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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
@@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
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 RUclips 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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Been Playing acoustic guitar exclusively for over 50 years. Bands, Solo, etc... Never been asked to play any of these songs in any gig ever. Tho, I have played Classical Gas because I just like to, lol. Hotel California, Tears From Heaven, Dust in the Wind, Landslide, Stairway to Heaven, James Taylor, CSNY, John Denver, etc...etc.. These are what people ask for during gigs, specifically when they see an acoustic guitar. Over and over and over. Now, they might not be yours, or my, favorites...but, that's what people ask for. They've been asking for these same songs for decades now...and are still asked for pretty much every gig. Which probably means that's what Acoustic guitarists "should know" how to play them, right? I mean, if you want to satisfy your audience requests anyway. Again, they may not be the ones you want to play, or are the most fun to play. But, that kinda depends on your age, ability, and your own personal preferences. I'm just telling you what people ask for from acoustic guitarists the most.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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
Wish You Were Here was one of many songs I learned by ear, playing along with the record. And not knowing that such things as a 12 strings guitar existed (it is still kinda hard to see those around down here in Brazil) I learned it playing the 12 part on my regular 6 strings guitar.
i like to try and learn songs by ear, but i cant really recognize chords by ear, i can tell if its minor or major, and whats the bass note, but not anything else, any tips?
@@Alberto-ny7kf If you can tell minor from major chords, you’re already in the right path!😀 Developing your ears (and along with it, your music memory) may take some time and the best advice I can give you is to listen - lots of music, but also the sounds of the environment you’re on (like ringtones, birds singing, motorbikes passing by, all that stuff) and try to identinfy these sounds on you instrument and use it in your practice. For exemple, most of the times I hear a jackhammer, I practice scales in F# and only after I’m done studying I curse that guy for being so loud.🤣 It may sound silly (and kinda is) but I promise it’s a good way to enhance your perception. Hope I helped!😀
10 years after for the win......... Im a metal head at heart but love all music if it is good.... ie country,pop,classic rock,r n b,blues,etc Listen to the whole song change the world and your mind will be blown........ Alvin Lee is a God.............
“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
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.👍👍
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.
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'
Great stuff. One of my favorite strums is from Elizabeth Cotton called cotton picking. Freight Train. and Railroad Bill. Took me awhile but I got it. Thumb and 4 fingers Melody and rhythm together.. Old folk music days
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
Tyler: John Mayer - The Master of difficult fingerstyle guitar... Andy McKee, Michael Hedges, Tommy Emmanuel, Paco de Lucía, etc. : Are we a joke to you?
Videoyu abartılı ve seçimleri zayıf buldum, bence sadece video çıkarabilmek için yapılmış bir video. Sunulan parçalar içinde en sevdiğim bu oldu, diğerlerinin yarısını daha önce çalmıştım, bu hiç dinlemediklerim arasındaydı fakat bence listedeki en iyisi bu. Tabiki pink floydun yeri ayrı, o her zaman zirvenin sahibi sayılır.
I've been using guitar super system and if u read this then please make some videos that are slower or make the option in the guitar super system to slow the videos down.
To be honest as a musician I only knew 1-2 songs in here. I picked up an acoustic guitar simply because of video game OSTs. Like Final Fantasy, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, I believe every region has different tastes and inspirations which is perfect in their own way.
i have an entirely new respect for you, now that i know you recognize the best line in the entire movie of napoleon dynamite. you have earned today's like for this video
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.
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".
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.
@@miratparmar6779 The Beatles/George Harrison one. Was there another? Is there some kind of theory that George Harrison didn't write that song? If so I'm not aware.
@@TheChewyWun no no, nothing like that. There's a RUclipsr named bill wurtz, he released music video titled "here comes the sun" 3 months ago. Your comment is also 3 months old, so I thought maybe you were a fan. I also didn't know the Beatles song existed.
"Never Going Back Again" by Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) has been the most difficult for me; but wow, when you start to get it. Another great, but tough one, is the opening to "Crazy On You" by HEART. "Classical Gas" was a milestone... absolutely love it.
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!
That slide down to the 4/5 isn't in there I don't think. I had a room mate in college that played it exactly the same way and it drove me nuts. There must be a live version they saw somewhere that just stuck with them?
@@MusicisWin what he means is that you don't play it the same way as mayer, he does a hammer on and pull of with his pinky whereas you pull of with your index, and i agree that's incorrect
Geeez you are darn good!!!! I've only been learning for about 3 weeks and so just want to jump into all these flippin amazing songs! I have something to aspire to😊. Can't afford lessons, sadly, but RUclips has some amazing free tutorials 😊😊
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!
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).
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
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.
“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. 😝
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.
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: .-.
Much better list.
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
Very cool song to play..... especially if you have a keyboard player handy.
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 RUclips 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 🙃
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😂
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 RUclips, especially the Eagles.
“I’d love to change the world” is a under appreciated classic rock song!!!
Exactly! Beautiful song, love ten years after
I could listen to that Tracy Chapman progression for hours. So beautiful in its simplicity
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 ❤️😎
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 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.
