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12-10-2006, 11:02 AM | #1 |
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The most difficult/easiest songs to play?
Which are in your opinion the most difficult and the easiest of Damien's songs to play, considered that I'm a beginner?
What do you suggest me to start with? Thanks, any help appreciated Ste |
12-10-2006, 11:08 AM | #2 |
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hmm i'd start with volcano, bottom shelf or most notably the easiest by far is coconut skins.
the most difficult.... his most difficult would be dogs, lonelily or baby sister. i suggest start with Coconut skins. simple G to to an inverted G. 3 to 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 and if you get more competent throw in a 3 3 0 0 0 2 hope it helps... tim
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12-10-2006, 11:16 AM | #3 |
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lonelily isn't hard if you strum it
F, C, G, C, F, C, G, G (the picking isn't that bad anyway )
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12-10-2006, 01:31 PM | #4 |
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Thank you guys
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12-11-2006, 03:56 AM | #5 |
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i'd say cannonball if played absolutely correctly is harder than dogs or baby sister
definately start with coconut skins though, easiest by far. Blower's Daughter isn't hard either, once you can play bar chords |
12-11-2006, 05:03 AM | #6 | |
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Easy songs: The Animals Were Gone [pretty easy. you just need to practice.] Coconut Skins [also isn't so hard.] The Blower's Daughter [easy easy, just practice] Cold Water [maybe the easyest.] Just begin with those songs, and with the time try to challenge yourself with others. |
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12-11-2006, 02:02 PM | #7 |
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Cold Water is definately the easiest in my opinion. Blowers' Daughter can be a little awkward, and takes some practice. On the harder side that would be Cannonball and Dogs. Lonelilly is quite easy... as well as Cross Eyed Bear.
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12-11-2006, 02:44 PM | #8 |
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cmon now! baby sister is fiddly at first! but it's not that bad.
Eskimo friend is quite easy. canonball is annoying i've not succeeded it. But it's not really a particular favourite so leave it be say i.
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12-11-2006, 06:00 PM | #12 |
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I think that Coconut Skins is the easiest to play. I recommend learning Cannonball, though. The song uses basic hammer-ons and slides and once you get those two down fairly well (in conjunction with strumming), you can play a lot of other Damien songs. Good luck!
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12-11-2006, 07:53 PM | #13 |
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Thank you all...I may start with coconut then...I actually think that the blower's daughter is not that easy to play, but I'm not the best person to learn? cause probably I'm wrong again
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12-11-2006, 08:47 PM | #14 | |
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0 -> 0 -> 0 0 -> 0 -> 0 1 -> 6 -> 8 2 -> 7 -> 9 2 -> 7 -> 9 0 -> 5 -> 7 And then the C#m is just sliding up again: 0 0 9 11 11 9 Makes it REALLY easy to play Oh, and you can stay up for the E at: 0 0 9 9 7 0 Which if you do it like this, enables a little bit of cool hammering on/pulling off on the G string (heh, pulling off G-string - bet no-one's ever made that joke before!): 0 -> 0 0 -> 0 8 -> 9 9 -> 9 7 -> 7 0 -> 0 but you'll have to work out your own rhythms and stuff for that Hope that all made sense. I'm not really a very good guitar player, so I may have got that all totally wrong...
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12-11-2006, 09:29 PM | #15 |
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for a beginner the blowers daughter is not easy to play.
its a good one to move on to though if ya get me?
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12-12-2006, 12:04 PM | #16 |
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Cold water is dead easy to play, just whack a capo the 4th and you barely have to move your hand
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12-12-2006, 02:08 PM | #17 | |
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To play Cannonball properly is more difficult than either Dogs or Baby Sister... and I would have suggested Lonelily as one of the easiest to pick up. But hey what do I know!
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12-12-2006, 02:16 PM | #18 |
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Woman like a Man is quite easy
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12-12-2006, 02:24 PM | #19 |
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Wow, guys, you're quite confusing me ...
Which is the easiest between Eskimo, Elephant and Animals? |
12-12-2006, 02:41 PM | #20 |
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eskimo is pretty easy. i dont think ive found any tricky damien songs
id rate cannonball as being one of his hardest tho. if you're playing it properly that is
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12-12-2006, 02:56 PM | #21 |
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Ok...I still dont understand whether cannonball is easy or not, but if I remember correctly I treid once and gave up immediately...and this is the only one I'vetried to play ...what about elephant? and animals?
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12-12-2006, 06:34 PM | #22 | |
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12-12-2006, 08:17 PM | #23 |
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the easiest between animals, elephant or eskimo?
Elephant in my opinion. only because i play Eskimo my own way which is more difficult than the normal one.
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04-15-2007, 11:40 PM | #24 |
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The hardest to play would be Cannonball and Older Chests, since both of them are a mixture of strumming and picking. There are so many variations and its quite hard to play exactly like him... infact his versions differ from concert to concert when he plays live. So, just make your own ... do what sounds good! Make it yours and play and you will discover the beauty of it.
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04-25-2007, 10:27 PM | #25 |
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For me, Older Chests is the easiest. So simple but such a beautiful melody at the same time.
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04-25-2007, 10:46 PM | #26 |
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Cannonball played correctly is definitely the most difficult. I can play every Damien song I know accurately (to my knowledge anyway which may well be a bit rusty!!) Except Cannonball. I simply cannot do it, I try and try, but I can't get it. Not the correct way anyhoo.
Ah well, guess I'll keep practicing! x
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04-25-2007, 11:44 PM | #27 |
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Theres no such thing as a hard Damien song, Cannonball is probs the hardest but its still 1/10 on the hardness scale (To be fair I spent years learning to play Van Halen, Steve Vai etc). I remember posting my version of cannonball on here once and people saying that I play it really well, how nice
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04-26-2007, 12:06 AM | #28 | |
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04-26-2007, 01:11 AM | #29 |
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Ill see if I can find it out again, its one of the oldest songs I recorded but its still alright I think.
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04-26-2007, 09:06 AM | #30 | |
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