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Wintermute 09-04-2004 02:07 PM

Beginner songs
 
Ok, this thread can be a compilation of good songs for beginners to learn. There are a hundred and one threads asking for and listing such songs, so lets compile it all in one place.

(JerrytheRacecarDriver / Grondahl gets a cookie for the idea)
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Here's the plan. For ease of browsing, post them in this format

[artist name] - [song name] - [difficulty] - [any other note]

I'll start off with a few obvious ones.

Rage Against The Machine - Bombtrack - Easy
Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up - Easy
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name - Easy

Primus - Antipop - Easy - good basic slap practise
Primus - Kill The Sacred Cow - Easyish
Primus - Golden Boy - Moderate

Jerry the Racecar Driver 09-04-2004 02:21 PM

At last, my genius is recognised :D .

Anyway, here's my contribution:

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye - Easy, but hella fun and incredibly catchy
Jeff Buckley - Grace - Easy
Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother - Easy
Jeff Buckley - Forget Her - Easy
Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin - This and the two above it are great examples of awesome phrasing
Yes - Roundabout - Easy
Muse - Time Is Running Out - Easy
Tim Buckley - No Man Can Find The War - Easy

Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life (the rocked up version) - Moderate
Muse - Hysteria - Moderate
Primus - Groundhog's Day - Pretty easy chording/slap practise
RHCP - Higher Ground - Slap practise

avenged182 09-04-2004 03:35 PM

nirvana- smells like teen spirit
godsmack- mistakes
godsmack- awake
sublime- date rape
~ intermedete~
any anti flag ( sounds alot harder than it is)
rufio- above me
rancid- hyena
allman brothers- whipping post
* advanced/expert*
rancid- maxwells murder
jaco pactoris- chromatic fantisy
jaco- diana
rufio still
rancid time bomb

ShadowBassist 09-04-2004 07:00 PM

easy stuff:

Rage Against the machine - bullet in the head
Rage Against the machine - Guerrilla Radio
Metallica - For Whom the bell tolls
Franz Ferdinand - Tell her tonight
Franz Ferdinand - Jaqueline
Franz Ferdinand - Michael
Foo Fighters - Enough Space
Foo Fighters - All my life
Blur - Song 2

republican_bass 09-04-2004 07:31 PM

White Stripes- Seven Nation Army- Easy
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll -Very Easy
Red Hot CHili Peppers-Otherside -Easy (the bridge requires a bit of practice)
P.O.D. -Find My Way -Easy
AC/DC -Back in Black -Very Easy
Black Sabbath-Iron Man -Easy
Are You Gonna Be My Girl- Jet -Very Easy

avenged182 09-05-2004 12:14 AM

lol easyest song ever played on bass
green day- brain stew lol infact here is the tabs
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--5-5--4-4--3-3--2-2--1-1-0-0
a whole lot of times

bassplayer23 09-05-2004 02:27 PM

good charlotte - say anything - easy - a very fun intro. will help with right hand speed
green day - warning - easy - helps with fetting hand speed and accuracy
green day - brain stew - very easy

have fun!!

bassplayer23 09-05-2004 07:09 PM

oh and avenged182 your tab for brain stew is wrong this is the real tab

G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1-0-0-|

repeat a lot of times

XGwar_RulesX 09-05-2004 07:46 PM

primus-wynonas big brown beaver-easy
bela fleck and the flecktones-scratch and sniff-easy
bill dickens-left of center-easy
lol thems songs is hard

GWAR- sick of you-easy
Sabbath- paranoid - easy
Run Dmc - you be illin - easy
megadeth - dawn patrol - it sounds harder than it is (not that its that easy)

Dunst0 09-05-2004 10:17 PM

a lot of pink floyd is easy, especially another brick in the wall prt. 2

Eddie's the man 09-06-2004 01:25 AM

Duece by KISS - easy
Black Night by Deep purple - really easy
War Machine by KISS - easy
My Shorona by THE KNACK - easy
Money by PINK FLOYD - easy
Du Hast - Rammenstein - easy - boring
and
Strutter - Kiss - easy
infact pretty well anything by kiss is simple but sounds great

basskid 09-06-2004 12:58 PM

metallica-orion
metallica-my freind of misery
metallica-the god that failed

TwistedOfFate350 09-06-2004 07:27 PM

The Darkness-I Believe in a Thing Called Love-easy
The Darkness-Growing On Me-easy
Black Sabbath-Electric Funeral-easy
Metallica-King Nothing-easy
Metallica-Leper Messiah-easyish
Godsmack-Vampires-easy
Godsmack-Immune-easy-good for learning to hold a steady rhythm that is out of the norm
Godmack-Goin' Down-easy
Marilyn Manson-mOBSCENE-easy
Marilyn Manson-Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth-easy
Kiss-God of Thunder-easy
Motorhead-Ace of Spades-easy
Twisted Sister-I Wanna Rock-easy
White Zombie-Thunder Kiss '65-easy
Probot-Centuries of Sin-easyish

legion88 09-06-2004 08:48 PM

any real metal? I dont count metallica..?

