10 Acoustic Songs Every Guitarist Should Know (easy to IMPOSSIBLE)

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    0:00 Introduction
    1:21 WE ARE GOING TO BE FRIENDS THE WHITE STRIPES
    2:30 WISH YOU WERE HERE PINK FLOYD
    3:38 HIGH AND DRY RADIOHEAD
    4:36 FAST CAR TRACY CHAPMAN
    5:46 I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD TEN YEARS AFTER
    6:59 MASTER EXPLODER TENACIOUS D
    8:05 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS METALLICA
    9:23 CLASSICAL GAS MASON WILLIAMS
    11:00 MEDITERRANEAN SUNDANCE AL DIMEOLA
    12:28 WHY GEORGIA
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  • @MusicisWin
    @MusicisWin  3 года назад +1421

    What is your favorite acoustic guitar song?

  • @Daniel_j0
    @Daniel_j0 3 года назад +6849

    His house is literally a PRS shop

    • @kingstring853
      @kingstring853 3 года назад +23

      yeah xD

    • @robertferns10
      @robertferns10 3 года назад +82

      I wish my house were literally a PRS shop.

    • @Muckers.
      @Muckers. 3 года назад +48

      He is a PRS bum-boy

    • @jzzkhalil6492
      @jzzkhalil6492 3 года назад +26

      My house is just a mess 🤣

    • @arpannaskar7462
      @arpannaskar7462 3 года назад +30

      Nah... He just likes 'more' Pauls than Les Paul in his sextoy room...

  • @sachinkoshy2738
    @sachinkoshy2738 3 года назад +1779

    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

    • @cowboybill.2433
      @cowboybill.2433 3 года назад +46

      Thank you sir,you made me save some time!🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

    • @alexlazarescu3869
      @alexlazarescu3869 3 года назад +116

      Thanks, now i dont have to listen to prs man with hotwife for 15 minutes

    • @jacobarmstrong5308
      @jacobarmstrong5308 3 года назад +37

      I wonder if he's contractually obligated to mention John Mayer (PRS)

    • @peelz69
      @peelz69 3 года назад +11

      @@alexlazarescu3869 alright this comment was very very funny

    • @metalheadblues
      @metalheadblues 3 года назад +4

      John mayer over al di meola , wow! And al is known as the super shredder guy!

  • @Digdarshann
    @Digdarshann 2 года назад +75

    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
      @chimeziechristian7416 2 года назад

      Can you teach me to play them

    • @Digdarshann
      @Digdarshann 2 года назад

      @@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

    • @greysonyoung3501
      @greysonyoung3501 2 года назад

      100% agree

    • @yvettevaldez8002
      @yvettevaldez8002 2 года назад

      random dude: “pLaY wOnDeRwALL”
      me: .-.

  • @CrimsonDeathBed
    @CrimsonDeathBed 2 года назад +126

    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.

  • @nixo_o
    @nixo_o 3 года назад +396

    Watching this at night when EVERYONES asleep is difficult I get the guitar temptations

    • @kennethjuarez5384
      @kennethjuarez5384 3 года назад +29

      Thats what the unplugged electric is for bro, you can scratch that itch a little more quietly lol

    • @brandonreid959
      @brandonreid959 3 года назад +6

      I feel your pain man.

    • @Kobe_Smith806
      @Kobe_Smith806 3 года назад +5

      The struggle is real my dude

    • @swopenation3483
      @swopenation3483 3 года назад +2

      Me too😂😂😂

    • @ali965
      @ali965 3 года назад +2

      we do this to ourselves😂

  • @wazzamattau
    @wazzamattau 3 года назад +1208

    OP: Here's 10 songs every guitarist should know
    Commenters: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MISSED THESE 257 SONGS!!

    • @toms6564
      @toms6564 3 года назад +49

      Welcome to the internet. First time?

    • @FoxInTheBasement
      @FoxInTheBasement 3 года назад +12

      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

    • @worldpeace1386
      @worldpeace1386 3 года назад +23

      @@FoxInTheBasement what

    • @idk-oh8fr
      @idk-oh8fr 3 года назад +4

      @@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.

    • @jackdirksen
      @jackdirksen 3 года назад +3

      As a guitar player I can say this, everyone thinks I know every ( populair ) song in the world 🙃

  • @joepalooka2145
    @joepalooka2145 3 года назад +81

    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.

