Need a fancy song for guitar to learn and impress peers.

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#1 Witchsight
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Hi there how are you.

Ive been playing guitar for about 8 years, but lately ive been making my own stuff instead of learning someone elses, and that NEEDS TO CHANGE.
The last time i asked OT for a fancy guitar song, they suggested Asilos Magdelena(tabs here) and although i wasnt a fan of the song originally i like it more now that i can play it :P

I would prefer acoustic, and c|assical... but ill play anything as long as it doesnt involve an amp + shredding. Any thoughts?

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#2 Wolls
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Freebird, if you could play that then you would impress everybody :P

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#3 deathtarget04
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Freebird, if you could play that then you would impress everybody :P

Wolls

This.

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start with an easy one like, Zeppelin'sBabe Im gonna Leave You, if you can sing it, all the better.

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#5 Witchsight
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[QUOTE="deathtarget04"]

[QUOTE="Wolls"]

Freebird, if you could play that then you would impress everybody :P

This.

My friends would be bored if i learned that one... some of them can play Sultans of Swing, which i think is more difficult. I can play um, Tuesdays Gone... thats cool right.
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#6 WarEagle1357
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Eruption--Eddie Van Halen Always impressive.
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Iron Maiden-Wasted Years. That song is wicked.

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Malequena, or try doing the four seasons:winter on guitar.
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#9 AxeStrangler
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If your looking for a difficult acoustic song then here it is.

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#10 achilles614
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If you're looking for a great clasical song to play I highly suggest S'il Fallait by Morin M. The girls really like it ;)
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#11 CrazyKilljoy117
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Fancy song? How about Hotel California? That's fancy... right?
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#12 Witchsight
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Fancy song? How about Hotel California? That's fancy... right?CrazyKilljoy117
A little but it is also quite bland and overplayed to inspire me... But some of these suggestions are worth looking into.
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I'm learning this at the moment but its such a lovely song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAfCcyWUIwI&feature=related

You'll get all the ladies with this one.

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#14 Forever_Changes
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OK... some nice, fun and pretty challenging (although nottoo challenging) classical/acoustic guitar pieces:

Recuerdos De La Alhambra by Francisco Tarrega is my absolute favourite piece to play. Ever. OK, it's pretty difficult but once you get the tremolo picking down, it's not as hard as you might think. Definitely worth a shot anyway.

Angie by Bert Jansch

Vincent arr. Chet Atkins

Foxglove by Bruce Cockburn Sorry, I could only find a cover but it'll at least give you an idea of how it goes. It's incredibly fun to play!

you should be able to get all the tabs on ultimate-guitar.com.

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#15 Benevolentbob
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Hi there how are you.

Ive been playing guitar for about 8 years, but lately ive been making my own stuff instead of learning someone elses, and that NEEDS TO CHANGE.
The last time i asked OT for a fancy guitar song, they suggested Asilos Magdelena(tabs here) and although i wasnt a fan of the song originally i like it more now that i can play it :P

I would prefer acoustic, and c|assical... but ill play anything as long as it doesnt involve an amp + shredding. Any thoughts?

Witchsight

You want a fancy guitar song but not if has shredding. You do know shredding pretty much just means it's technically impressive and/or fast right? So are you asking for a fancy sounding guitar song that isn't hard to play then?

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#16 AxeStrangler
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[QUOTE="Witchsight"]

Hi there how are you.

Ive been playing guitar for about 8 years, but lately ive been making my own stuff instead of learning someone elses, and that NEEDS TO CHANGE.
The last time i asked OT for a fancy guitar song, they suggested Asilos Magdelena(tabs here) and although i wasnt a fan of the song originally i like it more now that i can play it :P

I would prefer acoustic, and c|assical... but ill play anything as long as it doesnt involve an amp + shredding. Any thoughts?

Benevolentbob

You want a fancy guitar song but not if has shredding. You do know shredding pretty much just means it's technically impressive and/or fast right? So are you asking for a fancy sounding guitar song that isn't hard to play then?

a song can be difficult and not be considered shredding.

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#17 Benevolentbob
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I'm learning this at the moment but its such a lovely song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAfCcyWUIwI&feature=related

You'll get all the ladies with this one.

Rikardur

That one's relatively impressive. I'd agree with trying this one.

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#18 Benevolentbob
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[QUOTE="Benevolentbob"]

[QUOTE="Witchsight"]

Hi there how are you.