skatrpunk 09-07-2004 09:34 PM

[QUOTE=republican_bass]White Stripes- Seven Nation Army- Easy
seven nation army is played palm muted on an electric guitar.they dont have a bass player.

jermandubber 09-07-2004 11:04 PM

rhcp - parallel universe - moderate - easy bassline but its in 16 notes, play with your fingers to build up great endurance and speed.

Wintermute 09-08-2004 03:33 PM

[QUOTE=skatrpunk][QUOTE=republican_bass]White Stripes- Seven Nation Army- Easy
seven nation army is played palm muted on an electric guitar.they dont have a bass player.[/QUOTE]

Doesn't matter what it was played on, it's still an easy bassline.

Klun 09-08-2004 07:16 PM

Jimi Hendrix-Purple Haze-Easy
Led Zeppelin-Good Times Bad Times-intermedite-fast,good solos
AC/Dc-Shook Me All Night Long-easy

Ac/dc tends not to have good bass. They have two exellent electric guitarists(Angus and Malcom Young). But so does Guns 'n Roses, they have some good bass.

Machines 09-09-2004 12:17 AM

[QUOTE=skatrpunk][QUOTE=republican_bass]White Stripes- Seven Nation Army- Easy
seven nation army is played palm muted on an electric guitar.they dont have a bass player.[/QUOTE]

Actually it isn't palm muted, it's run through an octave pedal ;)

eggs'n'spam 09-09-2004 02:17 PM

hm, what would you rate anesthesia (metallica)? Moderate-ish? sorta trying to learn it, more concentrating on learning the fullness of orion interlude solo though..

ihatemybass 09-11-2004 12:33 AM

Alkaline Trio - Goodbye Forever
The Ataris - Teenage Riot
Green Day - When I Come Around

These songs arent exactly begginer songs. You should give them a try after a good 4 or 5 months of playing.

theclash91 09-11-2004 10:16 AM

red hot chili peppers - soul to squeeze ( good fingerstyle practice)
red hot chili peppers - give it away ( slap practice )

both moderately easy

Untitled 09-11-2004 10:20 AM

Greenday longview-easy
Blink182-Marlboro Man-Easy
Blink182- Carosel - Easy.

(two of hoppuses better intros.)

XXThirdGradeFreshmanXX 09-11-2004 11:19 AM

i hate blink 182 but if you're looking for something easy to play then anything by them

brain stew-greenday
anarchy in the uk-sex pistols
i wanna be sedated-Ramones
An idea for a movie-Vandals
Oh Serena-Distillers
as wicked-Rancid

MustkillLois6712 09-11-2004 12:10 PM

Weezer-Say it ain't so- Easy
Green Day-Warning-Easy
Goldfinger-Here in your bedroom-Easy
Goldfinger-Pictures-easy

Untitled 09-11-2004 02:29 PM

[QUOTE=XXThirdGradeFreshmanXX]i hate blink 182 but if you're looking for something easy to play then anything by them

brain stew-greenday
anarchy in the uk-sex pistols
i wanna be sedated-Ramones
An idea for a movie-Vandals
Oh Serena-Distillers
as wicked-Rancid[/QUOTE]

You dont have to say you hate them you know, just tell people there easy.

Intermediate
Hyteria - Muse
New Born - Muse.

avenged182 09-12-2004 11:45 AM

nooooooooooooooooooo
 
[QUOTE=bassplayer23]oh and avenged182 your tab for brain stew is wrong this is the real tab

G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1-0-0-|

repeat a lot of times[/QUOTE]
nooooo my life is over lol it was close and i made it up off the top of my head

ihatemybass 09-12-2004 03:17 PM

Also Learn
Blink 182 - Man Overboard
Nirvana - Lounge Act
Nirvana - Love Buzz
All Easy

rivendell 09-13-2004 02:04 PM

The Pixies-Monkey Gone To Heaven
And if you can tune to drop D, Soundgarden- Outshined

cobain2004 09-14-2004 08:33 AM

I have just started to play bass a few months ago and found the following as good starting tunes:

Nirvana- Come as you are, smells like teen spirit, stay away
Sex Pistols- Anarchy in the U.k
theme tune- star wars

I started to just learn the intros first but after a month or 2 learned the chorus and verse...I found that a good way


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