Apart from the obvious Mr Brightside, there's the intro to this old track, which I've been trying to learn since my dad showed me the song - it caught my ear. It's a really good song.
Now, on a standard-tuned guitar that jangly 12-string intro requires you to be capo'd at the 6th fret, which means that my long spidery fingers are cramped right up together so it's rather uncomfortable. Ah well, I'll get there...
So, over to you... what songs have you been surprised by before, when you tried to learn them and found them much more difficult than you were expecting?
- "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
The opening riff to "Burn" by Deep Purple when played correctly is harder than it sounds. I have long fingers so I use that for the bass note rather than the thumb which I find more difficult.
Here is 3 Jacko songs where the songs aren't too difficult to learn but the Funky Guitar solos are a lot more challenging than they sound.
1) Billie Jean
2) Smooth Criminal (This one in particular to get it spot on)
3) Wanna Be Startin' Something
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Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch: Great Guitar Line that sounds easier than it actually is
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make(Picking Riff) I find that takes some sustained practice or I lose it.
Blur - There's No Other Way. Have to concentrate hard for this song.
Jeff Buckley - Grace (Picking Riff)
I think all these were considerably harder to play than I first thought.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
True. In "My Sharona" though, I think my main hurdle is the fast part of the solo :-B
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Queen of the Ryche, a straight forward rock song, much harder to play than it sounds.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
And when I did some Madness songs - no ska song uses more than 3 chords but Madness obviously got bored with that formula and started throwing whole chord dictionaries into the pot.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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