Don't feel bad if you think some of these song are still pretty hard! The label 'easy' covers a wide range of difficulties because it's a very subjective word! It al depends on for how long, and how intensely you've been playing. This a list for beginner, and some maybe even intermediate, level. If you play guitar for the first time, you can try Rumble and Intro, those are really easy. The other songs will hopefully help you to get the next level of playing as soon as possible! Never feel bad about what you can not play, feel good about what you can.

@noreaction1

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Davids when editing your video, compress your voiceover and match the gain to the rest of the audio please. Use RMS metering to gain match please. I can barely hear your voice compared to the guitar. (I usually edit my videos to put the voiceover around 2-3 dB louder RMS than the rest)

@xXSteve1021Xx

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Davids how did you get what's my age again to sound just like the record

@Satzuii

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Davids is that orange guitar a Fender Stratoscaster

@gewoonick

7 жыл бұрын

Hee maat, Allereerst wil ik even zeggen dat ik echt heb genoten van je video. ik ben zelf net begonnen met gitaarspelen en dit helpt me echt door de eerste moeilijke fase van helemaal niks bereiken qua nummer dat ik kan spelen. super tof dat je deze video hebt gemaakt. mag ik 1 kleine tip geven over de video. articuleer wat beter. Verder super video! keep up the good work!

@Je-yj6bc

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Davids ok then.. i'll keep learn.

Just learned the Smoke On The Water baseline... I think I'm ready for John Mayer's Neon

@balintesti9862

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't that hard tho

@danielhernandez8228

5 жыл бұрын

Bálint Esti r/woosh

@firecub5873

5 жыл бұрын

Bálint Esti 😂😂😂

@brettbush7491

5 жыл бұрын

Go right for stairways solo u got it dude

@676mz

4 жыл бұрын

Dj Baker stairway to heaven

anyway here's wonderwall

@BollocksUtwat

5 жыл бұрын

[Starts playing _D'you know what I mean?_ ]

@JaysonT1

4 жыл бұрын

@@BollocksUtwat What do you mean?

@alexandersideras5099

4 жыл бұрын

😂 all good fun

@sharko3211

4 жыл бұрын

As a guitarist, I will kill for the day I get to pull this

@HaigyTV

4 жыл бұрын

P*Funk hahaha

I love how you included the " fuuuck" in time of your life haha , stickign to the original !

@caleblofquist6066

4 жыл бұрын

I was just gonna comment that 🤣

@Ihavetoomanyvolvos

4 жыл бұрын

Whenever I play it I always do that lmao

@martinamarty1859

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ihavetoomanyvolvos yeah me too

@aaronwebb1548

3 жыл бұрын

It was the only lyric from a song he actually said in the video if I'm not wrong.

I clicked this video to see if all the cliche beginner songs were present. I was pleasantly surprised to see you had chosen some songs on the easier side, but aren't played to death by all beginners. Definite subscribe from me, and I have been playing for decades.

@elehatz7764

7 жыл бұрын

Kenny Tarver Yea this was a refreshing compilation. I believe some of them were more on the intermediate side. It is just great seeing something else than simple chord progressions and licks.

@Black_Jesus3005

6 жыл бұрын

Like seven nation army? Lol

@jongbong1912

6 жыл бұрын

You watched for a pretty odd reason

Your "shameless self promotion" was effective. I have been looking for a drum track database and this definitely fills the need. I just downloaded Loopz and I love it.

@PaulDavids

7 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Have fun with it :)

@chrispinelli

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Walsh yeah definitely I just downloaded it, so glad it was free

@chrispinelli

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Walsh and that finally a music app for Android and funny enough not for iPhone lol

@AndrooD2

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Spinelli I love my Android. I have a tablet just for music related apps. Almost all the apps I use were free too 😀

@JBrewfromthepew82

7 жыл бұрын

Would love to have it for iphone though

"I will follow" by U2 is a good example of this. Literally two notes in the main riff, but it feels so epic and bad ass playing it. Great video!