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.
Been Playing acoustic guitar exclusively for over 50 years. Bands, Solo, etc... Never been asked to play any of these songs in any gig ever. Tho, I have played Classical Gas because I just like to, lol.
Hotel California, Tears From Heaven, Dust in the Wind, Landslide, Stairway to Heaven, James Taylor, CSNY, John Denver, etc...etc.. These are what people ask for during gigs, specifically when they see an acoustic guitar. Over and over and over.
Now, they might not be yours, or my, favorites...but, that's what people ask for. They've been asking for these same songs for decades now...and are still asked for pretty much every gig. Which probably means that's what Acoustic guitarists "should know" how to play them, right? I mean, if you want to satisfy your audience requests anyway.
Again, they may not be the ones you want to play, or are the most fun to play. But, that kinda depends on your age, ability, and your own personal preferences. I'm just telling you what people ask for from acoustic guitarists the most.
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
“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.
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...
ELP from the beginning ,and Dust in the wind, intro to Crazy on you, hard luck woman, etc
TYA if I could change the world is gold.
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
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.
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
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
“Shut Up & Play Guitar” has some amazing video lessons for both Jim and Maury’s parts
Time in a Bottle is one of my most favorite acoustic songs.
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
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 RUclipsrs put like 50 of in their videos just to get money)
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!
@Antti To me it was literally the exact opposite to you! You're right cole avon
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.
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
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.
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 love Joey, he’s an old friend of mine and is absolutely incredible
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
You absolutely had me at Tenacious D! Acoustic is always fun to get into!
Wish You Were Here was one of many songs I learned by ear, playing along with the record. And not knowing that such things as a 12 strings guitar existed (it is still kinda hard to see those around down here in Brazil) I learned it playing the 12 part on my regular 6 strings guitar.
i like to try and learn songs by ear, but i cant really recognize chords by ear, i can tell if its minor or major, and whats the bass note, but not anything else, any tips?
@@Alberto-ny7kf If you can tell minor from major chords, you’re already in the right path!😀 Developing your ears (and along with it, your music memory) may take some time and the best advice I can give you is to listen - lots of music, but also the sounds of the environment you’re on (like ringtones, birds singing, motorbikes passing by, all that stuff) and try to identinfy these sounds on you instrument and use it in your practice. For exemple, most of the times I hear a jackhammer, I practice scales in F# and only after I’m done studying I curse that guy for being so loud.🤣
It may sound silly (and kinda is) but I promise it’s a good way to enhance your perception. Hope I helped!😀
10 years after for the win......... Im a metal head at heart but love all music if it is good.... ie country,pop,classic rock,r n b,blues,etc Listen to the whole song change the world and your mind will be blown........ Alvin Lee is a God.............
Gotta do “Crazy On You”
Song’s intro is a beast.
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
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”. ;)
It is interesting how young people seem to think that the songs that they grew up with should be the 10 songs every guitar player should know.
Boomers are the same way
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
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
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?
Wish you were here is the first song I’m learning in the guitar, I’ve got the intro, first solo, and verse down so far!
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
“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
I miss Crazy on You - Heart, More Than a Feeling - Boston and Jolene by Dolly Parton. Great video anyways, thanks for the inspiration!
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.👍👍
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.
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'
a great radiohead acoustic song is paranoid android, slightly complex intro to begin with but once you pick it up it sounds fantastic!
Alvin Lee of Ten Years After is one of the most underappreciated guitarists ever. Great blues player.
Last time I was this early my Bigsby was in tune
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
I think Helplessly Helping by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young should be on the list. The finger picking just opens up so many new horizons players.
That song makes me tear up
Great stuff. One of my favorite strums is from Elizabeth Cotton called cotton picking. Freight Train. and Railroad Bill. Took me awhile but I got it. Thumb and 4 fingers
Melody and rhythm together.. Old folk music days
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
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
Tyler: John Mayer - The Master of difficult fingerstyle guitar...
Andy McKee, Michael Hedges, Tommy Emmanuel, Paco de Lucía, etc. : Are we a joke to you?
...Luca Stricagnoli. Those guys are in a totally different stratosphere of fingerstyle.
Lindsey Buckingham fingerstyle is way better and so is Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac has sold 120 million records Johns sold only 16 he is a dust bunny in the fucking trash can in comparison to “mainstream” success
He can’t play like them, so he pretends they don’t exist .. simple as that.
Harry sacksioni?
Great list! Would love: She Talks to Angels, Over the Hills and Far Away, Patience, Wild Horses, Suite Judy Blue Eyes
She Talks to Angels - The Black Crows
Awesome acoustic song, tuning is kind of a pain but worth it.
“I’d love to change the world” was what made me pick up a guitar one year ago n it’s the first song I learned , great chord progression
Videoyu abartılı ve seçimleri zayıf buldum, bence sadece video çıkarabilmek için yapılmış bir video. Sunulan parçalar içinde en sevdiğim bu oldu, diğerlerinin yarısını daha önce çalmıştım, bu hiç dinlemediklerim arasındaydı fakat bence listedeki en iyisi bu. Tabiki pink floydun yeri ayrı, o her zaman zirvenin sahibi sayılır.
