good acoustic songs

[Sandman_96707]

Look for some good acoustic songs out there

[55'gibby]

there are at least a half a million great songs.... what kind of styles are you interested in? some of my favs are: crossroads, 4 + 20, willin', ol '55.... way too many to mention here... toss this dog a bone, how long have you been playin'.... are you acustom to open and modal tunings? blues, jass, folk, c & w, there are a lot of cool places to find tab (like here), just pick one and go with it

[Sandman_96707]

1) I do rock and metal type things, but when I'm just sittin' around I'll do blues/slide.
2)Been playing 2 1/2 years, but I learn fast.
3)I use open tunings sometimes, but I normally use 1/2 step down from standard tuning. I don't know what modal tunings are
4)I know where to get tab, It's just I don't know very many songs on the acoustic (that I can play or that I've heard) and I wanna learn some good ones. Not random ones. Preferably one within the last 20 years because I'm gonna get an Mp3 to go with it (can't learn unless I hear it) and there's probably nothing ripped before 1970.

[55'gibby]

sandman,

Ive been gigging around town for 25 years and have been playin' for 35 years (damn am I that old). My method is this:

1) listen to a w i d e range of songs, find one that makes my butt move... then learn it. but find one one that I can sing along with, it's much easier to learn the feel of the song that way. I would like to suggest a few artists to listen to, but, you should look into that yourself. Melody is a bit more important in acoustic music

2) find a song you already know and re-arrange it for acoustic. this is a bit harder to do. this also gives you a greater feel for the way music is composed and arranged.

3) write one yourself

if I may suggest (you knew this was coming) a song to learn is: if I could change the world, or, any unplugged stuff should be easy to find a mp3 and clapton tab is easy to find.

your choice, let me know which way you went

[ssiowi]

Hi S:

http://www.yourdreamdive.com/songs shows a directory with some of my personal favorites in chord-embedded lyric form. You'll use Acrobat to view these files.

Beyond that S, try tabcrawler.com, ultimate-guitar.com or any of the other free tab sites. Oh yeah, I have luck also using seach engines with the Boolean search "+artist +title" in which you can name your artist and title. That approach takes me to individual sites of folks like me who share their tabs from their sites.

Its all good, S.

B from P,

DMT

[Sandman_96707]

55'gibby - I was wondering if you personally know of an accurate tab. I've seen tabs rated 5 out of 5 stars on mxtabs.net and they weren't too accurate. I know where I can find tabs, but I want to save searching time by going to a recommended accurate one

ssiowi - Look at the second post (the numbered one) and look at number 4.

[the_doors_girl]

HI
Try looking at tabcrawler.com If I remeber they do have an acoustic area. Or check out the links on Cyberfret there are many good websites out there its just a matter of looking for them.
Hope I could help

[Sandman_96707]

I'm starting to repeat myself here. I KNOW WHERE TO GET TAB! I AM LOOKING FOR SONG RECOMMENDATIONS AND A TAB YOU'VE TRIED AND THINK IS ACCURATE.

[uncw_grad]

I know exactly what you mean about not finding tabs that look right. That is what I am trying to do. The one that I have been working on for the past week or so that sounds right to me is Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. I got the tab off of either mxtabs or tabcrawler. I can't remember which. The individual tab is accurate, but as far as the correct strums for the chords, I have no idea. Speaking of which, if anyone knows of any software that will chop up mp3s so I can hear just the guitar out of it, let me know. Hope I helped, but the song is great and the tab seems accurate.

[Sandman_96707]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it out when I have the time.