    • @lovetogolf4184
      @lovetogolf4184 3 года назад +1

      Best !

    • @ejej6934
      @ejej6934 2 года назад +3

      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.

  • @guitartutos
    @guitartutos 3 года назад +315

    I love this channel :), I think in it more as an electric guitar channel, but the effort is sweet with the acoustic :D

    • @drj602
      @drj602 2 года назад +1

      He’s a gtr Smurf from Middle Earth.

    • @nes1202
      @nes1202 2 года назад

      Thanks for the info. Now i don't have to watch this video

    • @cal.anonymous7970
      @cal.anonymous7970 3 месяца назад

      Finding David Bennett, great for theory too, though I am a guitar, mostly harmonica

  • @tiborzilizi2134
    @tiborzilizi2134 3 года назад +229

    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.

    • @dakotaashe3184
      @dakotaashe3184 3 года назад +2

      Stairway????

    • @tiborzilizi2134
      @tiborzilizi2134 3 года назад +1

      @@dakotaashe3184 I like that song , but I don t really take in every guitarist repertoire.

    • @dizzyz8485
      @dizzyz8485 3 года назад +5

      rhcp road trippin as well

    • @user-xw5bp2pd4u
      @user-xw5bp2pd4u 3 года назад +1

      From the beginning-ELP

    • @irnbruboy9442
      @irnbruboy9442 3 года назад +2

      Street Spirit isn't acoustic (obviously you can play it on an acoustic, but it's very much an electric song).

  • @judyhopps4090
    @judyhopps4090 3 года назад +215

    “This song is timeless”
    I officially dare YOU to play “wish you were here” by Pink Floyd for an entire day.
    Thank you

    • @CiggyRat
      @CiggyRat 3 года назад +4

      Lets get this man to top comments I need this to be done

    • @10stripmusic
      @10stripmusic 3 года назад +4

      and don't play the basic chords, play the real ones! they're not as simple as your difficulty rating leads people to believe!

    • @nicholasselke5214
      @nicholasselke5214 3 года назад +1

      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

    • @CiggyRat
      @CiggyRat 3 года назад +4

      @@nicholasselke5214 Yeah, well. Some of us don't have 12 strings. Sometimes a simple 6 string will have to do the trick.

    • @G_Demolished
      @G_Demolished 2 года назад +1

      @@CiggyRat Yeah just play it twice on a 6 string. 😝

  • @brandonbandstra226
    @brandonbandstra226 2 года назад +1

    This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for how much effort you put into making this video

  • @TheNinnyfee
    @TheNinnyfee 3 года назад +9

    I loved your list, thank you for sharing and providing new goals! ♥️ If you do a part 2, could you add "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas (my favourite right now) and/or "Stop this Train" by John Mayer?
    With "Mediterranean Sundance" you can see how much posture, guitar position, and the thumb behind the neck matter re "classical" pieces like this. Sitting up straight and left knee heightened to angle the guitar neck make a lot of of difference for the poor stretched hand. I started with classical nylon guitar, I still play classical pieces like this to relieve the hand hand give it more room.

  • @ScottFree4all
    @ScottFree4all 3 года назад +169

    I think The Black Crowes “She Talks to Angels” acoustic intro is lovely and should be on the list

    • @ruebenwooster8686
      @ruebenwooster8686 3 года назад +4

      It does open E

    • @LPCliftonMusic
      @LPCliftonMusic 3 года назад +2

      @Auxiliary Stream Services I believe the original is in open E but it can be played in standard tuning to a similar effect.

    • @pcs6905
      @pcs6905 3 года назад +1

      That’s a good one

    • @chadcoady9025
      @chadcoady9025 2 года назад +1

      @@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

  • @PetarBladeStrok
    @PetarBladeStrok 3 года назад +203

    Listen to Tommy Emannuel's Classical Gas. It's insane!

    • @MBrulla
      @MBrulla 3 года назад +2

      Bucket List accomplishment right there...

    • @tientje98
      @tientje98 3 года назад +2

      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

    • @LPCliftonMusic
      @LPCliftonMusic 3 года назад +7

      Everything he plays is insane.

    • @backyardblacksmith3090
      @backyardblacksmith3090 3 года назад

      I'm trying to play it on my classical...I sound like trash

    • @stepitupandgo67
      @stepitupandgo67 3 года назад +7

      his 'somewhere over the rainbow' is epic...