1/ Link Wray - Rumble 2/ The Meters - Cissy Strut 3/ The XX - Intro 4/ Romanza - Spanish Ballad 5/ Herman Brood - Saturday Night 6/ Blink 182 - What's my age again 7/ Lilly Wood - Prayer in C 8/ Johny Cash - Hurt 9/ Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue 10/ Green Day - Time of your life

@mk8530

3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

its so important to learn songs when your starting out just to feel like your moving along and getting better

Thanks so much for all your videos, am having a great time going through them all and has reinvigorated my love for guitar again. So thanks to you Paul for your generosity and great choice of songs

What I really like about this video is that most of these are typically songs that you don't see in every other video with "easy" guitar songs. Has a good genre variety, not too simple, and learning those songs would actually impress people! Great video.

10:00 he did it. Respect.

@matthewwells1035

5 жыл бұрын

Tom Dippnall I was hoping someone else would notice

@lethalweapon8614

5 жыл бұрын

What did he do?

@matthewwells1035

5 жыл бұрын

Lethal Weapon I subtly swore after messing up the strumming

@joaopaco9825

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Wells lmao that’s how the song begins

"May the guitar be with you" This guy is awesome :)

I really appreciate your voice. It's nice. Your voice is nice.

@isiahjones9290

7 жыл бұрын

Maximus Crusade it's your boy asmongold

7:09 My favorite. Thanks

Just recently discovered your videos, and I love them! I am only a novice, but I appreciate the nuances to songs that you discuss. They really do make a difference in the overall sound. I also just purchased your drum backing app, and it is fantastic!!! Thank you so much, and keep up the great work!

That was spectacular man, im learning a lot of with all your videos , greetings from Spain!!!

Your guitar tone is amazeballs

You nailed the feeling of Romanza, one of my go to pieces. So simple and yet the base line and lead seem to confuse so many. It obvious you have been trained in some classical guitar filling your finger patterns. It's awesome to see your standard blues and rock as well. Keep up the good work!

One of my favorite music channels on the Tube. I can watch this man all day. Definitely has helped my playing as well

Whaaat! You made Loopz? Strange that one of my most watched youtubers is also the developer of one of my most used apps and I didn't even know about it!

@raphaelsordo8824

6 жыл бұрын

Dwait Bhatt the doooo?

@Dmitry___S.

6 жыл бұрын

++

@robmoerman6998

6 жыл бұрын

Dwait Bh

@mansinius3531

3 жыл бұрын

Same holy crap

This was an amazing video as always. This type of video was just what i personally needed a little inspiration and some new material and you delivered it perfectly as always. Keep up the good work and I will look forward to your next video. Thanks!

Cissy Strut... what a song! Pure groove at the intersection of blues/rock and funk. So minimal and so perfect! I’m loving it.

Thanks Paul, A great video. Sometimes the fun is lost because the musical value of an exercise is not apparent. The songs you chose give a nice spread of techniques and tempos. For those who follow: 0:34 Link Ray - Rumble 1:30 The Meters - Cissy Strut 3:20 The XX - Intro 4:18 Spanish Ballad - Romanza 5:05 Herman Brood - Saturday Night 5:50 Blink 82 - Whats my age again 6:56 Lily Wood - Prayer in C 7:25 Johnny Cash - Hurt 8:42 John Frusciante - Scar Tissue 9:50 Green Day - Time of your life

Loopz is amazing! I can't believe you made it. I recommend it to all my students :)

you honestly are part of the reason i picked up the guitar. without your channel i would have just stuck to my violin and never stepped out of my comfort zone. so thank you in advance

Your videos are easy to watch and you maintain my attention right from the beginning. It makes me wanna practice my playing. Keep up the good work!

Wow! Subscribed to you, seen now few of your vids, but this felt like real important. I've realised that the more I learn about playing and the better I become, the stuff I always thought was easy, actually has alot more depth where as the "Hard" songs actually aren't as hard once you get the hang of it. Great lesson!

