What is your "Acoustic Repertoire"?

Sambostar · November 2015

Absolutely everything from the first two Warren Zevon albums

Vast Indifference of Heaven - Zevon or David Lindley version

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

Take on Me - A Ha

Springsteen - Racing in the streets

Make you Feel my Love - Dylan

19 - Redgum

Love Gun - Kiss

Brother - Morton Harket

Since U been Gone -Kelly Clarkson

My Island Home - Warumpi Band

Khe Sahn - Cold Chisel

Snow - RHCP

Rhinestone Cowboy - Larry Weiss

The Gael - Dougie Maclean

She loves Me - Dougie Maclean

Caledonia - Dougie Maclean

Who will Sing my Lullabies - By someone

Some other shyte and non singing stuff as well as The Gael, but that is the stuff above that I sing and play

Used to enjoy playing GNR's One in a Million or Want You Back for Good by Take That to various ex's. Especially the line in One in a Million. Didn't like that one bit.

thomasross20 · November 2015

Any of you got vids of your acoustic set?

richardhomer · November 2015

I like having a pop at this from time to time:

thomasross20 · November 2015

Quite a lot of the main travis picking or fingerstyle stuff is with the main chords down near the nut.

I'd be very interested to hear tunes playing different kinds of chord higher up the register (but still with conventional tuning)

Nitefly · November 2015

Amazing that by page 3 we only have one Eagles song (Tequila Sunrise was mentioned). Do people just find them too passe now?

You will ALWAYS get people to foot-tap and/or sing-along to stuff like Lyin' Eyes, Take It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feelin', New Kid in Town, etc.

Also no James Taylor? Fire and Rain was the first one I learned. I used to go into a music shop on Portland St in Manchester in about 1973, and read the Happy Traum tab transcriptions, then go straight home and try it on the guitar (couldn't afford to buy the book!).

I also learned Sweet Baby James and You've Got a Friend the same way... then I got the hang of his finger-picking and chord style and started working them out for myself.

And Big Yellow Taxi (Joni MItchell) is a corker but in Open E tuning (or possibly Open D).

God, I could go on for ages...

thomasross20 · November 2015

Big Yellow Taxi could be cool.

Honestly, I've never heard many Eagles tunes!

Nitefly · November 2015

I'm sure you will have heard them, Thomas, but maybe not recognised them as The Eagles.

They are usually quite simple-sounding strummers but with some nice chord voicings.

I used to play a lot of them in a duo - the other guy sang the main melody and I sang harmonies as appropriate.

Lots of their early stuff was written by Jackson Browne.

thomasross20 · November 2015

I got one of their double-CD best-ofs a while back - will have to dig it out!

Nitefly · November 2015

Good plan!

thomasross20 · November 2015

Oh man...!!

I've GOT to learn some Justin Timberlake songs on acoustic lol... my secret pleasure

Nitefly · November 2015

I've never knowingly heard one!

musicman100 · November 2015

Atkins/travis style tunes

Rocker · November 2015

Monkeybone said:

This is the set list I tried a couple of weeks ago (not necessarily in this order):
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Be My Downfall - Del Amitri
Just Like A Man - Del Amitri
Driving With The Brakes On - Del Amitri
Sleep Instead Of Teardrops - Del Amitri (are you seeing a theme here?)
If I Ever Loved You - Justin Currie (see, theme still going...)
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Home - Daughtry
Poker Face - Lady Gaga (but Daughtry cover)
Between Heaven And Hell - Zakk Wylde
Sleeping Sickness - City And Colour
Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
The Space Between - Dave Matthews Band
Outside - Staind
A Little Respect - Erasure
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Watch Over You - Alter Bridge - Open G
Open Your Eyes - Alter Bridge - DADGAD
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles - DADGAD
Write It On Your Skin - Newton Faulkner - DADAGAD + loop pedal for vocals
Teardrop - Massive Attack/Newton Faulkner - DADGAD + loop pedal for guitar (yes, I'm a cheat)
Gone In The Morning - Newton Faulkner - DADGAD
Everlong - Foo Fighters - DADGAD
Ticket To Ride - The Beatles
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Adapted from the Foy Vance cover
Hey Ya! - Outkast (The Blanks cover)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Tribute - Tenacious D
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryrd Skynyrd
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
As you can probably tell, a lot of my set is quite downbeat/depressing, needless to say it didn't go down well in a pub where they wanted singalong classics...

