good arpeggiated songs

wak5700 · Post by **wak5700** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:18 pm

hey I was just wondering if there were some good arpeggiated songs that are kind of all over the place on the strings just so i can pick up on my picking speed becuase it needs some work. songs like december by collective soul. thanks

smedley · Post by **smedley** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:24 pm

good riddance - green day
acoustic #3 - goo goo dolls
lullaby - stephen lynch
tonight, tonight - smashing pumpkins

just to name a few

Machtimus · Post by **Machtimus** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:38 pm

stream- tim reynolds

i like tictacs · Post by **i like tictacs** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:25 pm

the one sweet world intro, although not fast, improved my playing a great deal when it came to jumping all over the place.

NoNotThat · Post by **NoNotThat** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:45 pm

Try some simon and garfunkel maybe?

nate · Post by **nate** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:14 am

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

StarSlight · Post by **StarSlight** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:52 am

"Us and Them" is another Floyd song with similar picking.

"Everybody Hurts" is a pretty well known one by R.E.M.

"Every Breath You Take" by The Police ends up being more a work out for your left hand if you're not used to the add9 shapes, but it's arpeggios, anyway.

"Grace" by Jeff Buckley is a fantastic tune. There's a great tab site for him here -

http://members.tripod.com/~captaintab/jefftabs.html

And I suppose if you're really looking to build your chops, you could try some Yngwie Malmsteen.

hcole · Post by **hcole** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:32 pm

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You- Led Zeppelin

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:40 pm

The Pequod by Umphrey's McGee

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:37 pm

Ummmmmmmmmm the aultimate arpeggio:

You Enjoy Myself - Phish

If you can knock that out, I will be impressed.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:13 pm

hcole wrote:Babe I'm Gonna Leave You- Led Zeppelin

that and the one sweet world intro will help you A LOT.

or like sarah said...do some simon and garfunkel. the problem there is that most of that stuff is meant to be finger picked. so it might now work.

dmbguitar718 · Post by **dmbguitar718** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:16 pm

although most of these suggestions aren't really arpeggios, a very very good one for you to try would be radiohead - street spirit.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:20 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:although most of these suggestions aren't really arpeggios, a very very good one for you to try would be radiohead - street spirit.

good call. that one helped me the most of any song.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:38 pm

KahnTheRevelator wrote:Ummmmmmmmmm the aultimate arpeggio:

You Enjoy Myself - Phish

If you can knock that out, I will be impressed.

srslots81 · Post by **srslots81** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:01 am

teach yourself Dave and Tim at Luther. You bang that album out and youll be a different player. I learned the whole thing in high school and it made me the player i am today. While there have been albums that have had a stronger impact on me, this one has had the strongest on me as an acoustic guitar player.