Topic: Distinctive strummers
OK folks – here’s a new kind of request. Please name some songs that are distinctive or easily recognizable by their chords alone. My wife and I play this game – I play a song and she guesses what it is. She is by no means a music aficionado and says all my songs sound the same – well, not all, but I understand what she means. I basically am a strummer at this point – no lead riffs or licks that often make the song’s signature – so without that or a vocal melody (I can’t sing either) – a lot of songs do sound pretty boring or similar. I sing along in my head, so I get it, but I would like some suggestions for songs that are easily recognized from their chords alone.
Hotel California is an example – the Bm to F# opening is instantaneous in recognizing what song it is. There are several in my song book she does get (some Clapton, etc) – but the typical easy open chord C / G / D / A- progressions I admit do sound kind of similar without vocals.
So please offer me some song suggestions. (Not one of those tunes with a chord chart down the whole page please! LOL) I can play most majors, minors, 7ths and am getting there on barres, but– you get too many augs, 9ths, and suses, in there I am lost.
So bottom line – please suggest some easy or medium difficulty song that are easily recognizable and distinct so I can impress the wife. She leans towards country and older rock – but she is more “hip†than me as far as new music goes too. Thanks for any ideas!