  • @dispozablehero9829
    @dispozablehero9829 3 года назад

    I just bought my first PRS and I love it. Such a beautiful sound and design

  • @chriscranker
    @chriscranker 3 года назад

    Just picked back up the ole guitar after only 20 years, loving this 🙏

  • @jeremythelad
    @jeremythelad 3 года назад +212

    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.

    • @frangolemac1160
      @frangolemac1160 3 года назад +11

      Tears in Heaven was my first ever fingerstyle song on acoustic, beautiful but gut wreching song

    • @danendraaryasatya2299
      @danendraaryasatya2299 3 года назад +5

      Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles also sounds great.

    • @JamesMcAlindon
      @JamesMcAlindon 3 года назад +6

      Also dust in the wind

    • @zfelps
      @zfelps 3 года назад +2

      more than words by extreme

    • @techfreak244
      @techfreak244 3 года назад +2

      @@frangolemac1160 gut wrenching in all the sad ways.

  • @dylanbevilacqua1814
    @dylanbevilacqua1814 3 года назад +454

    I’m still waiting for tears in heaven.

    • @alfiebenzie2315
      @alfiebenzie2315 3 года назад

      I was just about to comment this

    • @georgetowle8903
      @georgetowle8903 3 года назад +9

      @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

    • @StefanGBucher
      @StefanGBucher 3 года назад +3

      I’m still waiting for it to go away forever. 😂

    • @kubanturan9406
      @kubanturan9406 3 года назад

      Damn man, you got internet in heaven?

    • @tomkaroudo3756
      @tomkaroudo3756 Год назад

      It was originally played with a classic guitar

  • @tinnerman14paul43
    @tinnerman14paul43 Год назад +3

    I'm much older that you, and therefore love a lot of 60's and 70's stuff. Love the fact that you played Classical Gas and Ten Years After, "I'd Love to Change the World". Listened to them both on 8 track! There are tons you could include here, but a couple of my favorites are ELP's (Greg Lake) "From the Beginning" and a kind of one hit wonder, Mason Profit and "Two Hangmen". Great stuff and keep up the good work!

  • @mhfxfxr
    @mhfxfxr 2 года назад

    Outrageous, I spent the last hour plus going through all the recommended tunes! Great video and super friends with excellent songs. Thanks

  • @louiszaffino4071
    @louiszaffino4071 3 года назад +116

    ik neon doesn’t technically count. but COME ON the concert live version is just 🤌🏿👌🏿

    • @Atinajoshi
      @Atinajoshi 3 года назад +2

      fr fr

    • @daviepaige1352
      @daviepaige1352 3 года назад +6

      the whole live concert in general is amazing

    • @Atinajoshi
      @Atinajoshi 3 года назад +3

      @@daviepaige1352 by far my favorite album ever

  • @orionmartin6908
    @orionmartin6908 3 года назад +27

    “I’d love to change the world” is a under appreciated classic rock song!!!

    • @v1ncepupp1o7
      @v1ncepupp1o7 3 года назад +1

      Exactly! Beautiful song, love ten years after

  • @jdholland2009
    @jdholland2009 3 года назад

    From the beginning. It always puts me in a good place. I love strumming it. Greg, you are always missed.

  • @ZaneLeeGold
    @ZaneLeeGold Год назад +1

    Thank you very good vid. Love the TD PICK that will be a must for me.

  • @oldbalreask
    @oldbalreask 3 года назад +64

    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

    • @imacmadman22
      @imacmadman22 3 года назад +2

      Nice list, with a couple of exceptions.

    • @chowderwhillis9448
      @chowderwhillis9448 3 года назад +1

      Never going back again by Fleetwood and fuck stairway do over the hills and far away way better

    • @oldbalreask
      @oldbalreask 3 года назад +1

      @@chowderwhillis9448 Let's split the difference and go with "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" :)

    • @calibadgerdude6082
      @calibadgerdude6082 3 года назад +1

      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.

    • @Dante-xf1mu
      @Dante-xf1mu 3 года назад +1

      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.

  • @joeanimates7853
    @joeanimates7853 3 года назад +137

    Tyler: "Up next we got the greatest riff ever written..."
    Ad: "FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY"

    • @AaronGRandall
      @AaronGRandall 3 года назад +3

      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

    • @joeanimates7853
      @joeanimates7853 3 года назад +1

      @@AaronGRandall 😂😂😂 i feel you. I usually just press on the "dont show this ad" button while it's playin and it usually closes it.

