Recommend me some acoustic pieces to learn

BRISTOL86

With all this time stuck at home there's never been a better time to put some effort into learning some new pieces! So, wise sages of the forum, please recommend me some acoustic pieces that are fun to learn which sound good in their own right as a solo acoustic piece and not part of a wider ensemble...

Anything goes really! 

munckee

Nobody knows you when you're down and out is a favourite of mine.

BRISTOL86

munckee said:

Nobody knows you when you're down and out is a favourite of mine.

Good shout!

markj

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/162069/ngd-recommend-some-good-acoustic-songs-to-learn#latest

Fuengi

Tracy Chapman Fast Car is fun, if slightly repetitive. 

I love playing U2's Bad on the acoustic, a great workout for your picking if playing without a delay pedal. 

Headphones

This is a guitar forum after all, so you must start with the "stairway" intro"... er.. man.

Wazmeister

Lots on Paul Davids YT channel;

BRISTOL86

Headphones said:

This is a guitar forum after all, so you must start with the "stairway" intro"... er.. man.

Thanks but I'll wait until I've mastered Smoke on the Water first  

Thanks all, great suggestions so far! 

brojangles

I'm taking the opportunity to work on Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac. This version rather than the album version: 

oaf

Here's a nice song:

and the man himself to show you how to play it

SteveF

I'm having a go at Paul Davids' arrangement of Autumn Leaves at the moment.  It's relatively simple but has a couple of chords my fingers are not used to and has a swung timing, so it's proving more of a challenge than it probably should! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr7qWXClmpk&list=PLZebjpqL5e3dj5fQTawHf_CNe3_AvsQUg&index=8&t=405s

DulcetJones

I found a nice fingerstyle rendition of Cat Stevens "Sad Lisa" on ultimate guitar tabs that I'm obsessed with right now.

BigLicks67

How about this one : 

ToneControl

Yesterday

digitalkettle

L’Alchimiste - Pierre Bensusan...should keep you busy for a couple of years

rinkydinkron

Always loved this apparently simple wee ditty but struggling to perfect the picking pattern particularly while singing at the same time. The phrasing of the lyric is quite rubato which is an additional challenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKv8n8C5lc4

Neurone

Some day I will put the work into learning this one 

stimpsonslostson

Poorest Company by Kris Drever


Here's a how to:


I've been working on this

TrevinDevon

sixstringfingerpicking.com has a ton of free lessons (you only have to pay if you want the tabs) across a range of genres and he's a great teacher. (No affiliation, but in my book anyone who can teach me to play 'Classical Gas' deserves a plug.) Here are 60 of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZwH_0tYXvk&feature=emb_logo

MichaelWatts

PM me your email address and I'll send you a PDF of one of mine. 

RandallFlagg

https://youtu.be/2q0GdLEev60