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Of course, another one is Wipeout. I think that is far easier to play than
Pipeline or Walk Don't Run, although if you are a total beginner it is kind
of hard at first to work up to speed.
Some Ventures songs are quite cool to learn as previously mentioned (the
Ventures must have started 100's of thousands of people to pick up the
guitar): Journey to the Stars and Joker's Wild (I learned these via Man or
Astro-Man?)
Some of the groups that influenced the 1st wave surf bands are also good to
start with. Like the Revels with Intoxica. Super simple song but fun to
play.
Another good one to practice double picking to is The Orignal Surfaris'
Bombora. Maybe a bit easier to play than Misirlou. And their song "Surfari".
Another song in the Surf Guitar 202 category is Surf Party. I have always
wanted to learn that one, and the Nebulas recent cover has a cool
arrangement. So I have started on that. The melody is a bit more complex and
you have to know it cold to play it as fast as the Nebulas do. It also has a
classic surf-style double stop "chorus"; another idiom for the 1st wave surf
tunes. And fun as hell to play. I'll post some tab when I get through it.
BN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Pleasant [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 11:33 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Starting Surf Tune
>
>
> I think Pipeline is as basic as it gets. Then
> Misirlou is pretty easy, the tremelo picking isn't as
> hard is it sounds. Walk Don't Run is a little more
> complex, but it's still pretty easy to play. I say
> start with those. It gives you the variety of the
> genre and they're all fun.
>
>
> --- wrote:
> > Hey Anyone,
> >
> > I'm just starting out with this surf stuff, (gotta
> > '97 California Strat
> > w/orig. TexMex in neck, an SD Antiquity in the
> > middle and an SD Custom Bridge
> > Antiquity in bridge pos.).
> >
> > So what's a good basic song to learn to get into the
> > genre?? I've been
> > playing for a long time, but preferably something
> > pretty easy to begin with
> > as well...Thanks!!
> >
> > -Brad
> >
>