    • @Alberto-ny7kf
      @Alberto-ny7kf 3 года назад +1

      @@AaronGRandall 10 min unskippable? wow

    • @dreamliner1977
      @dreamliner1977 3 года назад

      What are ads?

    • @apple_boy8973
      @apple_boy8973 2 года назад

      @@dreamliner1977 basically commercials that just interrupt your video random (some RUclipsrs put like 50 of in their videos just to get money)

  • @vilaskerezius6470
    @vilaskerezius6470 2 года назад +2

    I'd love to change the world is defo the best for me. Loved it, good for practice. I've been playing for just 6 months now starting to improvisse solos but sometimes acoustic is fun.

  • @deveryshepardson3640
    @deveryshepardson3640 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @TNTsnyper
    @TNTsnyper 3 года назад +57

    perfect timing cuz I've been getting into acoustic recently

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 3 года назад +3

      Same, no clue why.

    • @scaredycat8685
      @scaredycat8685 3 года назад

      Me too. I bought an Orangewood Oliver. Can’t put it down

    • @scaredycat8685
      @scaredycat8685 3 года назад

      I thought you were gonna pull out a Martin or Taylor, of course your using a PRS acoustic lmfao what was I thinking

  • @acquitz2208
    @acquitz2208 3 года назад +43

    Over the hills and far away helped my hammer ons and pull offs soooooo much

    • @briank6789
      @briank6789 3 года назад +2

      Great point!

    • @GraveyardghouI
      @GraveyardghouI 3 года назад +2

      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.

    • @chowderwhillis9448
      @chowderwhillis9448 3 года назад

      @@GraveyardghouI yeah that and never going back again are the two that got me into playing acoustic

  • @nickriffle3880
    @nickriffle3880 2 года назад +2

    this has to be the clearest and beautiful recording I've ever heard

  • @mattbrown352
    @mattbrown352 2 года назад

    Cheers man, helped me pick the next few songs I should learn, great list!

  • @aarxv_s1042
    @aarxv_s1042 3 года назад +179

    Slow dancing in a burning room is like heaven to ears(purposely)

  • @eog5217
    @eog5217 3 года назад +385

    Calling it Blackbird will be on it haven’t fully watched yet
    EDIT: RIP no it’s not

  • @newhampshirelifestyle4233
    @newhampshirelifestyle4233 2 года назад +2

    Great job and good selection! For a part II acoustic list I would recommend adding : Led Zeppelin "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" and Yes "The Clap" by the great Steve Howe!

  • @flashh_inc8287
    @flashh_inc8287 Год назад +1

    bro you played i'd love to change the world and I was happy because i adore and love playing that riff... BUT THEN YOU HIT ME WITH SOME TENACIOUS D!! I appreciate this man i never comment but you just blew my mind. rock on man keep it up

  • @UltimateExpress
    @UltimateExpress 3 года назад +365

    “Babe, Im gonna leave you”- Led Zeppelin

    • @deathwolf6328
      @deathwolf6328 3 года назад +2

      That is the exact song I was hoping for in this video

    • @dr.richardjurica8029
      @dr.richardjurica8029 3 года назад +7

      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
      @ernisluksys4783 3 года назад +3

      @@dr.richardjurica8029 Copyright

    • @TheAde2
      @TheAde2 3 года назад

      Super hard to dicifer that song but I agree

    • @dr.richardjurica8029
      @dr.richardjurica8029 3 года назад

      @@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.

  • @TheConfusedCyclops
    @TheConfusedCyclops 3 года назад +34

    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

  • @PhilWithCoffee
    @PhilWithCoffee 2 года назад +11

    Classical gas was the first actual song I ever learned. Took me some 2 months to get it right, but it was worth it and such a rewarding feeling when I mastered it. Great pick. Same with DiMeola, really good choice

    • @daved3256
      @daved3256 2 года назад +2

      Same here!

    • @truthtuube
      @truthtuube 2 года назад

      Tommy Emmanuel gives it a decent try, too.

    • @brandonwhite6421
      @brandonwhite6421 Год назад

      I've been working on Classical Gas on and off for 20 years. Sigh...

