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songs that you learned that made you a better guitarist

Posted by tori <3

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what songs influenced your playing style and developed your technique the most?

whoa i sound so fancy and smart


for me smells like teen spirt improved my strumming, nobody wants you (juno dream) helped with fingerstyle picking, thank you for the venom helped me with tremolo picking and general speed, mr brightside helped me with alternate picking, crying lightnight (the solo specifically) helped with slides and some girls are bigger than others is just such a great guitar riff

there are other songs that are generally fun to play but i wont bore you all

i would be super interested to hear your favourite songs to play and how they improved your guitar skill! :)

I'm also a pretty new guitarist so if any of you have some tips to improve generally i would really appreciate that, one song i have been struggling with at the moment is cemetery drive (rays part) because there are such difficult stretches along with speed so if anyone has some advice please share! 


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Reply by ♰essenceofme♰

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Learning the phsycosocial solo made me a better guitarist.


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Reply by Weirdtoshi

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the intro solo from silent screamer by tatsuro yamashita 

it was a nightmare learn it but it really helped to my technique


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Reply by Chomi

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I learned a part of "Revolution Is My Name", I think it helped me specially for the speed that you need to play it 


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Reply by Blair

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I know it sounds super lame, but genuinely Mr. Mustache by Nirvana. The fast alternating riff, plus how fast it went really helped me out. It's that or Holiday by Greenday, it got me more used to fast chord changes


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Reply by Blair

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I know it sounds super lame, but genuinely Mr. Mustache by Nirvana. The fast alternating riff, plus how fast it went really helped me out. It's that or Holiday by Greenday, it got me more used to fast chord changes


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Reply by Metal Mike

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The chorus to Machine Head's "This Is The End" greatly improved my alt picking and the verse helped me be more precise while being fast because you're moving your left hand all over the place. 
"Crystal Mountain" by Death has some cool mid tempo scale runs at the end that helped me have better coordination with my hands.
"Roots" by Sepultura made me realize that not everything in metal has to be complex to be heavy. Maybe all you need is just two notes to be heavy.
The song "...And Justice For All" by Metallica helped my endurance while playing guitar since its almost 10 minutes long!


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Reply by eddyedward

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all nereids beware by chiodos was like one song that made me a slight bit better


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Reply by ⋆。‧˚ʚ teeth ɞ˚‧。⋆

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a couple of years ago i learned how to play cherry wine by hozier and not only was it great because i finally learned hammer-ons and pull-offs, but it also really sparked my love of fingerpicking despite being previously averse to trying that style of playing


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