10 Acoustic Songs Every Guitarist Should Know (easy to IMPOSSIBLE)
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0:00 Introduction
1:21 WE ARE GOING TO BE FRIENDS THE WHITE STRIPES
2:30 WISH YOU WERE HERE PINK FLOYD
3:38 HIGH AND DRY RADIOHEAD
4:36 FAST CAR TRACY CHAPMAN
5:46 I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD TEN YEARS AFTER
6:59 MASTER EXPLODER TENACIOUS D
8:05 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS METALLICA
9:23 CLASSICAL GAS MASON WILLIAMS
11:00 MEDITERRANEAN SUNDANCE AL DIMEOLA
12:28 WHY GEORGIA - เพลง
What is your favorite acoustic guitar song?
Wonderwall.
Neon
sweet child o mine solo
Dust in the wind
Neon
His house is literally a PRS shop
yeah xD
I wish my house were literally a PRS shop.
He is a PRS bum-boy
My house is just a mess 🤣
Nah... He just likes 'more' Pauls than Les Paul in his sextoy room...
10. We are going to be friends - The White Stripes
9. Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
8. High and dry - Radiohead
7. Fast car - Tracy Chapman
6. I'd love to change the world - Ten years after
5. Master exploder - Tenacious D
4. Nothing else matters - Metallica
3. Classical gas - Mason Williams
2. Mediterranean Sundance - Al dimeola
1. Why Georgia - John mayer
Thank you sir,you made me save some time!🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Thanks, now i dont have to listen to prs man with hotwife for 15 minutes
I wonder if he's contractually obligated to mention John Mayer (PRS)
@@alexlazarescu3869 alright this comment was very very funny
John mayer over al di meola , wow! And al is known as the super shredder guy!
Here’s my top 10
Everlong
Here without you
More than words
Nothing else matters
Stop this train
Fast car
I see fire
Wonderwall
Stairway to heaven ofc🤟🏽😂
Heart of life
Can you teach me to play them
@@chimeziechristian7416 lol there are plenty of great channels out there to learn from. Cifra Club is my favorite. You can learn them from there. I started playing like 3 years ago and now I’m 17. Much more to learn
100% agree
random dude: “pLaY wOnDeRwALL”
me: .-.
You get top marks for listing Ten Years After "I'd Love To Change The World". I was a big Alvin Lee fan back in the '70s and I agree with you totally---- it's a beautiful song, and Alvin's electric solo is truly one of the most beautiful ever recorded. For some reason it's not as well known as it should be, but it stands up as great as ever all these years later.
Best !
I'll keep hoping Rick Beato does a "What Makes This Song Great" video about it. The guitar playing is breathtaking and the vocals are perfectly suited to the song. It's not just the solo but the guitar throughout the song as well.
OP: Here's 10 songs every guitarist should know
Commenters: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MISSED THESE 257 SONGS!!
Welcome to the internet. First time?
I mean his videos are quite a bit of musical gate-keeping and maintaining of the status quo. His channel is called MusicIsWin, but he exclusively talks about guitar music for Straight-White dudes. I mean I'm a straight white dude who plays guitar too, there's nothing wrong with making a youtube music channel geared towards mainstream guitar-centric music. His EVERYONE needs to know videos almost exclusively fall in the Metal/Classic Rock camp. For people who play alternative, jazz, punk, funk, world and indie it's frustrating seeing the same riffs, same top 10 greatest guitarists being heralded. It kind of sends to message that the only music of merit for that last 60 years has been the stuff featured on the cover of Rolling Stone or Guitar World. Compare that to Adam Neely and Paul Davids, who don't declare themselves the "Music Man" yet they explore an array of genres and styles, and avoid the gate-keeping of statements. Such statements like "Everyone needs to know how to play Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here" or "Metallica is required learning for ANY guitar player", instead of say "I recommend Pink Floyd's wish you were here because it's great for beginners because it 's a great transition point between playing straight chords, and adding lines between". are really indicative of the elitist bent. With this channel everything's the GREATEST ever, and not coming from a place of personal opinion or holistic love of music.
