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02-21-2020, 08:07 PM
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-"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
-"Rocky Mountain High" has some fun parts (JD) -"Harvest Moon" (Neil Young) -"Don't Dream It's Over" (Crowded House) -"Fooling Yourself" (Styx)
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02-21-2020, 08:11 PM
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Hotel California is instantly recognizable. It's not strumming though but picking.
Over the Hills and Far away is another great one - a combination of picking and then strumming.
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02-21-2020, 09:11 PM
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02-21-2020, 09:59 PM
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"Take it Easy" - Jackson Browne/Eagles
"Don't Cross the River" - America "Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
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02-21-2020, 10:35 PM
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Find some local folks that play old time music, or play along on Youtube videos if you would like to try it.
Many of the tunes are based on fiddle tunes and have up to 5 parts, although most follow an AABB progression. Even the "songs" can be fun to strum, with something like the Carters "Keep On The Sunny Side" being a typical example. Old time music is great fun to play with others in a jam situation, but it's also fun to play solo and an excellent way of eventually working the melody in as you play chords. Before long you'll be adding the "Carter Scratch" to your chords or even venturing into flatpicking.
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02-21-2020, 10:58 PM
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Some good ones in this video:
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02-22-2020, 12:44 AM
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Just my opinion...after playing a verse/chorus of any of the suggested songs without the vocal, I’d be feeling that I’m boring the heck out of any listener, especially since they’ll naturally be expecting it. If singing isn’t what you’re comfortable with, there are songs that will deliver as instrumentals, but not those suggested, and not that I have any to offer off the top of my head.
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02-22-2020, 10:52 AM
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That's where "Pinball Wizard" came in my thoughts. The famous recording is already arranged so that a strumming acoustic can carry it, and it uses rhythm, dynamics and contrasting sections that help keep a concert audience's interest. The moment one hits that opening riff, some section of the audience's ears will perk up. For some of the other songs the player would have to come up with their own arrangement to help make a strumming with no vocals more interesting to a seated audience. Of course any non-vocal performer has a handicap speaking about general audiences.
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02-22-2020, 11:06 AM
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if you are just "strumming" you are just going through a chord progression, and that is not a "song" as such.
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