  • @thiscommetwastyped8695
    @thiscommetwastyped8695 3 года назад +147

    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

    • @antoniodiazm1234
      @antoniodiazm1234 3 года назад +5

      Tysm

    • @carlneoh5843
      @carlneoh5843 2 года назад +14

      I hope both sides of your pillow are cold every night

    • @thiscommetwastyped8695
      @thiscommetwastyped8695 2 года назад +2

      @@carlneoh5843 Thank you !
      May your blood glucose never spike no matter how much sweet you ever consume ☺

    • @OP_-pk9hm
      @OP_-pk9hm 2 года назад +1

      i literally love you...this dude talked SO MUCH

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 3 года назад +23

    You absolutely had me at Tenacious D! Acoustic is always fun to get into!

  • @Plums72
    @Plums72 3 года назад +8

    I could listen to that Tracy Chapman progression for hours. So beautiful in its simplicity

  • @EggsAreGreat
    @EggsAreGreat 3 месяца назад +1

    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.👍👍

  • @GMan-pi4or
    @GMan-pi4or 2 года назад +2

    I learned how to play Moonlight Mile by the Stones from the Sticky Fingers album and it is my opus LOL! Absolutely love open G tuning, it makes hacks like me sound competent. Great content thank you.

  • @samstring6827
    @samstring6827 3 года назад +32

    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

    • @mdasikkhan1610
      @mdasikkhan1610 3 года назад +1

      Agree

    • @frizzman1991
      @frizzman1991 3 года назад +1

      Even simply for its iconic status as an legendary acoustic jam; it's just gotta be on the nest list.

    • @freesk8
      @freesk8 3 года назад +1

      I agree. Just wish the lyrics weren't so depressing.

    • @JL897139
      @JL897139 3 года назад +2

      Working on it, well, Eddie Vedder's interpretation

    • @netcatfulful
      @netcatfulful 3 года назад +1

      Agree.

  • @brooksschumacher7463
    @brooksschumacher7463 3 года назад +223

    Honestly "Never Going Back Again" By Fleetwood is the greatest finger picking song of all time IMHO.

    • @Skibbidyboobop
      @Skibbidyboobop 3 года назад +7

      next level. not to mention Lyndsey sings through it. " Big Love" specifically from The Dance album may change your mind.

    • @berttorpson2592
      @berttorpson2592 3 года назад +3

      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

    • @Noir0rioN
      @Noir0rioN 3 года назад +1

      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!

    • @Peter-cm8vi
      @Peter-cm8vi 3 года назад +3

      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.

    • @bertiec1593
      @bertiec1593 3 года назад +4

      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.

  • @bigjimstream
    @bigjimstream 9 месяцев назад

    There are a few good songs in the mix. Thanks for posting.

  • @juddery
    @juddery Год назад

    All great songs that I love, but I subscribed for Master Exploder! Great video.

  • @nolaninman8245
    @nolaninman8245 3 года назад +232

    No stairway. Denied

    • @geraldhenrickson7472
      @geraldhenrickson7472 3 года назад +3

      OMGoodness. You are right. I completely missed that. This may be my first thumbs down!

    • @stephenonguitars
      @stephenonguitars 3 года назад +3

      Because he knows many people would be expecting it, so he has an excuse to upload a part 2.

    • @slickbrick5907
      @slickbrick5907 3 года назад +3

      I was actually expecting "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" instead for some reason

    • @jonahdab2491
      @jonahdab2491 3 года назад +1

      I think they must be to complicated for him to play them.

    • @manuelbarros4898
      @manuelbarros4898 3 года назад

      @@stephenonguitars It’s a meme on his channel. Search for “forbidden riff”. ;)

  • @OurTimeIsNowBand
    @OurTimeIsNowBand 3 года назад +40

    Gotta do “Crazy On You”
    Song’s intro is a beast.

    • @chrisv791
      @chrisv791 2 года назад

      Came here to say this^^^

  • @thomassparks8294
    @thomassparks8294 2 года назад +1

    I agree Nothing Else Matters is a beautiful acoustic intro. It and One are my two favorite Metallica songs. Both have great acoustic parts.

  • @athenianheretic3395
    @athenianheretic3395 2 года назад

    The Ten Years After pick was awesome choice. Kudos to you for recognizing and old beauty from a great guitarist {Alvin Lee) and a great band lethally underrated. A "kid" of the 70s salutes you.

