Beginner songs on the electric guitar?

Question

I just got an electric guitar for Christmas...and i need some music to play. I am into new metal music like Mudvayne and Slipknot, but still like any kind of metal, new or old. I started on an acoustic guitar and got pretty good. So far I have learned Back in Black and TNT. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

If you want to play Mudvayne you have to tune down to dropped C tuning. C G C F A D. Slipknot use dropped B tuning or some crap. You're better off learning some old school Metallica or Pantera. Stick with AC/DC. Mudvayne is too complex for beginners.

Some of the first songs I learned were "One" and "Sanitarium." Try "enter sandman" and "for whom the bell tolls"

And last of all, if you want to go to the fundamental of all metal bands, learn some sabbath tunes. "paranoid" "iron man" "hand of doom" "snowblind"

Answer 2

Ill tell you what go pick up a TAB book for Metallica's ...And justice for all trust me, it sounds hard because of all of the extra guitars used in the recording, but please believe me, this is how I learned metal when i was about 13 years old... and today i still find that a lot of the metal I play has the same rudiments of that album... just trust me on it, and LEARN IT!

Answer 3

Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple. Almost every electric guitar player I know started with this. lol ;-)

Answer 4

"Stairway to Heaven" by Lynard Skynard is a great beginner song for electric guitar...also whether or not you're into Guns-n-Roses music...check out how lead guitarist, Slash, plays...he's among the best

Answer 5

Excellent start.
Ride On & Whole lotta Rosie are other good AC/DC tunes.

Black Dog & Stairway to Heaven by Led Zep ... Iron Man by Sabbath ...

Enjoy.

Answer 6

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