I'm coming to the end of the beginner section on Justin Guitar. Still have months to go before I'll be ready to move on, there is a lot still to cover and get proficient at. But one of the things he recommends in the last beginner lesson is to develop a repertoire. This seems like an excellent idea. Who gives a shit if someone can play parts of a bunch of different songs? Much better to be able to play a few songs all the way through, cleanly, and in time. So here's my target beginner repertoire, based on using at least one song from each of the lessons so far:
- Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen
- How Bizarre, by OMC
- Bad Moon Rising, by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Cortez the Killer, by Neil Young
- Use Me, by Bill Withers
- Chocolate Jesus, by Tom Waits
- Ain't No Sunshine, by Bill Withers
- Get Lucky, by Daft Punk
- Hey Joe, by Jimi Hendrix
- Wish You Were Here, by Pink Floyd (with intro!)
- Brown Eyed Girl, by Van Morrison
- Free Fallin', by Tom Petty
- You Can't Always Get What You Want, by the Rolling Stones
- La Bamba, by Ritchie Valens
- All Along the Watchtower, by Bob Dylan
- Dreams, by Fleetwood Mac
- House of the Rising Sun, by the Animals
- Song 2, by Blur
- Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana
- All the Small Things, by Blink 182
- Boom Boom, by John Lee Hooker
- Johnny B Goode, by Chuck Berry
- Norwegian Wood, by the Beatles
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door, by Bob Dylan
- Jane Says, by Jane's Addiction
- The Passenger, by Iggy Pop
The songs in bold are ones I've already started learning to some extent. Kind of neat to look back on the past six months and see how far I've come. Not as far as I might have, to be sure, but still. Six months ago I had basically never picked up a guitar.
Will keep working on other things, of course, but this list gives me some shape and structure for song practice.
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