Easiest Dave Song?

dmbRJR · Post by **dmbRJR** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:28 pm

What would everyone recommend as the easiest Dave song to learn for someone that has never played his songs before?

I am starting with Grey Street. Is that a good start?

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:29 pm

Grey Street is a good song to start.

Proudest Monkey is real simple, as is CRASH.

don't just stick to the simplies tho.. play enough to get used to the style and head on to something like the Stone. Challenge yourself.

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:29 pm

space between, i'll back you up, crash into me, proudest monkey, and yeah, grey street's pretty easy.

w0odman · Post by **w0odman** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:51 pm

uh, blue water

jared · Post by **jared** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:09 am

christmas song couldn't be any easier, and grey street and tripping billies are really similar

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:12 am

i would start with crash. proudest monkey is the easiest along with typical situation, but don't start with those. challenge yourself. play crash, or i'll back you up, or song that jane likes.

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:47 am

jared wrote:christmas song couldn't be any easier, and grey street and tripping billies are really similar

You my friend, are on crack. Trippin' Billies isn't a beginers song..

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:48 am

isaac wrote:space between, i'll back you up, crash into me, proudest monkey, and yeah, grey street's pretty easy.

Hmm.. I still don't even know IBYU, I learn it, then forget it, learn it then forget it.. I just don't enjoy playing it, great listening song though

ryopan · Post by **ryopan** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 4:04 am

yeah, just get crash outta the way and get going for something else. next id go to lie in our graves. not the easiest but the next one to learn.

hcole · Post by **hcole** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:22 am

I have only been playing 6 months or so but I picked up LIOG, the majority of Christmas Song and the beginning of Lover Lay Down. I have been working on Crash for maybe 1 week and for the life of me can't get the strumming. So try some of these after Grey Street.

dmbRJR · Post by **dmbRJR** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:26 am

Thanks for the help!

GuitarGuy610 · Post by **GuitarGuy610** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:46 am

ill back you up and watchtower are pretty easy.....

subotai · Post by **subotai** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:50 am

JTR or So Much To Say

tbillie41 · Post by **tbillie41** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:12 pm

grey street is easy, but i've been having two problems with it. the first is the muting, i can mute the A string fairly easily, but i can't seem to get the D muted. I've been playing it open and think it sounds ok, but each chord doesn't sound as defined with the D ringing out. how does everyone play that?

the second problem is that i become a total gimp when i try to play the

5 7
x x
x x
6 and 7

with my ring and pinky fingers. switching from my index and middle finger to that is just awful. i think that can be fixed by practice, practice, practice.

borocks · Post by **borocks** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:44 pm

the stone is the easiest Dave song ever