Learning Cannonball By Damien Rice
I have been playing my guitar a lot more lately and trying to learn some of my favourite songs. Anyhow, my latest accomplishment has been learning Cannonball by Damien Rice. This is excellent song. The lyrics are a bit different, but the tune and guitar work is great.
I have a few methods I used to learn this song.
Listen To It
This is pretty much a given. You need to know the song inside and out. Not having to concentrate on lyrics lets you focus on the music style.
Get A Hard Copy Of The Lyrics and Tab
This should be your reference sheet for learning the words and a place to scribble notes or chords onto.
Not everyone will interpret the song the same way, so look for something that looks like your style or in your difficulty range. I went with this Cannonball tab.
Find A YouTube Lesson
This has been one of the best ways for me to learn this song. Here are my favourite lessons for Cannonball.
riggamortus' 2 Lessons
They have a lot of the detailed notes in them. The lesson is in 2 parts, but the second one has most of the good stuff in it.
wildfw5's Cover of Cannonball
This guy does not do a lot of the individual notes but he has the chords down pat and plays a much easier version that still sounds great.
Damien Rice In Central Park
This is a live performance by Damien Rice himself. You can see his hands pretty good and this is one of my favourite acoustic renditions of this song.
Other Versions
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Original Post: Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
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