Beginner Songs

#494 “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Nirvana
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Learn the song and be able to play it all of the way through
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#472 “Can’t Get Enough” Bad Company
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Learn the song in it’s entirety. Be sure to pay close attention to the terms D.S. al Coda, Coda, and the various endings.
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#424 “Rolling in the Deep” Adele
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Learn the song and all of its parts.
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#346 “Honky Tonk Woman”- Rolling Stones
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Learn the full song at original tempo. For a more advanced approach, incorporate the cowbell rhythm throughout the song while keeping the groove steady.
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#342 “Shook Me All Night Long” – AC/DC
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Learn the song in its entirety
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#321 “Hard To Handle” The Black Crowes
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Learn the full song and be able to play it all of the way through.
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#313 The Drumming of Coldplay Pt.2
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Play songs with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#303 The Drumming of Coldplay Pt.1
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Play songs with correct parts from beginning to end.
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8/14/13 BONUS “Harder To Breathe”
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Play chart all the way through at the original tempo of the song.
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#189 Motown – “This Old Heart of Mine”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#190 “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#198 Parliament “Up For the Downstroke”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#69 “I Want You To Want Me”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#43 “Cocaine” & “Wonderful Tonight”
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Play songs with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#5 The Killers – “Runaways”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#211 Blink 182 “All The Small Things”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#215 “Poor Tom” Led Zeppelin
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#86 Billie Jean
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#72 “The World” Brad Paisley
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#20 Toto “Hold The Line”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#218 “Roxanne” The Police
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#221 “Superstition” Stevie Wonder
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Learn the entire song
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#224 Van Morrison “Brown Eyed Girl”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#225 Tom Petty “Free Fallin'”
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#226 “Hard Knock Life” Jay-Z
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Play song with correct parts from beginning to end.
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#227 Hip-Hop Fill Examples
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Beginner: Learn fills at 80bpm

Intermediate: Learn fills at 95bpm

Expert: Learn fills at 110bpm
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#416 “Take 5” Groove Breakdown
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Break the groove down into it’s individual components and work through them. Once you’re comfortable, put them all together and work them up to the speed of the original Dave Brubeck recording.
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