  • @einojamsa5343
    @einojamsa5343 3 года назад +70

    I would add two songs to this list: Crazy On You by Heart, and the live intro to Fleetwood Mac's Big Love 😍

    • @anthiondel
      @anthiondel 3 года назад +4

      Crazy on you is amazing, I'm surprised it wasn't here

    • @littleraven28
      @littleraven28 3 года назад +2

      Yes. I love Heart and Big Love by LB is awesome

    • @oh4539
      @oh4539 3 года назад

      Yes! Both amazing intros

  • @ctyligad
    @ctyligad 3 года назад +94

    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.

  • @fanofjazz2
    @fanofjazz2 2 года назад

    Awesome man. Loved it. Thanks for the video.

  • @travisturner5963
    @travisturner5963 2 года назад

    Love your videos man. They're entertaining and insightful. Keep on keeping on and if you ever just want to give one of those gorgeous guitars just send it my way brother 😆

  • @dualtahunter4043
    @dualtahunter4043 3 года назад +109

    The intro to "I Stay Away" by Alice in Chains sounds so magical

    • @djent5592
      @djent5592 3 года назад +8

      Aic best band. The whole ep is amazing

    • @josh1253
      @josh1253 3 года назад +4

      Alice In Chains rocks, every album was a masterpiece

    • @josh1253
      @josh1253 3 года назад +1

      Especially the EP

    • @wornstrat5517
      @wornstrat5517 3 года назад +2

      I was just listening to that, what an ep! *chef's kiss

    • @kushalchhetri2516
      @kushalchhetri2516 3 года назад

      True but very easy to play

  • @CaptBaker
    @CaptBaker 3 года назад +12

    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

  • @danlewis7707
    @danlewis7707 2 года назад +3

    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.

    • @tracythompson5960
      @tracythompson5960 2 года назад

      All these are blockers so it's hard to get any of these to stick on RUclips, especially the Eagles.

  • @blazingmonolith4323
    @blazingmonolith4323 3 года назад +2

    So glad you did High and Dry and not Karma Police.
    Also the Rain Song by Zepp

  • @RachelFromEurope
    @RachelFromEurope 3 года назад +26

    I miss Crazy on You - Heart, More Than a Feeling - Boston and Jolene by Dolly Parton. Great video anyways, thanks for the inspiration!

  • @noahr4951
    @noahr4951 3 года назад +28

    Last time I was this early my Bigsby was in tune

  • @canadaeast8358
    @canadaeast8358 2 года назад +3

    Nothing else matters is my favourite song to play probably the one I’m the best at . You do a amazing job at it man

    • @cal.anonymous7970
      @cal.anonymous7970 3 месяца назад

      Yippee, & new chop man, Matteo Mancuso ❤️😎🔥

  • @MaidOMatic
    @MaidOMatic 2 года назад

    I love this channel! You are so charismatic and play so well, plus... you are funny!

  • @MatthewWilkie_
    @MatthewWilkie_ 3 года назад +26

    a great radiohead acoustic song is paranoid android, slightly complex intro to begin with but once you pick it up it sounds fantastic!

  • @AKOsiMORRIS
    @AKOsiMORRIS 3 года назад +53

    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

  • @brendajeannewyche2294
    @brendajeannewyche2294 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you. These are great!❤️😁

  • @robertpieper5142
    @robertpieper5142 3 года назад

    This was great! I rarely watch these all the way through, but this was well done. I've been trying to master Classical Gas for 10 years now, and...well...you'll want you to keep trying for some time too. It's very nuanced!

  • @BlueL1n3
    @BlueL1n3 3 года назад +40

    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

    • @marth_6126
      @marth_6126 3 года назад +3

      Drive definitely should be in anyone's list. And just some Decemberists in general.

    • @zachvitto5831
      @zachvitto5831 3 года назад +1

      Barenaked Ladies-Pinch Me❤️❤️

    • @BlueL1n3
      @BlueL1n3 3 года назад

      @@zachvitto5831 good one! I forgot about that one

    • @kylewoody7511
      @kylewoody7511 3 года назад +1

      Belle is a great one

    • @BlueL1n3
      @BlueL1n3 3 года назад

      @@kylewoody7511 that's one I never get tired of playing. You get in a groove with it and it just flows.

  • @AlexM-fq5nb
    @AlexM-fq5nb 2 года назад +11

    Two of the first songs I learned on acoustic were Simple Man by Lynard Skynard and Dust in the Wind by Kansas

  • @claybone799
    @claybone799 Год назад +14

    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!