I just downloaded loopz, thank you it's amazing

I just downloaded your app since I'm a bassist and your app looks like the prefect rythm app which is more advanced then a metronome

@HimanXK

5 жыл бұрын

If you have an iPhone Silver Dial is the best metronome app I've ever used. Now if only it would come to Android Dx

I love how you included the little F-bomb on "time of you life" haha awesome!

You are a wonderful guitar teacher! Thank you for these videos.

Supermassive Black Hole and Psycho with Muse are great.

Great video! If you could split it into three parts for electric/acoustic/classical it would be great, so that we could have 10 songs on each guitar style.

Thank so much Paul for this amazing video. I'm a "free time" guitar player and It's been a long time I don't play guitar daily. And this video is very usefull to find again the will to enjoy playing a famous song.

You're rendition of Intro is the best I've heard cause you play it with a little style. The reverb really helps it

4:32 This sounds so much like the theme of The Last Of Us. I love it!

@Claude_Terrier

3 жыл бұрын

If you are studying guitar in France, this one is kind of mandatory song, well-known as Jeux Interdits (cf. sound track of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Games )

When he played the intro by xx project x flashbacks came to my head lol my whole grade pretty much went to see that movie haha

Thanks a lot! As a guitar teacher I always welcome new songs that my students could enjoy playing! I recently discovered Green Day for this purpose, both on guitar and drums, now I'll check out Blink!

Hi Paul, this video was really helpful for more. These songs are very fun to play, but I just didn't had them on my radar. I now learned 3 of these in a relatively short time, but still learned a couple of new tricks by the way. Thanks a lot, I would really appreciate another video in this category!

Romanza was my exam in June(1st year learning) xD A very simplified version but yeah, very fun to play ! /!\ Sorry if my english is very bad, it's not my mother language :/

the "fuck" before time of my life made me realise we are all human:)

@Marekki2202

7 жыл бұрын

the Greenday recording has it too ;-)

@Kriscor01

7 жыл бұрын

Kleptomarek so hes not human after all!

@Marekki2202

7 жыл бұрын

He's a synth!

@AidanMillward

7 жыл бұрын

If you listen to the original green day recording he fucks the intro twice before getting it right the third time.

@TruthAndReconciliation

7 жыл бұрын

Kristian it was a reference to the actual recording

Intro XX is amazing i've never heard this simple yet powerful song!

Really enjoyed this Paul. Have not played guitar in a long while and you made me want to pick up and play again so thank you. A great selection of songs a lot of which I would not have considered and great technique and I like that as being the emphasis of the video.

Aside from tempo, Dont Fear the Reaper is a great beginner song to learn quick & smooth chord transitions. Playing it at full tempo along to the song is pretty tricky early on though

If these are easy I am going to throw myself out the window...

@tam2071

7 жыл бұрын

roy ashman Moat of them are pretty easy just with some practice and you will be all good

@pavle988

5 жыл бұрын

Practice is the key :)

@dayanido

5 жыл бұрын

Practice, as the 2 above said. Yeah, it might not be easy at first, but give it all you've got and in about a couple of hours you'll surely be able to play these

@mynamefrank6567

5 жыл бұрын

My first month of playing guitar I only played simple riffs that required 1 finger

@mynamefrank6567

5 жыл бұрын

@demon1c guy Sting - Shape of my heart, Stairway to heaven, Nothing else matters, one, and obviously a bunch more I forgot about because I didnt play them more often and right now Im learning more electric guitar songs because Im getting one for my birthday hehe, oh and I have been roughly over 3 months playing

I love that I love all of these songs the hardest part of beginning guitar is finding a good song that you're able to play

You just made me dust off my old guitar after 3 years apart without passion to play! Thank you very much!

"dont be afraid to play songs you cant learn in a day or a week" :D going on 1 month trying to learn gravity

@wyatt8624

4 жыл бұрын

Ralf Hulsker I’m still trying nothing els matters by Metallica even after a month

@preetadhikari3366

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyatt8624 been trying for 6 months mate 😂

@rastapatchmail2357

3 жыл бұрын

@@preetadhikari3366 The next song will be twice as easy. The next one easier still. After learning Nothing Else Matters, literally hundreds of songs will be within your reach. Don't give up.

