Graduate songs - I'm a 3-month beginner. Is it possible to learn enough songs to play 2-3 hours by graduation next July?

Hi, I’m Nick and I’m beginner guitarist who just started learning for 3 months
but next years in July we have graduate party and I want to ask you guys if it possible to learn that much song that can play around 2 or 3 hour in a years

and I want some ideas from you guys because there will be some parents and teachers too
so I want some song for teenagers and some song that everybody will know

Best Regrads
Nick

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That would depend on the songs and how good your memory is. Most pop/rock/country song only use 3 or 4 chords and have a repeating verse/chorus format. So even as a beginner guitar player if you practice using Justin’s beginner course, learn the 8 main open chords and the F and B barre chords there is no reason you couldn’t learn a few hundred song in a year.

that being said remembering those song is up to you. Justin has a formula for remembering song that works.
Once you’ve learnt a song well enough to play and sing it from memory move on to a new song.
In a few weeks go back and play the old song until you can play it from memory. Leave it for a month and go back to it again. Do this with every song and with in a few months you’ll remember them for ever.
The more you play a song from memory the longer it sticks with you.

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do you have any recommended songs?

Hi Nick,
Go to the song section and select grade1 songs (Difficulty Level)… you can also peak at songs from grade 2,and see if that fits a little…But there is a risk of playing songs at much above your level…such as learning poor technique or just plain frustration

If you follow the course from the beginning, which is a very important learning method, at the bottom of many lessons there are also song suggestions at the level you are at.

Greetings

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You should pick Easy songs you and your friends like. I haven’t been a teenager since the 70’s.

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thanks but you have any recommended song for 70s teenager like you that every tennager like you know

Obviously knows you’ve got good taste Rick

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You can definitely learn to play 2-3 hours worth of songs in a year, but playing a gig for 2-3 hours is not the same as learning 2-3 hours worth of songs. If you plan to play that long 1 year from now, I would think it is more important to play as many open mic / gigs as you can from now until there and at those open mic / gigs, play the songs you intend to play at the graduate event. Playing in your home is just not the same as playing in public so if you are cool with that part then you definitely can learn the songs.

As for songs, I like Neil Young, Hootie and the Blowfish, and Counting Crows, maybe some Johnny Cash they all have a lot of easy recognizable songs with basic chords and stumming. I also like Free Bird if you ignore the solo parts. Justin walks through an early version of Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, that is a good one for an older crowd. Those could net you a lot of content for a limited number of chords. I don’t personally know much younger than that.

Post your set list when you start to gather some ideas and Good luck!
♫⋆。♪ ₊˚♬ ゚.

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Electric or acoustic? Are you playing alone or with a band?
I cut my teeth on Led Zepplin, Lynyard Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath etc.
All have songs for both acoustic and electric.

-first II think I will either use Semiacoystic or Electric
-second am alone singing and guitar
-third thanks for your answer

For 2-3 hours too. you probably want acoustic and electric both. If you have them available. One is bound to go out of tune while you are playing and if you setup before hand you can play some then swap and then take a break to tune them both at least once in the middle. Unless you plan to have a road crew :rofl:.

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Hi, from my last topic that I’m talking about my Graduate party next year

I have do some list about the song that I want to learn (I’m beginner that start playing for 3 month)
and I want to ask you guys if is it possible to learn all of this in 1 year (chord can be simplify)

I spilt my song to 4 categories

first category is Romance
slow & chill song to play while dancing

  1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
  2. Perfect - Ed Sheeran
  3. Until I found you - Stephen Sanchez
  4. All of me - John Legend
  5. My heart will go on - Celine Dion
  6. Just two of us - Bill Withers
  7. I’m yours - Jason Mraz ( I know it’s not slow)

maybe you can recommend a better song

  1. You’re Beautiful- James Blunt
  2. Forever and ever, amen - Randy Travis
  3. Say you won’t let go - James Arthur

and the second category is Energize
music that kinda fast and give you energy

  1. Best day of my life - American Authors
  2. High hopes - Panic At the disco
  3. Sing - Ed Sheeran
  4. Have it all - Jason Mraz
  5. It’s time - Imagine dragon
  6. I ain’t worried - One Republic
  7. There’s nothin’ holdin’ me back - Shawn Mandes
    8.We are young - Fun ft. Janelle Monáe
  8. Don’t stop believin’ - Journey
  9. Everybody - Backstreet boys

Third Category is Popular and well know song that people can sing along

  1. Zombie - The Canberries
  2. We will rock you - Queen
  3. Take me home, Country road - John Denver
  4. Can’t help falling in love - Elvis Presley
  5. Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran
  6. Someone you loved - Lewis Capaldi
  7. Hallelujah - Pentatonix
  8. Another love - Tom Odell
  9. Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
  10. Shut up and Dance - WALK THE MOON
  11. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
  12. I want it that way - Backstreet boys
  13. What makes you beautiful - 1D

and fourth and the last category is
Plan B for the song that is too hard to learn and maybe song in Plan B is easier

  1. Let her go - Passenger
  2. Shallow - Lady Gaga & Brdley Cooper
  3. Wonderwall - Oasis
  4. That’s what I like - Bruno Mars
  5. She looks so perfect - 5SOS
  6. Make you mine- Public
  7. Too Sweet - Hozier
  8. Wellerman - Nathan Evans
  9. Rude - Magic!
  10. Heat waves - Glass Animal
  11. Something just like this - The Chainsmoker
  12. Counting Star - One Republic
  13. Just the way you are - Bruno Mars
  14. Viva la Vida - Coldplay

what do you think?

Best Regards
Nick

I have posted my lost now I think you can see on my Profile maybe

Your 2-3 hours gig for the graduation event seems like a cool and fun project.

Since you are just starting to play, it looks to me like a really big project though, specially with school and exams. So don’t hesitate to simplify it.

It would still be a success if you play and sing 5 or 10 of those songs at the event. And for the other songs, you become the DJ and people dance with the songs from Spotify.

It would still be really impressive. You don’t necessarily need to play and sing all of them for the event to be a success.

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that’s nice ideas thank you

You should be looking to do 12 to 15 songs an hour with a break 15 to 20 minutes so if you play for 2 hours you only need about 20 to 25 songs. Less if you talk a lot or like to tell stoties. You have 46 songs that’s enough for a 4 hour gig.
I think you need to slow down and take it one step at a time.
Mathieu has the right idea consentrate on getting 5 or 10 easy song down really well and DJ the rest.
It’s better to play a few songs really well than a bunch of songs badly.

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