Thé end of the fifth beginners lesson

[temo44]

So I have finished the first 5 beginners lessons! Yay! If someone wants to see my progression on the last lesson(somewhat more difficult strumming) I will post it tomorrow(that is then after 3 days of practice).

But I have a question actually. In the vids of Neil he's talking about now being able to play hundreds(if not thousands) of songs. How do I know what song is suitable for those hundreds Neil is talking about? And how should I tackle that?

-know the rythm...like 4/4 or 3/4
-Make up a nice strumming(?)
-Get the chords right(ofcourse)
-Be able to sing along
(-maybe a good tip for a lesson vid? Or maybe it's already there but I haven't looked for properly )

Something like that? I want to play something really easy and nice for my family here in holland that can be recognized... When I play 'who'll stop the rain' of 'lucky man', they don't really know the song, thus don't know what I'm playing("hey, aren't you just changing some chords?"). Thanks!

[michelew]

Temo I would suggest thinking of a song that you like - a traditional song would probably work and then googling the chords and words. Chordie.com is a good source of chords/lyrics and riffs. The site is made up of songs that people have written out and posted so it isn't always accurate, but for your purposes it should be fine. Once you've found the song chords, you can check to see whether it has the chords you know and/or whether you need to learn a new one. Chordie.com generally includes chord diagrams too. The site also allows you to transpose the song into a key that includes chords you know. Once you've decided on a song and have the chords and lyrics (and where to change chords) you're on the road to where you're trying to go. There are other sites that also do this so go exploring. Have fun and good luck.

[Lavallee]

Hi Temo, are you looking for some traditional Dutch songs, or anything with open chords songs in general?
Marc

[temo44]

Thanks Michele, I will take a look at the site

@Lavallee I'm looking for open chord songs in general . don't have to be dutch.

[Yamaha48]

Hello Timo.

Here in Holland whe have tabsrus.
You can find there a lot of songs.hard songs and easy songs.
Some with a capo,have you a capo?.

greet Anton

[Yamaha48]

Hey Timo We can have a litle talk in the chat room?.
See you there.


greet Anton