effort to learn some songs here and there but even when I explore new styles in my playing/writing, I attempt at it by making my own discoveries and make my own interpretations of the style. Not necessarily but learning songs of a certain genre. I admit it does increase the technical aspect of playing though.

I'm a big beliver in the band/individual with the biggest record collection writes the best music. Not by ripping it off, just by own interpretations like you say. I remember learning that Chillies step up, it can be applied in other songs but expanded on. That's what I love about gaytar, no limitations. :D

EDIT: MB, filtering the word gay. Like it's a bad thing? How homophobic of you.

First attempt was Under the Bridge by the Peppers, realized it was far too difficult, and moved on to the classic Iron Man riff.

I honestly can't remember the last song I learned since I mostly just jam to myself now, but it was probably a Rush song. I learned a lot from Alex Lifeson's style, and I still play Rush to warm myself up. It was probably the Trees.

First? Either this folk song called "Bravo" or the easier part to this guitar duet called "Mist". Actual Rock 'N Roll? Uh... This is gonna be so cleshay, but I think it was Smoke On The Water...

Last? Pachelbel's Canon or Crazy Train by Ozzy Ozborne if you don't count the solo (which I'm learning, I know most of it).

Smoke On The Water :laughing:

I never bothered learning that, just picked it up by ear one time.. Wish I'd have learnt it as an early one, would've been nice for the confidence. And to brag. I now know 4 songs *smug* :D

I said it would be cleshay.

Hey! Not saying anything bad against it, nice first song to learn. Everyone's gotta start somewhere eh?

I also went through an early phase of learning the riffs from Smoke on The Water, Iron Man, Enter Sandman, Stairway To Heaven, and Seven Nation Army.

1st-Kansas-Dust in the Wind


last/currently learning-Mastodon-Pendulous Skin (i actually have to tune my guitar down to D Standard to play it, and tbh i actually quite like this tuning)
-also, not me

Tuning down is a pain in the arse. :(

tuning in general is ;)

but yeah, i actually like this tuning for my acoustic because at it's original E, the action was always too high and i could barely get up to the 7th fret with chords. now it's alot more comfortable, and i think i'll stay with it for a while, you know?

I think I know what you mean.

What've you been doing with yourself lately? I don't think I've noticed you around posting much recently. What could you be doing that's more constructive than posting on an internet forum..

well school and a band for one thing :laughing:

but yeah, i've actually switched majors this semester from architecture to psychology, so with alot of the extra time i was getting i was using to do other things, like hanging out with friends, a bit of reading here and there, and just getting back to guitar. that as well as a good amount of homework to keep me busy.

anyway, i'd like to keep talking, but i have class in the morning and i have to get up in a few hours, so until tommorow i guess.

Psychology you say, how's that working out for you? I hate uni (American terms.. school past the age of 18 :laughing: or 21? whatever it is over there I dunno :( I keep culture classing with you yanks on here.) Psychology is something I'm actually thinking of doing a degree in, something made me realise that could be my passion in life.. but I've never actually learnt any psychology in a classroom..

I don't play the guitar; I play the mandolin, but as such I can play the guitar if I want to, so I'm gonna answer anyway :p:

The first songs I learned, which are a bunch of really simple tunes you can play and sing at the same time (singing them convincingly is of course a different matter):

Conway Twitty - Lonely Blue Boy
James Carr - Pouring Water On a Drowning Man
Aretha Franklin - Running Out Of Fools

Last song I learned was a while back. I think it was Inside Out by the Traveling Wilburys. I don't really take playing very seriously anymore though - just treat it as a bit of a laugh, or a way to get a free pint if there's an acousitc night on down the pub.

1st song learned: "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley
Last: "Sing Like the Saved" by the David Crowder*Band

First song I ever learned on guitar? I don't know if I can remember that far back, but I think it was The Beatles "Day Tripper". Last song? An accompanying part to a jazz piece that my friend composed for school.

For me, it was Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd :)

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Ah right, the last .. Well, not that it was particularly hard, but Wond'ring Aloud by Jethro Tull was my last!

I love Jethro Tull. I get pumped every time I hear Crosseyed Mary.

that's why you get a nice collection of sub-$100 pawn shop special guitars to keep in random tunings around the jam room heheh.

Oh! you need open C7? that's the blue guitar haha

I learned Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana. To this day I still use it as a gauge when tuning to Drop D.

i always saw the tuning for that one as a half step down AND dropped D in magazines.

while there are obviously other versions out there tabbed out to dropped D, if you're using the track to gauge your tuning by harmonizing to the recording there's a good chance you're going a half step too low.

Oh, huh. I was just doing it from memory. It seems to be right when I play other stuff in that tuning.

from memory you'd be fine, it's just where you mentioned using it as a gauge it gave me the impression of tuning along to the disc which might not be that accurate. you sound like you're doing it right, but there might be others reading this and thinking harmonizing with a disc is a simple way to nail alternative tunings (it is) but you need to be certain about the recording in question first.

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first song I learned to play on bass was Guns of Brixton, naturally.

On bass guitar I think I learned another Nirvana song, Downer. It's a pretty simple bassline.

First song I actually learned on guitar..."Jack of Diamonds" by God who knows. But that was the first song I played while reading chords and lyrics in a book when I was 12. Last song I learned, Hey Soul Sister by Train, playing by ear for my kids a few days ago. Music is amazing, and transcends generations, so try not to get too caught up in what genre you're listening to, but really appreciate it for what it is...A gift!

TRUTH!!!!

well i never took any psych classes of the like either before this. honestly though, i've always liked trying to understand why people act certain ways, both in groups as well as one on one, since i could remember. so when i talked to my advisor and she asked me what i wanted to switch to, i immediately thought of that.

First song I learned was a simple version of Jimi Hendrix's version of the Star Spangled Banner. I just learned For Whom the Bell Tolls. On bass, I learned Crazy Train.

I can remember youtubing How To Play Come As You Are by Nirvana the day I got my guitar since I heard it was easy.

Although I've never been a big Greenday fan next song I leanred was this:

Heh same here. Except me thinking playing an instrument would be easy, I typed up "How to play Eruption". Boy did I feel stupid.

it's all a matter of practice.

i went to school with a guy who would constantly whip out Eruption on his acoustic. as soon as more than 2 people showed up in his dorm room he was double tapping like a madman.

i'd stand there silently with my guitar and wait, people would offer praise at the 'skill'. then we'd start playing another campfire strum along. he'd ask me to show him how to play X song, i'd call out the chords, then he'd look back at me blankly...

yep... he could play Eruption alright, but he couldn't remember what the G C or D shapes were.... skill... :rolleyes:

lol

boy have i known my share of people like that :rolleyes: