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Being able to play anything on demand is tough but not impossible some of the jazz guys I've played just need to see the sheet music for a minute and they're off - I'm more of a control freak and need to soak in the changes before I'm comfortable although I'm regularly thrown in at the deep live end - I love it...when it works! When it doesn't the whole band sounds terrible...
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what songs are commonly asked to play? I guess that's a start to what every guitarist.should know.
Let me ask you this. Can you play: sweet home Alabama? yesterday? we are the champion? how about some songs by Adel? Can you play Pink Floyd. How about sing a happy birthday for me? How many of you could meet my request? |
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Given the sheer number of possible requests, it's a good idea for any gigging musician to have a beg-off strategy. My standard joke is "If I could play that what would I be doing here?" Or I say, no but that's a good suggestion." Whatever you do, don't insult the requester's taste in music or the fact that he's requesting outside of your obvious genre.
As for filling in, give me a week and whatever materials you have, and I'll make the gig. At the very least I need a set list and keys. I've done it before. It's fun. Last edited by 71jasper; 09-25-2012 at 04:22 AM. Reason: punctuation |
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Yesterday: yes (but ditto) We Are The Champions: no (but we can do Crazy Little Thing Called Love) Adele: yes to Make You Feel My Love (but ditto as above) Pink Floyd: yes to Comfortably Numb (and - miracle! - our singer knows it as well, so we have a runner) Happy Birthday: of course! (the crowd would do most of the singing, one would hope, but we'd certainly play it) You should certainly be able to play "Happy Birthday"! The problem is - what key? A good one for both men and women to sing it to is F. But of course that's tough on guitar, so I would go for E or G. (Naturally, a lot of the crowd couldn't care less, and will sing out of tune anyway, but it's good to have a key that's comfortable for most of those who can sing well enough.) With any other songs, it's impossible to make a list of songs that will be popular requests everywhere. It really depends on what kind of crowd it is: what age they are, what kind of music they expect from the venue, or what kind of singer/band they think you are. I play in a folk-rock-blues band, mostly in pubs, and common requests we get are (by "common" I mean we've been asked for them more than once, but maybe no more than 3 or 4 times, over 20 years or so): Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) Hotel California (Eagles) Brown Sugar (Stones) Hey Joe (Hendrix) Comfortably Numb (Floyd) "something by Neil Young" (they don't care what) ... hard to remember anything else much. Most requests are for bizarre oddities. But that list is obviously governed to some extent by the kind of music the requesters hear us playing. They clearly think a band like us should be able to play those songs. They wouldn't ask us for latest Adele song! (Unfortunately our singer doesn't know - or much like - anything by Van Morrison or the Stones...) Naturally, the younger the crowd, the newer the songs need to be. People tend to ask for songs they know well. An individual is unlikely to ask for a rare song they privately love, unless they hear you playing stuff that is very similar - and even then they'd know it's only an off-chance you might know it. |
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So.. Sweet Home Alabama; you bet. Yesterday; yup. Adel...who? (Yeah I know who she is but I don't want to clutter up my memory with her stuff.) Pink Floyd; I play several of their songs Happy Birthday, yes and I can do the Beatles version, too. Basically if I have the song in my head, I can play it. Anything new, you can pretty much forget about it.
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