Hey Paul, Great video. I'm wondering if maybe in the future you can do a series on how to switch over to lead guitar from Rythm. I've been playing rythm for years, and most beginner lead guitar lessons feel like they are for the ultra beginner, but im in a unique spot because I don't really know any scales or how to play lead, but I know basically every note on the fretboard. thanks

@Julia-qp2hh

7 жыл бұрын

I am in the same situation, that would be so helpful!

@isaacligtenberg4895

6 жыл бұрын

I realise I’m ten months late but try jumping onto google and memorising a minor pentatonic pattern. They’re a safe scale to jam over any song so long as you know the relative minor of the key of whatever song you’re soloing over (if it’s a major, if the key is already minor just play that pentatonic) It’s a really basic 1st step into lead playing and a safe one too but not a bad place to start

Thank you so much for teaching Cissy Strut. Never even dawned on me to learn how to play it, but so glad I can now.

Perfect! Not the traditional "beginner" selection of music, I've played for 3 years and never learnt most of these! Loopz is ace for improvising aswell thanks 👌

Hi Paul! Love your videos! Just a heads up, the "Romanza" tab has a feel errors on the last part - just the tab, not the way you play! =P Love from Brazil! :)

Great video Paul. Is it my mistake though or is there an error in the Romanza tab toward the end? Also, do you have a link to the notation that you're using? That would be swell!

Great video, thanks Paul. You already had me, when you played the first chords of "Rumble"

dude thank you for this! I watch your videos and most of the songs you play are to difficult but I am making some progress with these and it feels great!

I would love that app!! I hope it comes out for Apple!!

@GogiRegion

7 жыл бұрын

Pretty much all the Apple ones are just for profit with a TON of in-app purchases.

@scottthompson292

6 жыл бұрын

You've just summed up everything apple does in 3 words... "just for profit"

So you made that app Loopz?? I’ve been using it for almost a year. Tks for that and for the songs! Greetings fm Argentina!

Thanks for the tunes man, I love them, im going to start practising :-)

Cissy strut was one of those songs I learned early on that sounds way better now after years of guitar playing and practice. You just learn techniques and playstyles overtime that really amplify your playing and enhance your ability to portray what you are trying to get across more accurately for people's ears. Love your videos my man. I know this one is old, but maybe you will see this and can feel my love brother. Cheers! Happy 2020

Could you do a more in depth video on how to play Johnny Cash's cover of hurt.

@damiansaucedo9951

7 жыл бұрын

John Geraghty just look up other channels and vids for that.

That Cissy Groove drum track sounded very Toto-esque

Hi Paul Davids! This is an awesome video and I'm definitely gonna download the app!! Well done! :)

Thanks Paul, Nice sélection 👍 let’s get to rock !!

0:54 Rumble (Link wray) 2:26 Cissy strut (The meters) 3:37 Intro (The XX) 4:32 "Romanza" (Spanish ballad) 5:23 Saturday night (Herman Brood) 6:06 What's my age again (Blink 182) 7:07 Prayer in C (Lilly Wood) 7:38 Hurt (Jhonny cash) 9:20 Scar tissue (RHCP) 10:02 Time of your life (green day)

dundundundundun- dundundundundun- fuck. keeping to the original I see...

Well I have to admit man you almost singlehandedly brought me back to playing guitar,I started playing aroung 10 years ago and quit after a couple of years and pretty much thought I was an ok player with a decent technique... I realized how much of a basic beginner I actually was when I tryed playing Good Riddance. Right now I'm practising with a metronome for the first time ever! Thanks for all the free lessons and instructions you're awesome man!

Whats my age again was my first song on guitar... love the intro. was soo fun to play back in the days :)

what is one of the hardest song you have learned

@PaulDavids

7 жыл бұрын

Smoke on the water, what else?

@TheOneWhoSimps

7 жыл бұрын

Because of your skill level when you learned it?

