ReflectedLight Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I suck. I took a stab at Broone's Bane but it didn't work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocinanteKid Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hi, this is already a heavily covered subject down in M.O.T.S. and I'm sure one of these threads will help. Good luck! http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=33138 http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=33139 http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=31159&st=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screvato Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I wouldn't start with all 18 minutes of Hemispheres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choose/the/light Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 learn the intro to A Passage to Bankok, its the first Rush riff I ever learned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 QUOTE (Screvato @ Feb 25 2008, 08:16 PM) I wouldn't start with all 18 minutes of Hemispheres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Feb 25 2008, 08:16 PM) Hi, this is already a heavily covered subject down in M.O.T.S. and I'm sure one of these threads will help. Good luck! http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=33138 http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=33139 http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=31159&st=0 thanks dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonfiredaman02 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 You want easy? Far Cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Reading all those other threads just about EVERY Rush song was mentioned at some point. I know Alex Lifeson has never been known to be a technically difficult guitarist to learn, but are all Rush songs easy? I would be curious as to what the difficult guitar songs to play would be? I dont know much about it, but my guess would be la Villa strangiato.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonfiredaman02 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Feb 26 2008, 12:40 AM) are all Rush songs easy? AS IF!!!!! Rush is some of the hardest and most complicated music around. Really, start off with Far Cry. Power chords, and not much of a solo. What could be easier? Sure, there are songs that have really easy parts, like working man, but then you've got the whole instrumental part... thats hard. I'm assuming you want to be able to play whole songs, so start with Far Cry. And if you're more of a classic rush fan, Tom Sawyer is relatively easy, as is Cygnus X-1 part 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimagraven Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I have to say, when I've been learning (And I'm only okayish) I've learned more from playing Rush pretty badly than I have done from playing any new, simple stuff good . The songs have a great learning curve to 'em, because they're very technically difficult, but they're not for the faint of heart and they're not for someone who doesn't have determination either lol. To echo everyone else, go with Far Cry. It's easy as... pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocinanteKid Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Feb 26 2008, 05:40 AM) Reading all those other threads just about EVERY Rush song was mentioned at some point. I know Alex Lifeson has never been known to be a technically difficult guitarist to learn, but are all Rush songs easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Off the top of my head (minus the solos obviously): Working Man Fly By Night In the End The Necromancer A Passage to Bangkok Tears Natural Science (first part) Limelight Nobody's Hero Resist (acoustic version) The Larger Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the masked drummer Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Something for Nothing is probably the easiest one I've tried. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the masked drummer Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 QUOTE (jonfiredaman02 @ Feb 26 2008, 12:54 AM) QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Feb 26 2008, 12:40 AM) are all Rush songs easy? AS IF!!!!! Rush is some of the hardest and most complicated music around. Really, start off with Far Cry. Power chords, and not much of a solo. What could be easier? Sure, there are songs that have really easy parts, like working man, but then you've got the whole instrumental part... thats hard. I'm assuming you want to be able to play whole songs, so start with Far Cry. And if you're more of a classic rush fan, Tom Sawyer is relatively easy, as is Cygnus X-1 part 1. Far Cry? That is the most wildly preposterous notion I've heard yet. Far Cry would be easy if you don't pay attention to the timing, but as a student you should be practicing by playing, tapping your foot, AND counting all at once in order to get a good understanding of how the notes fit within the framework of time. I've seen too many young players try to pull off harder songs than what they should be learning and never getting good since they really haven't grasped the timing element of playing yet. I know players who have been at it for over twenty years with this mentality, and gues what? They still suck! Timing is a critical element of playing and one should stick with easy stuff until they have mastered it, THEN move on to more complex arrangements. You will enjoy playing guitar much more when you insist on playing songs 100% correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The O' Sullivan Factor Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Well lots of Rush's rhythm guitar parts seem fairly easy, really the first 10 minutes or so of hemispheres is pretty easy actually. Noone's taking solos into account either, those are almost all pretty tough. Not to mention that 90% of the people who learn Rush songs learn them wrong, I bought one of those Ivideo songs and found out that I had learned TSOR completely and totally wrong. So think of that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the masked drummer Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 QUOTE (The O' Sullivan Factor @ Feb 27 2008, 10:40 AM) Well lots of Rush's rhythm guitar parts seem fairly easy, really the first 10 minutes or so of hemispheres is pretty easy actually. Noone's taking solos into account either, those are almost all pretty tough. Not to mention that 90% of the people who learn Rush songs learn them wrong, I bought one of those Ivideo songs and found out that I had learned TSOR completely and totally wrong. So think of that too Very true. I wasn't even thinking about the leads. You're right about learning stuff wrong, too. We've all done it. Sometimes the right parts seems wrong unless you have all the other instruments in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Duio Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Feb 26 2008, 12:40 AM) I know Alex Lifeson has never been known to be a technically difficult guitarist to learn, but are all Rush songs easy? Well, I've never heard this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloverush2112 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 QUOTE (hope70 @ Feb 25 2008, 07:56 PM)I suck. I took a stab at Broone's Bane but it didn't work out. This may help you with Broon's Bane, check it out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marklar Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 'In the end' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapes_under_pressure Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 the larger bowl is easy, and the solo isn't the hardest out there by far... the main tune is very simple and easy though, and it's also interesting to play along to the song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapes_under_pressure Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 oh yes and closer to the heart, that song is very easy!! (im not a lead guitarist so im not talking about the solos lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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