duff beer Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Hi everyone. I play bass and only dabble with guitar. The "Songs in C" thread triggered this post. One of the songs I have learned is "She Talks to Angels", which is done with the guitar tuned to an E chord. Since I only have one guitar, I have to retune to play other songs. Can any one here suggest some other songs that I can learn while in E chord tuning? "She Talks to Angels" is close to the limit of my playing ability at the moment...but feel free to suggest more difficult songs that I can work on in the future, or that other more skilled forumites can try. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 There are a boatload of them in E or D (same thing). You're So Good for Me (Humble Pie) That's All You Need (Rod Stewart) come to mind. I do my own version of Love the one You're With (Steve Stills) and 4 and 20 in E or D. "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 "Little Martha" by the Allman Bro's was in Open-D, right? (The version released on the excellent Dreams box-set included the bass, too, if that's of any benefit to you.) So... Open-E and Open-D are the same, as far as their string-to-string interval relationships; just a whole-step up 'n' down from each other, Open-E being E B E G# B E, and Open-D being D A D F# A D, lo-to-hi. So I'll copy & paste what I typed elsewhere for tunes in Open-D: IIRC, "She Talks To Angels" by The Black Crowes is in Open-D with a capo slapped on at the 2nd-fret (effectively Open-E). Speakin' o' crows, I think that one of the guitarists in Counting Crows uses Open-D a lot. IIRC, isn't one of the guitars in the Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man" in Open-D? And one of the many guitars in "Wild Horses"? "Jumping Jack Flash"? "You Can't Always Get What You Want"? I think that "Draw The Line" by Aerosmith, and George Thorgood's cover of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" either were, or can be, played in Open-D tuning... IIRC, "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell is in Open-E, which is the same, intervalic-wise, as Open-D, just a whole-step up; same fingerings, just transposed in pitch... And everything that Duane Allman and Derek Trucks (or anyone else) have done in Open-E, slide or fretted, can be done in Open-D, either transposed down a whole-step, or using a capo at the 2nd-fret. I guess a lot of Robert Johnson's stuff was in Open-E, too, so... Think maybe ya might start beltin' out "Tangled Up In Blue" now, man? You can take a lot of things that Keith Richards (or anyone else) plays in Open-G, and play 'em in Open-D by shifting the fingering over/down one string to the bass-side of the fretboard, and up five frets. Keith never did use the 6th-string when he played in Open-G, so you won't miss it when transposing is Op/G stuff to Op/D like this, and you've gained another high string for chord-extensions and melodic stuff. Open-D lends itself easily to a lot of rootsy Rockabilly riffin' type stuff, in general; think Bo Diddley, late '50s greasers, Link Ray, George Thorogood type thoughts, and bash away. NOT QUITE OPEN-D, BUT ONLY A FEW TUNER-TWISTS AWAY: Want some tab and notation, courtesy of Gibson Lifestyle? With most of the year to practice 'em, you can learn "Joy To The World" in Double-Dropped-D and "Auld Lang Syne" in Dropped-D for the Holidays... I know, they're not in Open-D, but when their respective Holidays roll around, you can start with one or the other, and then move on to some of your other Open-D tunes with a twist of a peg or two... "Vestapol" tuning is the exact same thing as Open-D, or sometimes E; aka Vastapol or Sebastapol. There are LOADS of old blues and rootsy and folksy stuff that was done in that. Here's a huge list of old songs- mostly old, mostly blues- played WITHOUT a slide in Open-D (or capoed in that tuning, or in relative tunings with the same intervals) that I ran across searchin' just now: Big Bill Broonzy Joe Turner Blues Blind Blake Down in the Country Police Dog Blues Blind Boy Fuller Little Woman You're So Sweet Blind Connie Williams "Philidelphia Street Singer" Inc. Milky White Way Blind Willie Johnson Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right (pitched at F) If I Had My Way I'd Tear This Building Down (pitched at F) I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge (pitched at G) Jesus Is Coming Soon (pitched at G) John The Revelator (pitched at E) Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There (pitched at Eflat) The Rain Don't Fall On Me (pitched at F) The Soul Of A Man--4/20/30 (pitched at E) Trouble Will Soon Be Over (pitched at F) When The War Was On (pitched at Eflat) Bo Carter Ain't Nobody Got It Ants In My Pants Baby, When You Marry Backache Blues Blue Runner Blues Bo Carter Special Cigarette Blues Dinner Blues Don't Mash My Digger So Deep Fifty Fifty With Me Flea On Me Got to Work Somewhere I Love That Thing It's Too Wet I've Got a Case of Mashin' It Mashing That Thing Mean Feeling Blues New Auto Blues Pig Meat Is What I Crave Ram Rod Daddy Sorry Feeling Blues Sue Cow Buddy Hubbard So Sweet Clifford Gibson Old Timey Rider Ice and Snow Blues Doc Watson The Train That Carried My Girl From Town Sittin' on Top of the World Dr. Ross Going To The River Doug Quattlebaum You Is One Black Rat Sweet Little Woman Ed Bell Rosca Mama Blues Eddie Harris w/Jimmy Lee Harris I Wanna Ramble Elizabeth Cotten Vastapol Emry Arthur Reuben Oh Reuben Furry Lewis Big Chief Blues Georgia Yellow Hammers Rip Van Winkle Blues Hobart Smith K.C. Blues Jesse Thomas Another Friend Like Me Jessie Clarence Gorman Goin' Up The Country, #1 and #2 Jimmy Lee Harris Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away John Byrd Old Timbrook John Jackson Reuben Steamboat Whistle Blues John Lee Ziegler If I Lose, Let Me Lose Josh White Careless Love Good Gal Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed I Don't Intend To Die In Egypt-land Lord, I Want To Die Easy John Henry J. W. Warren When Your Gal Packs Up And Leaves Rabbit On A Log You're Gonna Miss Me Lonzie Thomas Rabbit On A Log Raise A Ruckus Tonight Red Cross Store Memphis Willie B. Brownsville Blues Worried Man Blues Mike Seeger Birmingham Tickle Gamblin' Man We Live a Long, Long Time Mississippi John Hurt If You Don't Want Me Pay Day Ten Virgins Othar Turner Black Woman Bumble Bee Pete Harris Alabama Bound Robert Johnson He'll Make A Way Robert Wilkins That's No Way to Get Along Roy Harvey and Leonard Copeland Weary Lonesome Blues Sam McGee Drummer Boy Knoxville Blues Guitar Waltz Scott Dunbar Memphis Mail Tarheel Slim 180 Days 'Fore Day Creep No Time At All So Sweet, So Sweet Teddy Williams Black Mattie Uncle Dave Macon accompanied by Sam McGee I've Got The Mourning Blues William "Do-Boy" Diamond Hard Time Blues Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegmon Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 If you're a fingerstyle player, try Steve Morse's 'Modoc'.. Beautiful tune and fun to play.. I've played it at weddings and people love it even though they've never heard it before. Google the tab for it or you may find it on Steve's web site. Plus, it's just a cool song to listen to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 If you're a fingerstyle player, try Steve Morse's 'Modoc'.. Beautiful tune and fun to play.. I've played it at weddings and people love it even though they've never heard it before. Google the tab for it or you may find it on Steve's web site. Plus, it's just a cool song to listen to... Good call! And welcome to the GPF, kegmon! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duff beer Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thanks everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SledDawg Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Gimme Shelter - Stones Something In The Air (Thunderclap Newman) I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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