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Indontmiztipe April 11th, 2012, 12:11 PM I am looking for songs that work particularly well in C first position. I am learning guitar with a teacher now and we decided to start at the very beginning. I currently am learning 2 classical pieces, but i want to do some more stuff so maybe you guys could throw some songs at me that work great in C first position...
Thanks!
Don Miller April 11th, 2012, 12:44 PM At band practice last night we dissected "My Girl"...the Temps version...to tighten up the fills/transition between verses, and the modulation...the tune is recorded in C and lays well in first position...particularly the major pentatonic signature line...it modulates to D...its a good one to work on the Motown rhythm, the major pentatonic walk ups, the whole step modulation, and the walk down on the coda....and you can use first position chords all the way thru...
Joe-Bob April 11th, 2012, 04:17 PM It's not in C, but Wonderful Tonight works well in open chords.
Valvey April 11th, 2012, 05:13 PM La Bamba
Leon Grizzard April 11th, 2012, 05:38 PM First part of Under the Double Eagle. Wildwood Flower.
waparker4 April 11th, 2012, 05:41 PM "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind
sacizob April 11th, 2012, 05:43 PM "One more night" - Bob Dylan
Mjark April 11th, 2012, 07:11 PM There's a millions songs you can play. Try C Am F G you'll recognize that progression immediately.
Big John Studd April 11th, 2012, 07:55 PM How about Jimmy Brown? A great melody and easy to learn "basic" version, it's typically played up in seventh gear but uses "C" chords.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE73TjcXIXM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Krey-_0-TA
Kingpin April 12th, 2012, 12:17 AM Whiskey Before Breakfast
Tim Bowen April 12th, 2012, 10:00 AM Let It Be, Imagine, Dust in the Wind, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Simple Man, the bluegrass tune Liberty.
dburns April 12th, 2012, 11:14 AM No Woman No Cry
chabby April 12th, 2012, 12:13 PM Isn't "Wild Horses in that position? And Angie is nearby on Am I think.
Cocaine by Jacskon Browne is in open C. Ya know when its all said and done I don't know all that many songs in C.
Jack S April 12th, 2012, 12:23 PM Freight Train is an easy finger-picking song that is often used to learn the style. It is played in first position C most of the time.
Stefanovich April 12th, 2012, 12:25 PM "Helpless" by Neil Young. C G F F (repeat)
sutmo April 13th, 2012, 08:03 AM Wildwood Flower.
Indontmiztipe April 13th, 2012, 09:52 AM Thanks y'all :D made a little list to check on youtube to make a selection! Some nice ideas here :)
timmytVA April 20th, 2012, 04:28 PM Tom Petty "Learning to Fly" - F, C, Am, G. Over and over and over.
Cee Lo Green "F*$k You" is C, D7, F and despite the funky vamps, it works pretty well with open chords.
Another fun one is Camper Van Beethoven "Take The Skinheads Bowling" - C, Fmaj7, and G.
And finally, you can do a decent version of U2 "One" in open position - Am, Dsus2, Fmaj7, G for the verse and C, Am, Fmaj7, and C for the chorus.
Tim
' burn 08 April 20th, 2012, 04:40 PM Isn't "Wild Horses in that position? And Angie is nearby on Am I think.
Cocaine by Jacskon Browne is in open C. Ya know when its all said and done I don't know all that many songs in C.
yup- wild horses is mostly in first position. or the version I play is, but I think it is actually keyed in F due the the Bb chord. But then again, the version I play may not be correct. I do have the correct version of Angie but I can't tell you off the top of my head what key as but I'm pretty sure it is not C either. I think is may be F as well, the more I think about it. No wonder those songs aer so hard to sing for me. But I could be wrong.
' burn 08 April 20th, 2012, 04:41 PM tom petty, mary janes last dance is mostly in first position. I need to re-look up the chorus, but other than that it is just Am-G-D-Am.
' burn 08 April 20th, 2012, 04:44 PM Best of my love by the Eagles.
timmytVA April 20th, 2012, 06:24 PM Foo Fighters "Big Me"
Verse - C, Am, G, F
Chorus - E, F, C, C7 then E, F, C, G
there's another part I can't remember but it's the same chords.
Tim
creading April 20th, 2012, 06:31 PM Truck Driving Man
Mama Tried
Del Pickup April 21st, 2012, 08:27 PM Like A Hurricane by Neil Young.
Most country rock songs would work OK with first position chords. I think Let It Bleed by the Stones is in C. Dead Flowers isn't in C but sounds right in the first position - D A G.
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