Beautiful Guitar Instrumentals

[RHJ-Music]

My dad has really taken a liking to songs like Steve Vai's "Lotus Feet" and Joe Satriani's "Always With Me, Always With You," etc... Can you guys name off as many songs as you can that are very sweet, melody based guitar instrumentals. Im planning on making him a CD.

[davidvanhalen]

crying and love thing by satch, tender surrender by vai, manhattan by eric jhonson,etc. just to name a few. by the way i love lotus feet too, the melody and the arrangements are just breathtaking.

[curiousgeorge]

Satch -- Friends (Live In San Fran version), I Believe, Sleepwalk, Starry Night, Love Thing, Day At The Beach etc etc...

Vai -- Die To Live, Whispering A Prayer, Ballerina 12/24, The Boy From Seattle etc etc...

[flathead]

Neil Zaza- Melodia
Vai-Whispering a prayer, For the love of God, Sisters
Steve Morse- Ghostwind
Marcel Coenen- Moyra
SRV-Lenny, Riviera paradise

Edit--Just a thought, how about some acoustic stuff, perhaps some Michael Hedges, Adrian Legg

[Surfing_Satch]

Vai- Whispering A Prayer, Die To Live, For The Love Of Cod!
Satch- The Crush Of Love, Memories
Gary Moore- The Loner
Frank Gambale- Little Charmer
Steve Morse- The Introduction
Jeff Kollman- Journey Through Life
Jeff Beck- Behind The Veil, Where Were U
Thomas Blug- Longing


Hope U Like Them

[mantermite]

Nadia - Jeff Beck (Off his You Had It Coming album)
Backbird off the same album.

It's a little different but the guitar is soooooo sweeeeeet sounding.

I think everyone has already grabbed my thoughts in there previous lists, actually listen to some more of the album and pick your best favourites


Suspension is the other nice melodic one.

[CaptainCarma]

"´cause we´ve ended as lovers" - Jeff Beck

[StreetWorm]

I'd just like to add "Where Were You" by Jeff Beck on his Guitar Shop album. Very passionate instrumental...ranks up there with "Cause We've Ended As Lovers".

[Oceano]

Any Jeff Beck ballad is amazing, love all of them, his phrasing is beautiful.

[gersdal]

Santana "Europa"
Gary More "paradesian Walkway"

[EricV]

"Moyra" and "Inner Alchemy" by Marcel Coenen
"Ghostwind" and "Endless Waves" and "Indian Summer" by Steve Morse
"Rubina" ( live version of "Time Machine" or "Live in SF" )
"Machete" and "Inferno" Buckethead ( or actually, all of "Colma" and "Electric Tears" )
"Thinking Of You"- Satch
"Cry For You" and "Night To Remember" - Andy Timmons
"Never Forget" - Thorsten Koehne
"Flow My Tears" - Stu Hamm
"bad Luck Go Away" _ Brett Garsed
"Song For Rachelle" - Greg Howe
"The Deep" and "Fade To Blue" - Gary Hoey
"Whispering A Prayer" - Steve Vai
(...)

[underfaced]

"Wake The Deat" A Perfect Circle

"Hourglass" Liquid Tension Experiment.

[Oceano]

There is this band called Lanterna, they play instrumental guitar music. Their guitar parts are very dark and dreamy. They use a lot of delay, reverb and many layers of guitar parts to create very atmospheric and interesting melodic soundscapes. Picture a darker instrumental U2 with two 'Edge's' on guitar.

Perfect music for night driving :)

[curiousgeorge]

Wanna relax? Try Andreas Vollenweider. A harpist who creates lush sonic landscapes. Recommended album: Behind The Garden.

Also - firehose: Walking The Cow

[JohnJumper]

Try anything off of Phil Keaggy's "Beyond Nature". That guy is amazing!

[curiousgeorge]

Sarah by Ween

[Unhorizon]

"Hourglass" Liquid Tension Experiment.

Damn beat me to it! This song is one of the most beautiful instrumentals ever. Period.

[mattblack850]

Satch's Midnight, I thought that would've been mentioned by now!!

Anything by Antonio Forcione or Django Reinhardt,
Neck to Neck - Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler, there's a couple of really nice instrumentals on this album. (can't think of the titles at the moment though).

[curiousgeorge]

Satch's Midnight, I thought that would've been mentioned by now!!

Anything by Antonio Forcione or Django Reinhardt,
Neck to Neck - Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler, there's a couple of really nice instrumentals on this album. (can't think of the titles at the moment though).

I don't know, I wouldn't call Midnight a song that has sweet, soothing melodies...

[Unhorizon]

I don't know, I wouldn't call Midnight a song that has sweet, soothing melodies...


Yeah, I like midnight, but I wouldn't call it beautiful.

[Arpetude]

aren't we forgetting yngwie:D


i recomend Icarus' Dream Suit op. 4.

[Regulus]

Van Halen's acoustic instrumentals- Spanish Fly and Little Guitars (Intro), and Cathedral.

I like pretty much any instrumental by David Gilmour as well.

[Carvinite]

Testament Hypnosis & Musical Death

[DemonSorcerer]

My favs are...

Vai's Sisters, Boston Rain Melody, Whispering a Prayer
Marty Friedman's Realm of the Senses, Namida, Be, Escapism, West
Malmsteen's Sorrow, Cantabile (From Vivaldi's Flute Concerto Op. 10, No.3)
Romeo's Sonata (with Symphony X)
Becker's Rain, End of the Beginning
Holdsworth's Joshua, Tokyo Dream
Liquid Tension Experiment's State of Grace
Joe Satriani's Baroque, Tears in the Rain, Always with me...
Dimeola's Night Club 1960
Garsed's Crystal Voyager (check this one out!!!)
Lane's Epilogue for Lisa (RIP, Shawn...)

There are some others that i can't remember...

David

[GrantMe]

i dont know if itll work on your dad but girls love it when i break out

Explosions In The Sky lol....really though strong melodies and the entire album flows very well....really well made MUSIC.

[GrantMe]

ahh crap i just realized you said GUITAR instumentals....oh well ..lol

[bagman]

Try Peter Green's - Supernatural