Author Topic: What was the first song you learned how to play? (Read 13624 times)

Sludgefactory · « **Reply #15 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:18:15 AM »

Comes a Time - Neil Young

Taylor339 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:50:34 AM »

First lesson came home and played "Gentle On My Mind" by Glen Campbell on my brand new Gibson B-25.

byrd · « **Reply #17 on:** February 22, 2012, 02:03:32 PM »

"Come As You Are" by Nirvana. My first guitar teacher back in '96 was a HUGE Nirvana fan. Power chords and a 2 finger riff... easy song. I don't play the song much anymore, I'll still mindlessly play that main riff on a fairly regular basis.

Herb Hunter · « **Reply #18 on:** February 22, 2012, 03:16:58 PM »

It was a very long time ago that I learned my first song, a very simple instrumental version of, Ghost Riders in the Sky.

Scriptor · « **Reply #19 on:** February 22, 2012, 03:36:09 PM »

I honestly don't remember but it was probably working out the chords for a fiddle tune to play along with my grandfather ... I am sure there were others but the first popular song I can remember working out was Neil Young's Heart of Gold ... because it was the first song I could play that the girls were most fond of ...

roadbiker · « **Reply #20 on:** February 22, 2012, 05:16:37 PM »

Long since forgotten, but I think it was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Either that or From the Beginning by ELP

Jim

mcookoc · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:03:20 PM »

my first song was wildwood flower or cripple creek i heard them both about the same time and struggled with both. i still play them today.

Scriptor · « **Reply #22 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:07:57 PM »

Quote from: roadbiker on February 22, 2012, 05:16:37 PM

Long since forgotten, but I think it was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Either that or From the Beginning by ELP

LOL ... yep, both rather complex little tunes ...

michaelw · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:26:54 PM »

time of your life - green day

it was the only song my mom heard me play (on a rainsong ws1000),
as nearly everything else i wanted to try to play i got to within 99% of
it sounding 'right' & by then i was pretty much tired of playing them

serving with my church's worship team, starting a couple of months
after my mom was gone changed everything for me (not just playing)

bigb · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:43:33 PM »

Songs? Songs? Songs mean nothing to a noodler

flaggerphil · « **Reply #25 on:** February 24, 2012, 12:30:19 AM »

"House of the Rising Sun" back in the '60s. Still like to play it.

ebick · « **Reply #26 on:** February 24, 2012, 11:23:53 AM »

Hah.......Smoke on the water......

dun dun dun.........dun dun da dun........dun dun dun......dun dun

SMan · « **Reply #27 on:** February 24, 2012, 04:55:32 PM »

Too many years and "other things" for me to remember. It may well have been Louie Louie.

UndisclosEd · « **Reply #28 on:** February 24, 2012, 05:37:19 PM »

Apache - and then my Dad said he'd continue to pay for 1/2 the lessons. He loved that song !!

boxcar · « **Reply #29 on:** February 25, 2012, 06:25:51 PM »

"Colors" in high school in 1970, you know, "yellow is the color of my true love's hair, in the morning...". Just D, G, and A7 if I remember right, and Mr. Beard insisting on alternating the bass (thumb, strum, thumb, strum). It think I also learned House of the Rising Sun at the same time (it was still the de facto beginners standard at the time).

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