I'll concede part of that boils down to his own personal taste. in one video he'd never even heard of 'This Charming Man'., an incredibly popular indie classic. His then attitude about the song was to learn 80% of the song by ear, and then shit talk it. Famously, there is a video of Steve Vai talking about how much he struggles with This Charming Man, and he's among the most technically proficient guitarists on earth. So for OP to learn a nuance-free version of the song, then write it off when Steve Vai says it's tough, is unbelievably arrogant. Just cause it's not your thing doesn't mean it doesn't have merit.
The other part of the frustrating format is just business. People are less likely to click on a video titled '10 Classic Rock riffs that will develop your technique', then 'GREATEST RIFFS EVER'. As well they're more likely to stick around when you give the masses what they want. Look at those *whispers quietly so the nerds don't hear me* mediocre Marvel movies, it's pure fan service. That's just capitalism baby. He certainly wouldn't be making the living off of TH-cam he currently is if he went off the beaten path, started doing videos breaking down Can and Televison riffs.
If this channel doesn't scratch your itch I'd recommend:
For Jazz: Jens Larsen, Troye Sivan
For Indie: Anyone Can Play Guitar, Spin's 100 Greatest Guitarist list, Gemini Guitar
@@FoxInTheBasement what
@@FoxInTheBasement Finally! Someone has said it! Anyone Can Play Guitar is honestly the best guitar channel in my opinion. This dude, Music is Win... didn't even mention a John Fahey song for acoustic guitar? Get real.
As a guitar player I can say this, everyone thinks I know every ( populair ) song in the world 🙃
Radiohead - Street spirit (Fade out), Metallica - Unforgiven, Fade to black, Sting - Shape of my heart, The Beatles - Blackbird, Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle, Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking the girl, Chris Cornell(Prince cover) - Nothing Compares 2U, Scorpions - Send me an angel.
Stairway????
@@dakotaashe3184 I like that song , but I don t really take in every guitarist repertoire.
rhcp road trippin as well
From the beginning-ELP
Street Spirit isn't acoustic (obviously you can play it on an acoustic, but it's very much an electric song).
Growing up listening to this man, I think Jim Croce is often overlooked on these lists. Not only was he an amazing songwriter, but Maury Muehleisen was incredible. Look at Operator, I Got a Name (My fav song of all time) and so many others, they were an amazing duo on acoustic. I'd love to see some break downs of their music.
Croce is a Giant!
Yes, & the beginning of,Mrs Robinson ❤️
It’s cause Groces stuff is hard af to play
I love this channel :), I think in it more as an electric guitar channel, but the effort is sweet with the acoustic :D
He’s a gtr Smurf from Middle Earth.
Thanks for the info. Now i don't have to watch this video
Finding David Bennett, great for theory too, though I am a guitar, mostly harmonica
“This song is timeless”
I officially dare YOU to play “wish you were here” by Pink Floyd for an entire day.
Thank you
Lets get this man to top comments I need this to be done
and don't play the basic chords, play the real ones! they're not as simple as your difficulty rating leads people to believe!
Also, most guitar players know that the bulk of the song is played on a 12 string guitar, so don’t play those parts on a 6 string
@@nicholasselke5214 Yeah, well. Some of us don't have 12 strings. Sometimes a simple 6 string will have to do the trick.
@@CiggyRat Yeah just play it twice on a 6 string. 😝
Watching this at night when EVERYONES asleep is difficult I get the guitar temptations
Thats what the unplugged electric is for bro, you can scratch that itch a little more quietly lol
I feel your pain man.
The struggle is real my dude
Me too😂😂😂
we do this to ourselves😂
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for how much effort you put into making this video
Outrageous, I spent the last hour plus going through all the recommended tunes! Great video and super friends with excellent songs. Thanks
Part 2
Wonder wall - oasis
Time of your life - Green Day
Drive - Incubus
Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin
Blackbird - Beatles
Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton
These songs are pretty well known but you gotta know them.
Tears in Heaven was my first ever fingerstyle song on acoustic, beautiful but gut wreching song
Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles also sounds great.