I always use "message in a bottle" as a good exercise, lots of stretch, easy right hand
I've been using guitar super system and if u read this then please make some videos that are slower or make the option in the guitar super system to slow the videos down.
My suggestion would be “Over the Hills & Far Away” by Led Zep!
I really like the whole Eric Clapton's unplugged record, specially Layla
The black crows, she talks to angels needs to be in this list
Also, Louisiana 1924
Alternate tunings..... that’s why. And if you want to go to that area “ little Martha”
So glad you did High and Dry and not Karma Police.
Also the Rain Song by Zepp
Crazy On You by Heart should absolutely be on a part 2 of this list!
I was looking for this comment. Absolutely beautiful and (almost) impossible
Love that song and am learning it right now
Dust in the wind
Shape of my heart
“The forbidden guitar store song”...
You forgot wonderwall
And tears in heaven
To be honest as a musician I only knew 1-2 songs in here. I picked up an acoustic guitar simply because of video game OSTs. Like Final Fantasy, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, I believe every region has different tastes and inspirations which is perfect in their own way.
I enjoy playing/learning Zelda songs, especially from OoT :)
Video game OSTs are amazing. Love anything that ranges across the board from Zelda to Megaman,Castlevania,DragonBall..etc
FF7 in particular has amazing music, but they're more metal than accoustic 🤘🤘
@@Will-lh4lh FF9 is also has a great OST :)
that's pretty gay
i have an entirely new respect for you, now that i know you recognize the best line in the entire movie of napoleon dynamite. you have earned today's like for this video
John Mayer is a God damn beast on guitar.
Dire straits
Romeo & Juliet
Maybe tears in heaven too
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.
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".
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.
No "Here comes the sun"? Would think that'd be a standard for sure.
By bill wurtz?
@@miratparmar6779 The Beatles/George Harrison one. Was there another? Is there some kind of theory that George Harrison didn't write that song? If so I'm not aware.
@@TheChewyWun no no, nothing like that. There's a RUclipsr named bill wurtz, he released music video titled "here comes the sun" 3 months ago. Your comment is also 3 months old, so I thought maybe you were a fan. I also didn't know the Beatles song existed.
@@miratparmar6779 bro what in the fuck lol you didn’t know the Beatles wrote that but know about bill wurtz
@@Gromper69 lmao
Steve Howe of Yes “Roundabout” I have warmed up my fingers with this for years.
how about, YES mood for a day
@@eemelihanninen3814 Agreed! LOVE playing Mood for a Day ....and it's a head turner for those that know/heard it.. XD
"Never Going Back Again" by Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) has been the most difficult for me; but wow, when you start to get it. Another great, but tough one, is the opening to "Crazy On You" by HEART. "Classical Gas" was a milestone... absolutely love it.
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:)
A fun fingerstyle song I love to play is "I see fire" by Ed Sheeran. Tough but rewarding
Bringing up Classical Gas without shouting out Tommy Emanuel's cover is criminal
For real, and not having something from Chet Atkins
Wish You Were Here is great for seeing how major pentatonics are used in songs too, since the whole thing is based on G major pentatonic scale.
He doesn’t even need a sponsor, he is his own sponsor
or PRS 😛
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
Tyler: "A lot of people play this song incorrectly"
Proceeds to play Why Georgia incorrectly himself!
That slide down to the 4/5 isn't in there I don't think. I had a room mate in college that played it exactly the same way and it drove me nuts. There must be a live version they saw somewhere that just stuck with them?
Must be the « embellishment » he was talking about 😁
Give it another listen, grasshopper ;)
@@MusicisWin Haha!
@@MusicisWin what he means is that you don't play it the same way as mayer, he does a hammer on and pull of with his pinky whereas you pull of with your index, and i agree that's incorrect
Layla is one of my fav eric clapton songs on accustic and electric guitar🎶🎸
For the next one you gotta do Never Going Back Again! That song was such a pain to learn and so rewarding.
Ok I don’t care how overplayed it is or what not, but Stairway To Heaven is must learn. The song is just beautiful and sound amazing
NO STAIRWAY! Denied! :)
Dust In The Wind
Landslide
Stairway To Heaven
House Of The Rising Sun
I like that slide into the second chord on Why Georgia. Gonna have to give that a shot.
For part 2... From the beginning, Emerson Lake and Palmer
I’m partial to “The Sage” from “Pictures at an Exhibition”, but great choice!
I think tears in heaven should be on this list.
Very much so agree
Who else was expecting KG to pop out playing a double necked guitar when he started to play Master Exploder?
Geeez you are darn good!!!! I've only been learning for about 3 weeks and so just want to jump into all these flippin amazing songs! I have something to aspire to😊. Can't afford lessons, sadly, but RUclips has some amazing free tutorials 😊😊