Songs I Learn

I'm till today still slow even at the simplest of guitar solos. However, i can play stairways to heaven by led zeppelin and i feel that every guitarist should have a song to tat can train them in certain techniques. Not a expert to speak of but i seriously learnt chord changes(basics, i know), strumming(basics too), timing changes n most importantly helped alot wif my finger picking. Another good thing about songs is tat it helps us refine our tone, the way our guitar sounds and also when i was learning this long song, it has 5 parts.

-Intro + first few verses (finger picking)

-Verse and fills or interludes to chorus and pre solo (strumming + picking)

-Solo (Serious picking)


-Power chord where plant screams to the last few verses (strumming + chugga)


-Ending sung slowly (I dunno wat technique it's called tat holds 2 notes but bends 1 of them)



Most impt of all stairways is 7.5 mins long in studio and 10.5 mins long in The Song Remains The Same(TSRTS) Movie. The TSRTS version is the one where Page famously played his Gibson ED-1275 double neck.

The movie version provided fans with wat we would call a extented cover of the original. And I think it succeeded in sounding better than the album version.

Songs i would recommend beginners to learn the whole thing to get started on their musical journey.

Back in Black by AC/DC

Iron Man by Black Sabbath

For The Love Of God by Steve Vai (maybe not exact beginner but starting section is really a cool lick)

Knocking on Heaven's Door by Guns N Roses

Basically songs that cover a wide range of techniques and still sound nice even if you're playing one small part of it.