Also dust in the wind
more than words by extreme
@@frangolemac1160 gut wrenching in all the sad ways.
ik neon doesn’t technically count. but COME ON the concert live version is just 🤌🏿👌🏿
fr fr
the whole live concert in general is amazing
@@daviepaige1352 by far my favorite album ever
I'm much older that you, and therefore love a lot of 60's and 70's stuff. Love the fact that you played Classical Gas and Ten Years After, "I'd Love to Change the World". Listened to them both on 8 track! There are tons you could include here, but a couple of my favorites are ELP's (Greg Lake) "From the Beginning" and a kind of one hit wonder, Mason Profit and "Two Hangmen". Great stuff and keep up the good work!
I loved your list, thank you for sharing and providing new goals! ♥️ If you do a part 2, could you add "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas (my favourite right now) and/or "Stop this Train" by John Mayer?
With "Mediterranean Sundance" you can see how much posture, guitar position, and the thumb behind the neck matter re "classical" pieces like this. Sitting up straight and left knee heightened to angle the guitar neck make a lot of of difference for the poor stretched hand. I started with classical nylon guitar, I still play classical pieces like this to relieve the hand hand give it more room.
I think The Black Crowes “She Talks to Angels” acoustic intro is lovely and should be on the list
It does open E
@Auxiliary Stream Services I believe the original is in open E but it can be played in standard tuning to a similar effect.
That’s a good one
@@LPCliftonMusic I've tried...it's hard to play it in standard tuning and doesn't sound very good. It's beautiful and easy in Open E
I’m still waiting for tears in heaven.
I was just about to comment this
@Hugh Jorgen I think he’s saying it should be on the list maybe? I haven’t seen the vid yet so I could be wrong
I’m still waiting for it to go away forever. 😂
Damn man, you got internet in heaven?
It was originally played with a classic guitar
Thank you very good vid. Love the TD PICK that will be a must for me.
Just picked back up the ole guitar after only 20 years, loving this 🙏
Calling it Blackbird will be on it haven’t fully watched yet
EDIT: RIP no it’s not
Unfourtunatly no
Fuck yeah sabotage best album ever
I could’ve sworn it would be here but I was wrong lol
rip
It should absolutely be like number 5 or 6
Listen to Tommy Emannuel's Classical Gas. It's insane!
Bucket List accomplishment right there...
I feel like he plays it just a tad to fast, like he's rushing it a little bit. But yeah his arrangement of that piece is nuts
Everything he plays is insane.
I'm trying to play it on my classical...I sound like trash
his 'somewhere over the rainbow' is epic...
I just bought my first PRS and I love it. Such a beautiful sound and design
Cheers man, helped me pick the next few songs I should learn, great list!
Tyler: "Up next we got the greatest riff ever written..."
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AdBlockers are essential these days. After my first 10 minute non-skippable ad a few years ago, I got adblocker. To hell with google ad space lol
@@AaronGRandall 😂😂😂 i feel you. I usually just press on the "dont show this ad" button while it's playin and it usually closes it.
@@AaronGRandall 10 min unskippable? wow
What are ads?
@@dreamliner1977 basically commercials that just interrupt your video random (some TH-camrs put like 50 of in their videos just to get money)
My suggestions would be in no particular order (First few that came to mind - So so many to choose from)
Oh Well (intro) - Fleetwood Mac
Here comes the sun - George Harrison
Shape of my Heart - Sting (Dominic Miller)
Paranoid Android (Intro) - Radiohead
Private Investigations - Dire Straits
Hurt (NIN cover) - Johnny Cash
Road Trippin' - RHCP
Wonderwall - Oasis
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Angie - The Rolling Stones
Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Passenger - Let Her Go
California Dreaming - The mamas and the Papas
Needle and the damage done - Neil Young
Nice list, with a couple of exceptions.
Never going back again by Fleetwood and fuck stairway do over the hills and far away way better
@@chowderwhillis9448 Let's split the difference and go with "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" :)
Man, I love Shape of my Heart and would love to play it, but you need hands the size of dinner plates to pull it off. XD It's like a constant 5 - 6 bar stretch, brutally physical, and my hands just aren't big enough to play it.