@stipser1

7 жыл бұрын

because irony

@MrS3B4STi4N

7 жыл бұрын

Seven nation army

@MrJoacoMs

7 жыл бұрын

Neon - John mayer (Live Where the light is) is extremly hard

I need that app for iOS, have been looking for something like that for ages

@makivarakz

6 жыл бұрын

Roberto Martin try garageband. It has many loops

Your app is incredible! Thank you for making it!

I thought for a long time you actually were dutch, now I know for sure :) love your videos btw!

Hi, Davids the sound when you play Scar tissue is very nice, I mean it's crunch and clear. Could you please tell us what pedal you use for the drive sound or you just use the drive channel from your amp if so please tell us what kind of amp you use. Thanks alot.

@sebastiankoelle7089

7 жыл бұрын

I would be interested as well...

If I'm not mistaken, that first song was featured in "It Might Get Loud". Jimmy Page listened to that song in that documentary movie. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong lol

@colin6543

7 жыл бұрын

Crassus Vincentius you're right

@Rynaylorguitar

7 жыл бұрын

You're right. I always see Jimmy Page when I hear that song.

@rayross997

7 жыл бұрын

That was the best scene in "It might get loud". It may have been the first record with a overdrive or distorted guitar.

@youbetyourlifejeffwalker7826

7 жыл бұрын

pulp fiction too

@audunburns6270

7 жыл бұрын

Crassus Vincentius yeah my favourite part of it might get loud was the song they all played together in the credits The Weight, by The Band

4:32 was literally the first song I learned on the guitar, so cool to see it here 🤙🏽🤙🏽

You, sir, are a master of tone

I kept wanting to scroll the page up to see your face lol

"hurt" actually NIN song, Cash just make a real nice cover good job with Loopz, only thing I miss is post punk bits, just like Joy Division

@arseniobaca1831

7 жыл бұрын

Владимир Каменев searched for forever to find someone who would also come out and say this.

@PaulDavids

7 жыл бұрын

A lot of artists didn't write their own songs, Elvis for example. I know it's orignally a NIN song, but that's not the version I'm playing :). Thank for the comment on Loopz, we are still working on the app, so your remark is noted!

@lafeeshmeister

7 жыл бұрын

Still, it would be nice to see at least a credit to Trent Reznor... given that his acoustic version is actually not that different from what Cash played. Perhaps original artists aren't always important to point out, but for some reason I feel that this song should be an exception. (Perhaps because of the amity between Cash and Reznor.)

@ACoustaDC

7 жыл бұрын

I for one thank you for the correction. I know why he said Cash, but I like artist to get credit for their work.

@feerd.inandgenzz392

7 жыл бұрын

Владимир Каменев But the NIN song uses mostly the piano and not the guitar, so it's logical for the Cash version to be in the video.

Ok I absolutely loved this video and Time Of Your Life at the end got me. Green Day are my favourite band and i love how wholesome you are. You earned the subscriber

Not only does he have wonderful guitars skills, his videography skills have been exponential over the years…very impressed

There was something oddly satisfying watching you play Scar Tissue.

@ceez3841

5 жыл бұрын

Oh god you actually have a skyrim tat and show it off. Dear lord bless this mess.

een muziek talent waar Nederland weer trots op kan zijn, klinkt heerlijk allemaal. Ik ben bijna klaar met mijn havo eindexamen en ik zou misschien iets met muziek hierna gaan willen doen maar ik heb geen idee hoe ik me daarop moet oriënteren dus heb je misschien nog tips en tricks waar ik naar moet kijken bij het bezoeken van muziekscholen ?!

@lawofphysx1506

7 жыл бұрын

Hugo van Haagen Ik weet dat het deltion college muziek geeft. Maar dat is voor mbo 3/4. Ik weet wel dat er een van hbo is. Hoe die school heet kan ik zo niet meer opkomen

@chalitandunu681

7 жыл бұрын

speel je ook gitaar?

