![]() ![]() If you’re a beginner looking to learn some easy country songs on the guitar, this list of 60 tunes is a great place to start. ![]() The electric guitars like to hit those big 5-6 string chords, so be careful with how much gain you use as those can easily start to become muddy if you saturate the distortion too much, tasteful use of gain here is key! Final Thoughts On Easy Country Songs on Guitar for Beginners This song has a nice blend of acoustic and electric guitars, with the acoustics acting as a nice chordal bed for the more melodic instruments to play over. The song details a story about domestic abuse, with ‘Independence Day’ actually meaning a mother gaining her independence from an abusive partner. The song did pretty well commercially and peaked at the number 12 spot on the Hot Country Songs chart. Originally written by Gretchen Peters, this track was passed onto and recorded by Martina Mcbride for her 1982 album ‘The Way That I Am’. Final Thoughts On Easy Country Songs on Guitar for BeginnersĬlick Here for tab for Independence Day by Martina McBride.Everything has Changed by Taylor Swift with Ed Sheeran.I Wish Grandpas Never Died by Riley Green.The Fightin’ Side of Me by Merle Haggard.It’s Your Love by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams.I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink by Merle Haggard.Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Day) by The Judds.Thank God I’m a Country Boy by John Denver.Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver.Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys by Willie Nelson.Country Girl (Shake It for Me) By Luke Bryan.When You Say Nothing at All by Keith Whitley.One way to answer that would be too look at old sheet music, but in my vie whatever Fats Waller played is right by definition, and so I'd like some help learning how to transcribe what the guys are playing on this recording. So here I am most interested in what the right changes are. However, the singer I work with said she prefers the changes I am playing in this recording. The issue I am having on this tune is that it is really hard for me to find changes that satisfy any of these points. On the other hand, people from the oldtime or bluegrass tradition often simplify songs beyong recognition as well.ġ) What did the composer intend (what are the "right chords"?Ģ) What helps a vocalist sing the tune easily?Ĥ) what is challenging and will make me grow musically? They often contradict what the composer wrote, and interfere with the melody, or just sound like a barfing dog. I think if you look in the Real Book 6th edition the changes they play over songs from the 30 are not nearly simply enough. After I get the song down pat and it sounds good both picked and sung, then I may start making changes, making it sound more bluegrassy or bluesy or whatever sound I want it to have. ![]() break it down into its' easiest version, fewest chords. I tend to go with the KISS principle when learning a song i.e. I guess each person has his/her own way of deciding what chord sounds right, what chord needs changing/doesn't fit and so on. THe fakebook key is Eb, while Fats plays in F. The other is a complication of the chords from various fakebooks. One is a version of the chords as I hear them with teh clarinet voice indicated in the bottom. My recording on guitar of the melody and my chords. Secondly, the clarinet player is playing a sort of tenor line, or something, that makes it hard for me to hear what the bass is doing in every part of the song. I think the reason I have such a hard time hearing what's happening is because there are no block chords being played, which leaves some of the chords up to interpretation, as not all voices in the chords are played. I tried to use the IV chord where possible here.įats Waller - Two Sleepy People 1938 (youtube) Jazz musicians tend to hear a iim7 where other musicians would hear a IV chord. I think Fats give us an important hint at the beginning though. I have noted that versions of this song you find in fake books differ quite a bit to what Fats plays, and those versions don't sound right to me. I am trying to transcribe the chords to this song, as Fats Waller is hearing them. What sections are too questionable to play? Here are my questions up front, then I will give details below.ġ) How do you decide what the chord is when the lowest voice you can hear seems inverted? I always here "listen to the bass", but this seems less helpful when chords are in root position.Ģ) Does it seem like I have captured the essence of this recording? What are my biggest mistakes?ģ) Even if what I have is wrong, is is playable.
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