Ive been playing guitar for about 8 years, but lately ive been making my own stuff instead of learning someone elses, and that NEEDS TO CHANGE.
The last time i asked OT for a fancy guitar song, they suggested Asilos Magdelena(tabs here) and although i wasnt a fan of the song originally i like it more now that i can play it :P

I would prefer acoustic, and c|assical... but ill play anything as long as it doesnt involve an amp + shredding. Any thoughts?

AxeStrangler

You want a fancy guitar song but not if has shredding. You do know shredding pretty much just means it's technically impressive and/or fast right? So are you asking for a fancy sounding guitar song that isn't hard to play then?

a song can be difficult and not be considered shredding.

Yeah but it's pretty rare unless you're talking about a few particular clas*s*ical pieces. By eliminating shredding he's eliminating the majority of hard pieces to play.

EDIT: Just wanted to add, your choice by Tommy Emmanuel was one of the better I've seen. Also, I was more going of the fact that he said that Mars Volta song was "fancy", but for someone who has played guitar for eight years should be able to learn that thing in a couple days or less.

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

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#20 Witchsight
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You want a fancy guitar song but not if has shredding. Benevolentbob

Shredding + amp i said, in a roundabout way asking for mainly acoustic, but thanks for playing.
Antoine is an acoustic monster, i still dont understand some of the stuff he does, but if i could find the tabs for some of his stuff, i would sure try!

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#21 LikeHaterade
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The solo that inspired me.

It's my favorite solo of all time. Great if you're interested in cla*ssical guitar.

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#22 AxeStrangler
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[QUOTE="Benevolentbob"]

You want a fancy guitar song but not if has shredding. Witchsight

Shredding + amp i said, in a roundabout way asking for mainly acoustic, but thanks for playing.
Antoine is an acoustic monster, i still dont understand some of the stuff he does, but if i could find the tabs for some of his stuff, i would sure try!

use your ears my friend ;)

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#23 Rikardur
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[QUOTE="Benevolentbob"]

You want a fancy guitar song but not if has shredding. Witchsight

Shredding + amp i said, in a roundabout way asking for mainly acoustic, but thanks for playing.
Antoine is an acoustic monster, i still dont understand some of the stuff he does, but if i could find the tabs for some of his stuff, i would sure try!

Its on Ultimate Guitar.

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Clas sical Gas

I tired playing that at a party once and pulled so imagine what it could do if you could play it all.

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#25 LikeHaterade
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Clas sical Gas

I tired playing that at a party once and pulled so imagine what it could do if you could play it all.

Big_Bad_Sad

So amazing...

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Play this and you will be seen as a God.

If you so desperately need acoustic material though, then try this.

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dark eternal night by dream theater, its a song with a lot of variety and a solo thats so ridiculous that if you can pull it off im pretty sure you could impress almost anyone

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Testify by Stevie Ray Vaughan. On electric is hard enough, but acoustic is something special.
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Anything from Antoine Dufour. My favorite is "Into Your Heart".
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Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley You will get all the ladies. 8)
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Crystal Ann by Annihilator.
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Clas sical Gas

I tired playing that at a party once and pulled so imagine what it could do if you could play it all.

Big_Bad_Sad
Nice, I was just about to suggest a Bach Partita. :) They sound great on guitar and usually involve pretty simple but rapid finger picking so people find them impressive but it's all in the right hand.
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#33 markop2003
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Heather's song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKtadARBiYY Tite Tright night (andy mckee version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn1d5DmdMqY
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#34 agux987
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Radiohead - Karma Police Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes Metallica - Nothing Else Matters The Cure - Lullaby The Cure - The Blood Foo Fighters - Times Like This Foo Fighters - But Honestly Extreme - More than Words David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World Alice In Chains - No Excuses Alice Cooper - Desperado Nirvana - All Apologies R.E.M - Man On The Moon R.E.M - Losing My Religion Radiohead - High And Dry Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin' Red Hot Chili Peppers - Desecration Smile I've been playing guitar for 3 years. If You need more songs, just ask me!
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Erik Mongrain - AirTap! Get going, then...
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you could always try playing this :P

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#37 ghoklebutter
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How about Nothing Else Matters?

Oh...already posted.

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#38 PainKiller_25
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If you want a an acoustic song that impress this will work

Isaac Albeniz-Asturias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A&feature=fvw

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If you want to get laid, just learn Wonderwall.