All the old songs. Good songs overall, some not that good. But there are tons of songs which have been composed after that time too.
1) 1:56 - We are going to be friends
2) 2:44 - Wish you were here
3) 4:06 - High and dry
4) 5:08 - Fast car
5) 6:28 - I'd love to change the world
6) 7:31 - Master exploder
7) 8:38 - Nothing else matters
8) 10:19 - Classical gas
9) 11:35 - Mediterranean Sundance
10) 12:28 - Why Georgia
Tysm
I hope both sides of your pillow are cold every night
@@carlneoh5843 Thank you !
May your blood glucose never spike no matter how much sweet you ever consume ☺
i literally love you...this dude talked SO MUCH
Al Dimeola is an amazingly gifted guitar player and love to see him get some love. The G3 album with Paco Delucia and John McLaughlin is an amazing album with three of the very best.
Over the hills and far away helped my hammer ons and pull offs soooooo much
Great point!
Yeah, this would certainly be my addition to this list. This was the song that made me want to pick up a guitar in the first place. So it was of course one of the first things that I tried to play and at the time it seemed impossible. Turns out, it's actually very easy! But it sounds so nice to the ears and is always my "go-to" when I'm just noodling around.
@@GraveyardghouI yeah that and never going back again are the two that got me into playing acoustic
perfect timing cuz I've been getting into acoustic recently
Same, no clue why.
Me too. I bought an Orangewood Oliver. Can’t put it down
I thought you were gonna pull out a Martin or Taylor, of course your using a PRS acoustic lmfao what was I thinking
I learned how to play Moonlight Mile by the Stones from the Sticky Fingers album and it is my opus LOL! Absolutely love open G tuning, it makes hacks like me sound competent. Great content thank you.
bro you played i'd love to change the world and I was happy because i adore and love playing that riff... BUT THEN YOU HIT ME WITH SOME TENACIOUS D!! I appreciate this man i never comment but you just blew my mind. rock on man keep it up
Kansas - Dust in the wind?
if you learn this song you'll learn the whole travis picking, country picking and finger style... most important song to learn
Agree
Even simply for its iconic status as an legendary acoustic jam; it's just gotta be on the nest list.
I agree. Just wish the lyrics weren't so depressing.
Working on it, well, Eddie Vedder's interpretation
Agree.
Slow dancing in a burning room is like heaven to ears(purposely)
Hendrix chords in all along the watch tower too
@Not Jo You just ruined it.
Lmao same, just got a new taylor
@Not Jo bruh
Ears in heaven
I’m a little late to the game, but my suggestion if it hasn’t already been mentioned is the intro to Diary of a Madman. It is one of my all time favorites. It is just such a haunting melodic song with all the different timings. Epic song by Randy Rhoads!
You know they say that Randy was etuding to a composition by Leo Brouwer, might be #6
I like your choices. I also like some of the suggestions I saw below. They may have been suggested?, but here’s a few for your part two 😊: over the hills and far away (zeppelin), pick a CSN&Y song - almost any song, fire and rain (James Taylor), Ventura Highway (America), Eric Clayton’s unplugged version of Layla, wildflowers (Tom Petty)
“I’d love to change the world” is a under appreciated classic rock song!!!
Exactly! Beautiful song, love ten years after
Cry of Achilles intro by Alter Bridge
Never Go Back Again by Fleetwood Mac
Both of these come to my mind when I think cool acoustic guitar
I'd love to change the world is defo the best for me. Loved it, good for practice. I've been playing for just 6 months now starting to improvisse solos but sometimes acoustic is fun.
Love your videos man. They're entertaining and insightful. Keep on keeping on and if you ever just want to give one of those gorgeous guitars just send it my way brother 😆
“Babe, Im gonna leave you”- Led Zeppelin
That is the exact song I was hoping for in this video
No Neil Young, America, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Zeppelin. No ELP, no Heart. I could go on and on. I don't find his list very good. There are a couple decent songs but he missed a whole lot more.
