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I will get a more detailed structure to this soon but as a start, here is how I might rank the tunes in the Song Library as far as difficulty, on a 1-10 scale. You could really help me with this by posting your comments, impressions, thoughts, or problems with particular songs in the Bands section of the TARGET members Forums, below. That way everybody could keep a running commentary about each song. This was just a very quick assessment and I would really appreciate everybody's input.

Difficulty Level

Level 1
Lucky Man

Level 2
Don’t Fear The Reaper (Riff only)
House Of The Rising Sun
My My Hey Hey
Norwegian Wood
Teach Your Chlidren

Level 3
Bad Moon Rising
Day Tripper
Friend Of The Devil
Paint It Black
Ripple
Suzie Q
Who’ll Stop The Rain

Level 4
Across The Universe
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
Blackbird
Brain Damage
Comfortably Numb
Down By The River
Dust In The Wind
I’d Love To Change The World
Is There Anybody Out There
Landslide
Proud Mary
The Needle And The Damage Done
Waiting On A Friend
Wish You Were Here
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

Level 5
Dear Prudence
Green River
Heartbreaker
It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
Madman Across The Water
Same Mistake
Truckin’
Uncle John’s Band
Ventura Highway
Wild Horses


Level 6
Cinnamon Girl
Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
Never Going Back Again
Rhiannon
Stairway To Heaven
Still You Turn Me On

Level 7
Angie
From the Beginning
Oh Well
Over The Hills And Far Away
Something

Level 8
The Sage

Alphabetically

Across The Universe - 4
Angie - 7
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You - 4
Bad Moon Rising - 3
Blackbird - 4
Brain Damage - 4
Cinnamon Girl - 6
Comfortably Numb - 4
Day Tripper - 3
Dear Prudence - 5
Don’t Fear The Reaper - 2
Down By The River - 4
Dust In The Wind - 4
Friend Of The Devil - 3
From the Beginning - 7
Green River - 5
Heartbreaker - 5
House Of The Rising Sun - 2
I’d Love To Change The World - 4
Is There Anybody Out There - 4
It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me - 5
Landslide - 4
Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress - 6
Lucky Man - 1
Madman Across The Water - 5
My My Hey Hey - 2
Never Going Back Again - 6
Norwegian Wood - 2
Oh Well - 7
Over The Hills And Far Away - 7
Paint It Black - 3
Proud Mary - 4
Rhiannon - 6
Ripple - 3
Same Mistake - 5
Something - 7
Stairway To Heaven - 6
Still You Turn Me On - 6
Suzie Q - 3
Teach Your Chlidren - 2
The Needle And The Damage Done - 4
The Sage - 8
Truckin’ - 5
Uncle John’s Band - 5
Ventura Highway - 5
Waiting On A Friend - 4
Who’ll Stop The Rain - 3
Wild Horses - 5
Wish You Were Here - 4
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away - 4

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Thanks, Neil.

That is very helpful.

Of course, I see now that I started at level 7 with Angie. Oh well, so I won't be too frustrated if it takes a while.

Bill

My difficulty relies with the finger picking songs. I haven't finger picked prior to totally guitars but am trying to practice some of the listed songs since I've discovered your site. The Fleetwood Mac songs are almost impossible for me but can play From the Beginning and Over the Hills... even though these are ranked 7. I've even enjoyed learning The Sage. With the Sage, it's difficult for me to use the pick in conjunction with fingerpicking. I can play it just finger picking but it doesn't sound the same without using a pick. Hope this provides some insight.

Great, thanks Neil this is a great way to gauge what songs may be more appropriate to start with and how we are doing as we master different songs.
I' going to print this list out for quick reference.

Keep Playing
Ric

B) Thanks Neil, this is very helpful.

Neil, I reviewed your list and noted that only Lucky Man & Who’ll Stop The Rain was listed, 2 of the four songs in the Beginning Five Lessons. You have Lucky Man rated as a 1 and Who’ll Stop The Rain? as a 3. Did Dark Hollow and Brown Eyed Girl not make the cut? So, if you have three groups; beginners, intermediate and advanced players, then the song levels will be grouped into ranges? Beginners: 1-3, Intermediate:4-7, advanced 8-? This will definitely help me select the tunes that are within my playing ability.

Neil,

I really appreciate you posting the level of difficulty for each song. Since I am a beginner, I now have a direction to go in. With each lesson, I am learning new things (technique, hand position, making and changing chords, etc.). Although it requires a lot of practice I am having fun and enjoy playing the guitar.

Thanks

Johnny

Hi Neil

Many thanks for the list
Just the guidance I need
Yes some people will be in between levels as some things are easier than others as we are all different, for me I'm just learning with a pick as always used the invisible one, Any song with just strumming I would be 3-4 levels up, less so with finger picking.
This will help

Thanks Neil

RicksPick

Neil:

Thanks for the guidance. I really appreciate you taking the time to place and order to these. I have looked around the site a bit and seem to get lost from time to time.Is there a place where you have some exercises that would be in between the song levels? That way we could do some of the exercises to build up to the next song level.

Any info is appreciated.

MJ

Cheers Neil this will make life a bit easier.

Rod...