Recommend me some fingerstyle guitar songs

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Been finding lately I don't have much of an urge to fire up the amps and play electric while at home. But I always keep a couple of acoustics sitting on stands around the house, so I need to discover new music/styles to keep me going and get me out of my comfort zone. I particularly like my nylon string for plucking away on but more often than not, its just mindless noodling.

I call on the wisdom of NZG. I'm open to anything really, spanish style, classical, hidden gems that you think every player "should" know about; just songs with really nice chord arrangements. I'm no Tommy Emmanual so nothing too mental!

What do you guys like to play? Slowie - I know you must know some goodies.
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badlands - joes blues :winky:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiqcg4DdBOE[/youtube]
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If you dont allready know stairway its pretty much a requirement:)
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Eric Clapton's Unplugged album has some great stuff. For a Nylon, try 'Signe' and 'Lonely Stranger'.

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dylan wrote:If you dont allready know stairway its pretty much a requirement:)
That and Dee, I guess.
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hamo wrote:
dylan wrote:If you dont allready know stairway its pretty much a requirement:)
That and Dee, I guess.
And Blackbird by the Beatles. That one seems to have taken over Stairway's spot.
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'Seven Years' by Norah Jones has a lovely (and quite simple) fingerstyle guitar part.

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Great, thanks all.

I have to admit, my Beatles education is fairly non-existent. But yeah even I know Blackbird is thrashed :mental: I should get into em more.

The Unplugged album is great. Instrumentals like Signe are sorta what I'm looking for I think. When I was on holiday a couple weeks ago, in the resorts they'd be playing all these contemporary instrumental/acoustic songs in the background. You'd be sitting there trying to put the words to the melody, was really cool.

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StratMatt88 wrote: The Unplugged album is great. Instrumentals like Signe are sorta what I'm looking for I think.
Signe is a joyful thing to play. Once you get the feel for it, it just flows under your fingers. I find it really easy to imagine myself sitting in the Mediterranean sun on the aft deck of a superyacht, plucking my old Martin classical. :D
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It's been a loong time since I posted, but FWIW here's a couple of my favourites to play:

Satriani - Tears in the rain:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amT_qZtGn7Y[/youtube]

Adam Rafferty's version of the Beatles "In My Life":
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_31xKFzSy4[/youtube]
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Opeth - Benighted:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ9rbJcPyTA[/youtube]

Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP9xMobANJM[/youtube]

The Tea Party - Winter Solstice:
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Kansas - Dust In The Wind.

First time I heard it, I thought it was two or three people playing.
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alanp wrote:Kansas - Dust In The Wind.

First time I heard it, I thought it was two or three people playing.
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A few Paul Simon numbers maybe?
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If you have a mind to try some old country blues this is a good site for some pre war stuff

http://www.52weeksofblues.com/?page_id=21
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Carnage wrote:It's been a loong time since I posted, but FWIW here's a couple of my favourites to play.
Worth a lot, thanks. That Opeth song is beautiful.

Cheers heaps guys this will keep me busy!
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