{"id":8003,"date":"2015-07-16T01:02:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/16\/the-top-20-acoustic-guitar-songs-to-learn\/"},"modified":"2015-07-16T01:02:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:02:37","slug":"the-top-20-acoustic-guitar-songs-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/16\/the-top-20-acoustic-guitar-songs-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 20 Acoustic Guitar Songs to Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>My personal search for great acoustic guitar songs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I began my search for the best\/great acoustic guitar songs ever produced I began to dream of a time when I was a voracious young guitarists trying to digest everything the radio could spew. Since I started playing guitar a few decades ago, countless acoustic guitar songs have been produced that are perfect for beginners to experience the range of sound that can be produced by the acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Now I am a little biased and my choices below reflect that. I went for what sounds good (to my ear and taste) played on the acoustic guitar; I also looked at songs that would be a slight (in some cases hard) challenge to beginners but songs that would add value to their repertoire; in fact the following songs if played well would add value to any guitarist&#8217;s repertoire. The following list is by no means exhaustive; it is merely my personal search throughout the internet to re-acquaint myself with what has been produced since the 1960s and really, to get back into one of my very first loves; actually the first dream I ever had as a boy of nine years old &#8211; of playing in a rock band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Ten Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Tears in Heaven &#8211; Eric Clapton<\/p>\n<p>I thought I would start with one of the evergreen masters of acoustic\/electric guitar. It has some nice touches in it that will make you sound good.<\/p>\n<p>2. Drive &#8211; Incubus<\/p>\n<p>Nice driving rhythm acoustic guitar song that is great to play at parties.<\/p>\n<p>3. I&#8217;m Yours &#8211; Jason Mraz<\/p>\n<p>When I first heard this song over in Honolulu it took me by surprise; a great song for those beach parties.<\/p>\n<p>4. Californication &#8211; Red Hot Chilli Peppers<\/p>\n<p>A nice classic introduction worth learning.<\/p>\n<p>5. Bubbly &#8211; Colbie Caillat<\/p>\n<p>OK, I have to admit this song grew on me; nice easy song for acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n<p>6. Classical Gas &#8211; Mason Williams<\/p>\n<p>A little harder to master but once you do you wont be able to put it down.<\/p>\n<p>7. Knocking on heaven&#8217;s door &#8211; Bob Dylan<\/p>\n<p>A great Dylan classic that is easy to play and would be great at parties.<\/p>\n<p>8. Wanted (Dead or Alive) &#8211; Bon Jovi<\/p>\n<p>A real classic, couldn&#8217;t go past it. Nice distinctive intro known widely &#8211; this will put you on the map; not too difficult to play.<\/p>\n<p>9. Blackbird &#8211; The Beatles<\/p>\n<p>This is not a song I would normally go for, but I think it is worth trying as it will extend your skill.<\/p>\n<p>10.Come on get higher<\/p>\n<p>A nice easy-going sing-along song that will wrap this first list of ten up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Ten Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11. Every breath I take &#8211; Police\/Puff daddy<\/p>\n<p>A classic from the eighties<\/p>\n<p>12. Stairway to Heaven &#8211; Led Zeppelin<\/p>\n<p>Was the measure of a guitarist in the seventies<\/p>\n<p>13. Hotel California &#8211; The Eagles<\/p>\n<p>This will stretch you; worth the time it will take for you to master.<\/p>\n<p>14. Sweet Home Alabama &#8211; Lynyrd Skynyrd<\/p>\n<p>A widely recognised song throughout the world<\/p>\n<p>15. Layla Uplugged &#8211; Clapton<\/p>\n<p>This one you will enjoy, nice change in style<\/p>\n<p>16. Wish you were here &#8211; Pink Floyd<\/p>\n<p>Classic Pink Floyd easy to play<\/p>\n<p>17. Nothing else matters &#8211; Metallica<\/p>\n<p>Classic Metallica &#8211; great sound<\/p>\n<p>18. More than words &#8211; Extreme<\/p>\n<p>This is a great song to extend your collection of chords<\/p>\n<p>19. Wonderwall &#8211; Oasis<\/p>\n<p>Another distinctive classic beginning riff<\/p>\n<p>20. If &#8211; Bread<\/p>\n<p>This is an oldie with a lot of interesting chords and changes for you to master and put together.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ezinearticles.com\/?The-Top-20-Acoustic-Guitar-Songs-to-Learn&#038;id=5283129\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/ezinearticles\/?expert=Hauiti_Hakopa\">Hauiti Hakopa<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] My personal search for great acoustic guitar songs When I began my search for the best\/great acoustic guitar songs ever produced I began to [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[106,107,103,105,104,108],"class_list":["post-8003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-music-producer","tag-music-production","tag-songwriter","tag-songwriters-hall-of-fame","tag-songwriting-contest","tag-write-lyrics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}