    • @weber247
      @weber247 10 месяцев назад

      You know they say that Randy was etuding to a composition by Leo Brouwer, might be #6

  • @Mg-vy6lh
    @Mg-vy6lh 3 года назад +13

    “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

  • @TheChewyWun
    @TheChewyWun 3 года назад +116

    No "Here comes the sun"? Would think that'd be a standard for sure.

    • @miratparmar6779
      @miratparmar6779 2 года назад

      By bill wurtz?

    • @TheChewyWun
      @TheChewyWun 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @miratparmar6779
      @miratparmar6779 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @Gromper69
      @Gromper69 2 года назад +8

      @@miratparmar6779 bro what in the fuck lol you didn’t know the Beatles wrote that but know about bill wurtz

    • @EduardA-xs8ls
      @EduardA-xs8ls 2 года назад

      @@Gromper69 lmao

  • @BrianAz
    @BrianAz Год назад

    Thank you for this! As a beginner... I need to be able to play anything to keep me motivated.

  • @Viepeo22
    @Viepeo22 2 года назад +5

    I can't believe I finally saw someone recommending Ten Years After. They don't get the love they deserve

  • @natem9890
    @natem9890 3 года назад +74

    No one ever puts “crazy on you” on their list ;/

    • @dookieshoe2905
      @dookieshoe2905 3 года назад +4

      I can nail that intro...on guitar hero.

    • @danepresley7851
      @danepresley7851 3 года назад +3

      Literally one of my favorite intros

    • @danepresley7851
      @danepresley7851 3 года назад +2

      @@stuffandjunkanduhh5049 I think Tyler could get pretty damn close but even Nancy Wilson said she does it a little different every time

    • @chowderwhillis9448
      @chowderwhillis9448 3 года назад +4

      Fleet wood macs never going back again is way better tho but crazy on u is still amazing

    • @calibadgerdude6082
      @calibadgerdude6082 3 года назад +1

      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.

  • @SuperRambo111
    @SuperRambo111 3 года назад +22

    Tommy Emmanuel did a pretty good cover of classical gas. I recommend learning his version ;P

    • @niekvanwensen
      @niekvanwensen 3 года назад

      Pretty perfect to say the least😂 that guy is a beast on the acoustic

    • @frizzman1991
      @frizzman1991 3 года назад +3

      Indeed, I was stunned that he didn't mention my boy Tommy!

    • @HeadbangoO
      @HeadbangoO 3 года назад

      @@frizzman1991 He plays acoustic like a metal boy, of course he won't play some TE 😂

    • @jamisf914
      @jamisf914 3 года назад

      Ya Tommy’s classical gas is fairly attainable, couple hours practice and should be able to nail it

    • @SuperRambo111
      @SuperRambo111 3 года назад

      @@jamisf914 my thoughts exactly :D

  • @twigd3825
    @twigd3825 2 года назад +2

    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.

  • @peterking1270
    @peterking1270 3 года назад

    Have seen about 20 of your clips and hate (envy) you just a little more everytime. Amazing

  • @coleklaire3846
    @coleklaire3846 3 года назад +39

    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!

    • @bushman6964
      @bushman6964 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, back when i was learning guitar I got hey joe (solo included) down in one week, but back in black was hard as hell to me for some reason lmao

    • @filipczo
      @filipczo 2 года назад +1

      @@bushman6964 To me it was literally the exact opposite to you! You're right cole avon

  • @frizzman1991
    @frizzman1991 3 года назад +9

    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'

  • @jeffa.evans-fineart1711
    @jeffa.evans-fineart1711 Год назад +2

    I like your choices. I also like some of the suggestions I saw below. They may have been suggested?, but here’s a few for your part two 😊: over the hills and far away (zeppelin), pick a CSN&Y song - almost any song, fire and rain (James Taylor), Ventura Highway (America), Eric Clayton’s unplugged version of Layla, wildflowers (Tom Petty)

  • @mallorydaniellemusic
    @mallorydaniellemusic 3 года назад +2

    To be honest this list was a lot different than what I thought it was going to be I think this would be considered more of an alternative rock top 10 list because I was really expecting to see some classic rock on this list but it's your channel man have fun with it!

  • @wakzyon
    @wakzyon 3 года назад +14

    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 ;)

  • @danidelanava
    @danidelanava 3 года назад +26

    Dust in the wind
    Shape of my heart
    “The forbidden guitar store song”...

  • @SkeeterMC
    @SkeeterMC 2 года назад

    Thank you! God bless!