@@dr.richardjurica8029 Copyright
Super hard to dicifer that song but I agree
@@ernisluksys4783 I don't think that applies. He isn't playing entire songs, he isn't really demonstrating how to play them and he isn't providing written sheet music or tabs. I would think copyright problems would apply more to more recent songs, of which he plays several. You may be right, but it just doesn't seem right to me.
No stairway. Denied
OMGoodness. You are right. I completely missed that. This may be my first thumbs down!
Because he knows many people would be expecting it, so he has an excuse to upload a part 2.
I was actually expecting "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" instead for some reason
I think they must be to complicated for him to play them.
@@stephenonguitars It’s a meme on his channel. Search for “forbidden riff”. ;)
a youngster of your age giving props to ten years after. i'm impressed. I grew up in that generation of rock and the majority of rockers from that era do not know who they are. the most over look band and especially Alvin Lee the most overview looked rock guitarist of his time. truly one of the greatest. as the saying goes from that time, hope you (turned on) a whole bunch of new people to them.
i love wish you were here, its takes up a really special place in my heart for loads of reasons. And personally, i can play it from start to finish, and i know it does take a while- but i would really appreciate if people started to play the full intro. It's really beautiful, and i would definitely recommend checking it out if you dont know what im yapping about.👍👍
Honestly "Never Going Back Again" By Fleetwood is the greatest finger picking song of all time IMHO.
next level. not to mention Lyndsey sings through it. " Big Love" specifically from The Dance album may change your mind.
I never listened to rumors all the way through and never caught it on the radio, only heard it for the first time last year and it’s easily one of my favorite songs now
Kay... this is weird. My name is Brooks, and I ALSO live in South Carolina. (So your logo/avatar/whatever it's called) really tripped me out!
Agreed. I never really appreciated that song until I saw Lindsay Buckingham play it live. Seen him play it live twice and both times it was perfect. Very thankful.
Maybe the best in rock. But in my opinion it doesn’t hold a candle to the fingerpicking done by folk players like Bert Jansch and Tommy Emmanuel.
Dust in the wind should definitely be somewhere in there, it's probably the next most classic acoustic guitar song after wish you were here.
Absolutely
totally agree
100%
Not exactly "every rose" which is the power ballad of the LA ages
this has to be the clearest and beautiful recording I've ever heard
From the beginning. It always puts me in a good place. I love strumming it. Greg, you are always missed.
I would add two songs to this list: Crazy On You by Heart, and the live intro to Fleetwood Mac's Big Love 😍
Crazy on you is amazing, I'm surprised it wasn't here
Yes. I love Heart and Big Love by LB is awesome
Yes! Both amazing intros
I miss Crazy on You - Heart, More Than a Feeling - Boston and Jolene by Dolly Parton. Great video anyways, thanks for the inspiration!
Classical gas was the first actual song I ever learned. Took me some 2 months to get it right, but it was worth it and such a rewarding feeling when I mastered it. Great pick. Same with DiMeola, really good choice
Same here!
Tommy Emmanuel gives it a decent try, too.
I've been working on Classical Gas on and off for 20 years. Sigh...
I agree Nothing Else Matters is a beautiful acoustic intro. It and One are my two favorite Metallica songs. Both have great acoustic parts.
a great radiohead acoustic song is paranoid android, slightly complex intro to begin with but once you pick it up it sounds fantastic!
I'm not sure I can pick just one...in no particular order:
"Drive" by Incubus. (This was the song my sister told me I needed to learn to play like the week I started playing guitar. Talk about intimidating then, but now I find it a really fun song to play. )
"Big Love" by Lindsey Buckingham
"The Heart of Life" by John Mayer
"Bella" by Jack Johnson
"The General" by Dispatch
"Don't Wait Too Long" by Madeleine Peyroux
"The Hand Song" by Nickel Creek
"The Shankill Butchers" by The Decemberists
Drive definitely should be in anyone's list. And just some Decemberists in general.
Barenaked Ladies-Pinch Me❤️❤️
@@zachvitto5831 good one! I forgot about that one
Belle is a great one
@@kylewoody7511 that's one I never get tired of playing. You get in a groove with it and it just flows.
