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gnr did a great rendition of knockin on heavens door, originally by bob dylan, the chords are the same, in fact the whole song is the same except for slash adds in some original riffs here and there. patience is a good one too.

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coors

yea i checked the string height, and it wasn't right, turns out when i broke the B string last month and replaced it, i bought the wrong kind. thanks

like zombie said wish you were here is a good twelve string song, so is stairway by zeppelin.

i agree with both of u... James i've never thought of writing that way (i write stories, and music, but i'm not confident enough to put it up here yet)

but usually i write the song then think up the title.  but sometimes your title might not be in  the actual song, like in a  lot of zeppelin songs such as trampled underfoot,immigrant song, and black dog.  inspiration can come from anything.  my advice: when you come up with a title think of anything associated with the words in the title i.e. childhood memories, dreams, even definitions.

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idiots guide to music theory is a good one, it doesn't have much about guitars in it, but it has everything you need to know about scales and... well music theory.

a better book especially for guitar players is everything you need to know about guitar scales, it starts at the beggining, and goes through all the scales, variations, and specialized scales (like blues and country) i also love that it has "studies" or little diddies that use a certain scale.

anyway good luck!

i just made the transition myself.  its pretty crazy, just when you think you have all the basics of guitar pretty much covered you get an electric and there is soooom much new stuff to learn, especially since now its not just how you play the guitar that makes the difference, there's an amp with tons of knobs that open up billioons of new doors!! now i spend a lot more time on the guitar than before, you're right its addicting!!!

also try doing acoustic stuff on your electric, it can sound really cool!

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first find the tempo the artist is using in the song. then (while holding your guitar) move your strumming hand up and down at the tempo. (but dont strum the strings) then just find a pattern that sounds good. but NEVER stop moving your hand. rhythm always comes before accuracy.  it takes a while to get used to constantly moving your hand, and you might feel kinda stupid but trust me its worth it. 

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it depends on what music you like.  some easy songs that i like include

bob marley- redemption song- G Em C Am

pink floyd- mother- G C D C

train- drops of jupiter- A E G D

theres lots of other stuff i cant remember.  if you look at the public songbooks under super begginer or super easy somethin like that you can find tons of stuff

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dont know the exact beats per minute but its pretty fast. 130 0r 140 maybe. listen to the song if you have it, if you dont they have it on rhapsody.com a site i highly reccomend

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