Acoustic Guitar Songs

[nagukush]

Hi Friends !

Just wanted to request you all to kindly suggest me a few songs that have Acoustic Guitar backing (like Oasis - Wonderwall)

Actually I want to make a list of such songs that have Acoustic Guitar strumming and learn them to develope my Rhythm Guitar.

Also wanted to get some advice on learning Acoustic Rhythm Guitar -

I can play decent Rhythm Guitar (IMHO) but as I have no way to get guidance from any teacher (there arent any here), I'm stuck and I dont know where to go next -

Should I learn some basic Chord Theory, so that I can make up new progressions and experiment with different strumming patterns ?
etc...

Just to show you my level of Rhythm Guitar playing - I request you to kindly have a look at the following video of mine and kindly comment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY4ub0CugQU

Please guide me a little on how can I get better as a Rhythm Guitarist.
Thanks for reading and for your kind help (in advance) :)

Regards and Care
Kush

[Steinberg]

You know, the video is cool and nice playing, but when you are playing campfire songs and being the "sensitive" musician, you can't sit with you guitar like that!
The whole thing about campfire songs is to get lucky.
I do sit like you, when I shred, but not when I hunting chicks ;):D

[Malcolm]

Rhythm guitar. Most people I play with have about four standard strumming patterns. You've got that one down fine. Do you have three more? If not work on getting them. You only need about four and then mix and match them to fit the song you are playing. Your chord change is fine and you are not loosing the beat when changing chords. Remember the beat must go on, even if a sloppy chord creeps in there every once in awhile.

Next thing I'd suggest you do is to start singing while playing. That will help your rhythm playing more than anything else I can think of. It will force you to augment - not be in competition with the lead. When you sing your voice is the lead and you accompaniment should not get into the way of the vocal. The audiance should not have any problem hearing the lead instrument, be that a vocal lead or an instrumental lead.

In accompaniment you are providing background harmony. It's subtle, less is more. Good luck you are doing fine.

[Blutwulf]

Beach Campfire Classics:

"Sister Golden Hair" - America (anything by them, really)
"Seagull" - Bad Company
"Amy" - Pure Prarie League
"Lyin' Eyes" - Eagles (again, almost anything by these guys too)
"Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
"Brown Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison

The thing is that the songs don't actually need to have been recorded and marketed as a "strumming" song. Anything with a chord progression can adequately be turned into a strum-along song. Thus, the list you seek is near-endless.

Most guitar players will cultivate a handful of righthand patterns (as Malcolm says, about 4). It is all good until two or more guitar players at the same time are using different patterns. That can create a wall of crap effect. Try to coax the gang into similar patterns.

[Joe Pass Jr]

" The whole thing about campfire songs is to get lucky. "

thats gold :D

[AndyPollow]

koombeeaa me lord koombeeaa hehehe

I think the best acoustic guitar music I ever heard is Dimeola's Friday Night in Sanfransisco. Thats 2 alternate pickers and one finger picker. Alot of shred and interesting chord playing.

[jimc8p]

Green Day - Time of Your Life is a good one. Similar to Wonderwall in that it requires minimal hand movement.