Great job and good selection! For a part II acoustic list I would recommend adding : Led Zeppelin "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" and Yes "The Clap" by the great Steve Howe!
I love this channel! You are so charismatic and play so well, plus... you are funny!
You absolutely had me at Tenacious D! Acoustic is always fun to get into!
Something To Say - Harem Scarem
Stop This Train - John Mayer
Black Bird - The Beatles
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
River Flows In You - Yiruma
Big Me - Foo Fighters
Aubrey - Bread
Vincent - Don McLean
Awesome. Got some new songs to learn. Thank you.
I guess as a guitarist these are rewarding to play. However, playing with someone else or a band and an audience. I want for anyone to be familiar with the song. Because to play to yourself is fun. But others can contribute to who you are as a musician. So recognisable songs with some cool rifs definately need be in a top ten. So others can feel that they are a part and can contribute to the music.
The intro to "I Stay Away" by Alice in Chains sounds so magical
Aic best band. The whole ep is amazing
Alice In Chains rocks, every album was a masterpiece
Especially the EP
I was just listening to that, what an ep! *chef's kiss
True but very easy to play
I could listen to that Tracy Chapman progression for hours. So beautiful in its simplicity
To be honest this list was a lot different than what I thought it was going to be I think this would be considered more of an alternative rock top 10 list because I was really expecting to see some classic rock on this list but it's your channel man have fun with it!
Awesome man. Loved it. Thanks for the video.
Tommy Emmanuel did a pretty good cover of classical gas. I recommend learning his version ;P
Pretty perfect to say the least😂 that guy is a beast on the acoustic
Indeed, I was stunned that he didn't mention my boy Tommy!
@@frizzman1991 He plays acoustic like a metal boy, of course he won't play some TE 😂
Ya Tommy’s classical gas is fairly attainable, couple hours practice and should be able to nail it
@@jamisf914 my thoughts exactly :D
Thank you. These are great!❤️😁
All great songs that I love, but I subscribed for Master Exploder! Great video.
Gotta do “Crazy On You”
Song’s intro is a beast.
Came here to say this^^^
Notice how he says “what I consider to be the easiest” everyone is different and so they will find different things to be difficult/easy, go at your own pace and don’t get down on yourself if something that’s “easy” takes you a while to get, it’s all part of the process!
Yeah, back when i was learning guitar I got hey joe (solo included) down in one week, but back in black was hard as hell to me for some reason lmao
@@bushman6964 To me it was literally the exact opposite to you! You're right cole avon
Have seen about 20 of your clips and hate (envy) you just a little more everytime. Amazing
Great list. I would say 'Blackbird' is a song that every acoustic player should check out..For advanced players: never going back again (Fleetwood mac), solsbury hill (peter Gabriel)
One of my go to favourites to play on my acoustic, is Jose Gonzalez Heartbeats, its such a great song to play and gets you playing with the capo and alternate tunings as well
“Brain Dance” by Animals as leaders is an incredible acoustic song and is one of my favorites. Thank you so much Tyler for inspiring me to play guitar and you’re the best
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Blackbird- The Beatles
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You- Led Zeppelin
Hotel California (Live) -The Eagles
Not necessarily songs you left off but great songs that are fun and challenging to play on acoustic.
Great List. Keep Shredding.
All these are blockers so it's hard to get any of these to stick on TH-cam, especially the Eagles.
Two of the first songs I learned on acoustic were Simple Man by Lynard Skynard and Dust in the Wind by Kansas
Dust in the wind was what I learned first:)
No one ever puts “crazy on you” on their list ;/
I can nail that intro...on guitar hero.
Literally one of my favorite intros
@@stuffandjunkanduhh5049 I think Tyler could get pretty damn close but even Nancy Wilson said she does it a little different every time
Fleet wood macs never going back again is way better tho but crazy on u is still amazing
Yeah, I was hoping. I've been trying to learn that one for a month now, and I just can't get it, even playing it at half speed. I can get the main lick, but it's the stuff in between that kills me every time.
Last time I was this early my Bigsby was in tune
I played electric guitar for about a year before I got my first acoustic and the first 3 songs I learned on it was "Wish you were here", "Hey there, Delilah", and "Nothing Else Matters".