@MisterTargetNL

7 жыл бұрын

Chalita Ndunu jaa ik speel denk ik nu 8 jaar

@chalitandunu681

7 жыл бұрын

Hugo van Haagen gaaf man! Kan ik je misschien ergens bereiken? Ik heb een aantal vraagjes! Uhm ouderwets e-mail? Mn mail is chalitandunu130@gmail.com

@MisterTargetNL

7 жыл бұрын

Chalita Ndunu ja denk dat het het handigst is als jij mij meteen een mailtje stuurt met de vragen , hugovhaagen@gmail.com

Just got the app, I love it. It's like Playing with the Drums from your favorite song without the worries about having to restart if you mess up.

Thanks for this video man. Keep up the awesome videos and best wishes from Australia!

Fun story: two weeks ago me and the rest of the persons in a local folk music band started to play Cissy Strut. That would be around 10 on violin, 4 on cello, 1 percussion, 1 nordic mandolin, 1 bass, 5 guitars. Pretty darn cool :)

I've picked up Neon by John Mayer, and it really tests how long I can stretch my fingers, when I play it on acoustic. Sometimes I get cramps in my fingers after practicing, is it dangerous? Should I stop playing that song? Nice video btw Paul :)

@Kiks1234

7 жыл бұрын

Anton Kjellberg if strain occurs you might wanna rest your hand ang avoid your hand getting wet before and after playing cause i've been careless and it took it's toll on me, now i feel such pain on my forearm and on my palm.

@emilnorman8008

7 жыл бұрын

I just love the community in these kind of videos, always trying to help. Me as a begginer trully appreciate it.

@antonkjellberg2897

7 жыл бұрын

Francis Alinas Thank you, I'll take a break

@Bairdogg

7 жыл бұрын

Even John Mayer couldn't play the song fully for years, he needed a fan-fretted guitar to make the stretch. Even with my monstrous hands, it took a while. Good luck. Oh, and you should probably stretch your fingers for 5 mins or so before playing if you aren't already.

@andreasrygh2233

7 жыл бұрын

pewdiepie's brother

haha, so cool! i've been using loopz for a while now and I love it.

DEFENITELY saving this to my playlist!!

Do a video of you playing with that loopz app

Love how he included the fuck when he played greenday lol

I have been playing guitar for a year now but still i got to learn a lot of things from this video..thanks

Great choice. Thanks for the tabs!! You rock.

"easy" he said.. :(

@bufferkiller

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, while some of them are fairly easy, at least in parts, to label them as easy songs leads me to believe they're perfect for people just learning.

@Kralixus

7 жыл бұрын

Nahh people who are just learning should start with learning chords and stuff to get your hands going on guitar. If you're past that then these songs should be easy to learn if you practice enough!

@alldud13

7 жыл бұрын

kliuchevskoi these are easy lol

@Je-yj6bc

7 жыл бұрын

alldud13 i need more practice. lol

@katanaswordfish

7 жыл бұрын

Keep it up! Don't be discouraged! I'd say these songs are only relatively easy for players who have already developed decent dexterity. When you've been playing guitar for many years you tend to forget just how hard it is at the beginning when you have a hard time just switching chord shapes correctly and strumming in time. Just remember that when you're a beginner almost everything seems hard, and for awesome and experienced players almost everything seems easy. It's all relative, so don't worry too much about what other people consider to be easy or hard. Just keep trying to find some stuff that you think is slightly challenging for your skill level, practice, and have fun. =]

how do you mute notes quickly while being ready for another?

@3dy97

5 жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate?

@Blaze473781

5 жыл бұрын

ajmataj I’ve found using the palm of my right hand works well. Or just mute it with the finger you used as you release it. I’m not a expert by any account but that’s what I’ve found works for me at the moment

Been playing for years... but still got much from this! Thanks :)

Hi, you've awakened my desire to play with nylon strings again. Thank you very much.

Olofmiester?

dude, you're a dutchie XD the accent gives away, dutchie here

@Tom-qj9oi

4 жыл бұрын

@@antlereddruid8359 nah they're not lmao

You're the motivation for so many people to keep on playing. Thanks to you and some other big channels I've reignited my spark. And this video was exactly what I needed

Thanks for the video, just what I was looking for.