You are not cheating because you use a loop pedal to get your sound my friend. A loop pedal is not the same as using a backing track. IMHO of course.

BigLicks67 · November 2015

thomasross20 said:

Quite a lot of the main travis picking or fingerstyle stuff is with the main chords down near the nut.
I'd be very interested to hear tunes playing different kinds of chord higher up the register (but still with conventional tuning)

There's Blackbird for starters : ignore the dodgy singing

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Map of the World - Pat Metheny :

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John McClaughlin's arrangement of Blue in Green by Miles Davis :

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thomasross20 · November 2015

Thanks!

samldr1984 · November 2015

I've been working on John Mayer's 'Queen of California' today, finger style it's quite tricky to get down.

OnTheRopes · November 2015

What a great thread, I have just picked up the guitar again after many years in the wilderness and looking to stick with acoustic for a while. Started with 'Babe I'm gonna leave you by LZ and 'Dead Man' by Neil Young. Neither which I am finding easy.

This thread will serve to give me some good ideas of what to work on.

raphaelsamad · December 2015

thomasross20 said:

As per title... I'm looking for ideas (strum alongs, fingerstyle, anything). Tunes I currently play on my acoustic:

500 miles
Crazy (Aerosmith)
Fingerstyle version of White Wedding
The odd 'Guns tune
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Big Love ('Mac)
Used to play Tommy's Day Tripper/Lady Madonna but haven't tried that for some time
More Than Words
Hole Hearted
Spanish Fly
Beautiful Girls
Probably some others I can't remember...

Would like to try and incorporate a cool slide tune. I don't usually do non-standard tunings.
I'm trying to sing along to half of these but it can be tricky (for me, anyway).

Anyway... looking for some good suggestions. Maybe a good acoustic showpiece with a hook. Be good to hear what your acoustic repertoire is! (Just remembered I'd love to play some Newton Faulkner - will have to look into that!)

If you play "More Than Words' and sing, I am mightily impressed! - I have tried it but my vocal range cannot handle it which is very annoying as it is a lovely song.

thomasross20 · December 2015

Unfortunately I can't sing it well

Col_Decker · December 2015

If you're at a party and somebody hands you an acoustic there is only one song imo that should be your go to or fall back position.

the theme to Only Fools and Horses.

3 chords + everyone sings along = laid

thomasross20 · December 2015

I think this "getting laid by playing a guitar at a party" thing is a myth...

Besides, we all know it's the Cheers theme song that is the best

Sambostar · December 2015

thomasross20 said:

Unfortunately I can't sing it well

Have a go and post it in the singing thread. I need a laugh. Fed up at laughing at myself, it's like a broken record.

thomasross20 · December 2015

I've not practised it for ages but that's a good target!

IanSavage · December 2015

thomasross20 said:

I think this "getting laid by playing a guitar at a party" thing is a myth...

Speaking from experience, I beg to differ

thomasross20 · December 2015

A rarity then?

Lol

Oh gawd I must just be a loser lol

(TO be fair I'm not at many (any...) parties)

Sambostar · December 2015

IanSavage said:

thomasross20 said:

I think this "getting laid by playing a guitar at a party" thing is a myth...

Speaking from experience, I beg to differ

Probably depends if you have a nine inch cock or not and let it hang out whilst you are playing.

thomasross20 · December 2015

Sambostar · December 2015

Bastard. Oh well, maybe in the next life.

Hey, put some singing up.

thomasross20 · December 2015

Way too busy with the album, I'm planning on doing a music video

BahHumbug · January 2016

Ooh can I play? Hmm I'll do a list when I've figured out this editor.......

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