There are a few good songs in the mix. Thanks for posting.
My suggestion would be “Over the Hills & Far Away” by Led Zep!
Eric Clapton - Layla
The Eagles - Hotel California
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
The song you can't play in guitar stores - Be Excellent to each other ;)
Tears in heaven?
These are some of my favorite acoustic guitar songs. Not that everyone should learn, but I encourage players to seek them out and at least lisen to them. Listed approximately from easiest to hardest, for those who like a challenge.
Lianne La Havas - Au Cinema (Beautful song, she often plays on an acoustic
electric, but great fingerstyle and use of dynamics.
Stan Rogers - Harris and the Mare (It may sound pretty easy, but it is not easy
to be so in the pocket while singing so well.)
Burt Jansch - Oh My Babe (No wonder it has been said he was a real influence
on Jimmy Page. Hard to find, but just a huge favorite of mine.)
Larry Coryell and Steve Kahn - Spain (by Chick Corea ..Yes, two acoustics,
but their "conversation" and energy are infectuous.)
Chris Whitley - Light Rain (by Sun House) (Does a resonator count as
acoustic? C Whitley famously never had a formal "guitar
lesson". His own compositions are beautiful and intricate, but
this is a show of utter mastery. Found on an Import of a
German solo acoustic concert - Bremen, I think - caled "On AIr",
late in his career.
Erik Mongrain - Fearless (Percussive madness)
Roland Dyens - A Night in Tunisia (by Dizzy Gillespie.
great hearing Wish You Were Here. played nicely too! thanks :)
Dust in the wind
Shape of my heart
“The forbidden guitar store song”...
You forgot wonderwall
And tears in heaven
I can't believe you didn't mention Tommy Emmanuel when you talked about Classical Gas! Also, I'd bet money that plenty of people have said this - but Dust In the Wind is required material for the next episode. Much love dude, keep rockin'
Nothing else matters is my favourite song to play probably the one I’m the best at . You do a amazing job at it man
Yippee, & new chop man, Matteo Mancuso ❤️😎🔥
I can't believe I finally saw someone recommending Ten Years After. They don't get the love they deserve
If I could change the world ❤️😎
Wow, I have fond memories of listening to Mediterranean Sundance when I a kid. Race with devil on Spanish highway was another good song. And, I know some of my friends don't agree but, Poco plays some great riffs with Brian Adams.
She Talks to Angels - The Black Crows
Awesome acoustic song, tuning is kind of a pain but worth it.
Thank you for this! As a beginner... I need to be able to play anything to keep me motivated.
The Ten Years After pick was awesome choice. Kudos to you for recognizing and old beauty from a great guitarist {Alvin Lee) and a great band lethally underrated. A "kid" of the 70s salutes you.
When it comes to acoustic intros in particular I would suggest the beginning part of "Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows" by the band Petra. After the first verse and chorus it goes electric but the whole song is amazing... Both from a musical standpoint and a lyrical standpoint. Really gets you thinking.
It took me a while to learn that Petra’s cover of “God Gave Rock and Roll to You” was indeed a cover (Argent) but most people know the Kiss cover. Great acoustic intro.
Tommy Emmanuel’s version of classical gas is the hardest thing ever
Oh my gosh, underrated comment. It took me a month to learn just the main riff!
That opening solo into the riff is unreal.
Have you ever heard of grysha goriachevs almoraima
Anything of Tommy Emanuel is the hardest song to play lol
So glad you did High and Dry and not Karma Police.
Also the Rain Song by Zepp
Holyyy, moly all of your acoustics are so very beautiful !!! What a great video, thank you! What’s your favorite acoustic brand?
Behind Blue Eyes, Blackbird, The Needle & The Damage Done, Time In A Bottle, Scarbrough Fair,
I really like the whole Eric Clapton's unplugged record, specially Layla
Great list! Would love: She Talks to Angels, Over the Hills and Far Away, Patience, Wild Horses, Suite Judy Blue Eyes
Great version of I'd Love to Change The World Tyler! 👍