What are the last few songs you learned?

[Tuberoast]

Steve Miller - Seasons
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (the solo version he did on SNL)
I have learned some electric tunes with my band, but the above are two acoustic tunes I worked out over the past two days

[earri]

A Change is Gonna Come
Layla
Girl from Impenema
Man in The Mirror

[Rmz76]

Originally Posted by bho

I'm always looking for new material and am curious to know what others are learning lately.

The Weary Kind - Ryan Bingham and Patient Love by Passenger. Both really easy finger style arpeggio pieces. As is often the case with the type of songs I gravitate to, getting the vocal phrasing right while keeping the arpeggio in time has been the real challenge. That's the case with most songs worth playing.

I have to play The Weary Kind differently on my Blueridge, to play it like Ryan does and keep in time I need the space of the 1.75" nut on my AC240 it's actually painful on the BG140 with it's smaller nut width. I was about the sell the AC240 and it's the song that made me decide to keep it around.

[TheIntermediate]

Dave Van Ronk's version of Green Green Rocky Road. A relatively simple but lovely melody.

[bho]

Originally Posted by Jupiter Tarts

Phantom Limb - The Shins
Electric Feel - MGMT
High and Dry - Radiohead

Sure they're all easy 3-4 chord songs but these are the songs I just can't stop singing

Anyone got any recommendations for fun songs that aren't just all strumming? I had a blast learning Norwegian Wood by the Beatles and need more songs like it.

There are some great acoustic, solo performances of the Shins songs - thanks for this suggestion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7sjHTJ7RZE

[peshikthe]

bluegrass gospel... doyle lawson help is on the way and wanting to learn some more of doc watsons songs..windy and warm and deep river blues and black mountain rag.

[Greg Rappleye]

"Viva, Las Vegas," -Shawn Colvin version.

"Harvest Moon," -Neil Young.

[grachi]

Milk Carton Kids -- Michigan
Jason Isbell -- Traveling Alone
Civil Wars -- Kingdom Come

[Justrumn]

Originally Posted by Andromeda

Here are the songs I am learning right now...

Laugh if you must...


I'll Meet You Halfway
On The Road
Summer Days
To Be Lovers
Rainmaker

all of these are by the Partridge Family/David Cassidy

I am doing them with guitar and vocals.

I'll go on record, I love these songs, had a crush on David Cassidy before I became a huge Osmond fan (still am).

[Scallywag]

My three latest:

Layover-Michael Hedges
Ragamuffin-Michael Hedges
For Now-Andy Mckee

Fun stuff.

[frethead]

Latest three:

Man of the Hour - Pearl Jam. Heard this on the soundtrack to Big Fish and had to seek it out.
Blackbird - The Beatles. My first attempt at fingerpicking so very much still learning this one. Improving slowly but surely.
Lightening Bolt - Jake Bugg. This afternoon's learn, super easy and fun strumming song, capo on 8 and G, D & C chords to suit my voice. Still need to wrap my brain around the lyrics!

[mc1]

Originally Posted by mc1

i arrange 'um, then i try and learn to play 'um:
two bach/petzold minuets
two schumann kindersonatas
a greek tune from never on sunday
theme from scooby doo + some theme music

almost ready for some recording (in a week or two or three or four)

....

look at that, 16 months ago and i'm still working on them. although to be fair, i've also be working on other stuff as well.