  • @tylergooch8087
    @tylergooch8087 18 дней назад

    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!

  • @Michael-uk3pj
    @Michael-uk3pj 3 года назад +27

    Dire straits
    Romeo & Juliet
    Maybe tears in heaven too

  • @Dogsrule777
    @Dogsrule777 3 года назад +6

    My suggestion would be “Over the Hills & Far Away” by Led Zep!

  • @carlaspinall7418
    @carlaspinall7418 7 месяцев назад +1

    Layla is one of my fav eric clapton songs on accustic and electric guitar🎶🎸

  • @MiniTruckMatt
    @MiniTruckMatt 2 месяца назад

    I like that slide into the second chord on Why Georgia. Gonna have to give that a shot.

  • @eduardorodriguez4899
    @eduardorodriguez4899 3 года назад +133

    Tommy Emmanuel’s version of classical gas is the hardest thing ever

    • @vincentreyes6154
      @vincentreyes6154 3 года назад +1

      Oh my gosh, underrated comment. It took me a month to learn just the main riff!

    • @blazingmonolith4323
      @blazingmonolith4323 3 года назад +1

      That opening solo into the riff is unreal.

    • @tomasprochazka2333
      @tomasprochazka2333 2 года назад

      Have you ever heard of grysha goriachevs almoraima

    • @seojumbo589
      @seojumbo589 2 года назад

      Anything of Tommy Emanuel is the hardest song to play lol

  • @mrssriplo1
    @mrssriplo1 3 года назад +9

    When it comes to acoustic intros in particular I would suggest the beginning part of "Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows" by the band Petra. After the first verse and chorus it goes electric but the whole song is amazing... Both from a musical standpoint and a lyrical standpoint. Really gets you thinking.

    • @cwize
      @cwize 2 года назад +1

      It took me a while to learn that Petra’s cover of “God Gave Rock and Roll to You” was indeed a cover (Argent) but most people know the Kiss cover. Great acoustic intro.

  • @b.wiggins714
    @b.wiggins714 2 года назад

    Awesome. Got some new songs to learn. Thank you.

  • @rockyourworld5374
    @rockyourworld5374 2 года назад +8

    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.

  • @richardsantangelo8815
    @richardsantangelo8815 3 года назад +7

    Crazy On You by Heart should absolutely be on a part 2 of this list!

    • @RachelFromEurope
      @RachelFromEurope 3 года назад +1

      I was looking for this comment. Absolutely beautiful and (almost) impossible

    • @richardkarakozian3800
      @richardkarakozian3800 3 года назад +1

      Love that song and am learning it right now

  • @marciosilvaoficial
    @marciosilvaoficial 3 года назад +22

    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.

    • @Alberto-ny7kf
      @Alberto-ny7kf 3 года назад +1

      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?

    • @marciosilvaoficial
      @marciosilvaoficial 3 года назад +1

      @@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!😀

  • @michaelperrone9823
    @michaelperrone9823 3 года назад +1

    These are some of my favorite acoustic guitar songs. Not that everyone should learn, but I encourage players to seek them out and at least lisen to them. Listed approximately from easiest to hardest, for those who like a challenge.
    Lianne La Havas - Au Cinema (Beautful song, she often plays on an acoustic
    electric, but great fingerstyle and use of dynamics.
    Stan Rogers - Harris and the Mare (It may sound pretty easy, but it is not easy
    to be so in the pocket while singing so well.)
    Burt Jansch - Oh My Babe (No wonder it has been said he was a real influence
    on Jimmy Page. Hard to find, but just a huge favorite of mine.)
    Larry Coryell and Steve Kahn - Spain (by Chick Corea ..Yes, two acoustics,
    but their "conversation" and energy are infectuous.)
    Chris Whitley - Light Rain (by Sun House) (Does a resonator count as
    acoustic? C Whitley famously never had a formal "guitar
    lesson". His own compositions are beautiful and intricate, but
    this is a show of utter mastery. Found on an Import of a
    German solo acoustic concert - Bremen, I think - caled "On AIr",
    late in his career.
    Erik Mongrain - Fearless (Percussive madness)
    Roland Dyens - A Night in Tunisia (by Dizzy Gillespie.

  • @jasonjewell1667
    @jasonjewell1667 2 года назад

    Dude!!! I would love to change the world riff! That is the 🙏 I was hoping to find here. Thank you!