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There are very likely thousands of such examples. I’ve compiled a list of the 50 best 12-string guitar tracks to get you started. Some are entirely played on 12-string guitar, while others feature a riff or a few notes that give them their signature 12-string flavor.
- The Eagles - Hotel California. Album: Hotel California (1976) Yes, it's Hotel California. What a nice surprise! Admit it: Don Felder's 12-string acoustic guitar intro (and every other note and chord he plays on this song) is, at this point, a part of our collective consciousness.
- The Byrds - Eight Miles High. Album: Fifth Dimension (1966) Hey, we love big, sloppy guitar solos played on Rickenbacker 360s. This is Jim (later Roger) McGuinn at his, well, 12-stringiest.
- Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away. Album: Houses of the Holy (1973) Stairway might be the most revered song on this list, but there's no denying Over The Hills and Far Away as the quintessential 12-string guitar song in Led Zeppelin's catalog.
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here. Album: Wish You Were Here (1975) Recorded to sound like it was being played through an old transistor radio, the 12-string intro of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here never fails to evoke a sense of nostalgia.
Everything sounds so beautiful on a 12-string! Was originally 12 string until the publishers of one of the tracks blocked my last video worldwide ...
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- “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin. Genre. Hard rock/Progressive rock/Folk rock. Difficulty. Beginner. Type of Guitar. Electric. Tabs. Stairway to Heaven Tabs. If you’ve never heard of the Forbidden Riff, it’s best you buckle up for this classical story.
- “Hotel California” by Eagles. Genre. Rock. Difficulty. Intermediate. Type of Guitar. Electric. Tabs. Hotel California Tabs. Back in the early 70s, on a fine July day in Malibu, Don Fedler sat down and created Hotel California.
- “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd. Genre. Progressive rock. Difficulty. Beginner. Type of Guitar. Dreadnought acoustic. Tabs. Wish You Were Here Tabs. In the world of psychedelic and progressive rock, no name shines brighter than Pink Floyd.
- “A Hard Day’s Night” by The Beatles. Genre. Rock. Difficulty. Beginner. Type of Guitar. Acoustic. Tabs. At Hard Day’s Night Tabs. Have you ever heard of Beatlemania? If not, then you’re a lucky one!
Jul 17, 2023 · The 12 string guitar is an incredibly useful tool for providing a sense of depth to a song. These tracks should have provided you with plenty of examples of this fact. Listening to these songs can give you some great ideas for incorporating a 12 string into your own music.
Sep 24, 2020 · Here is a compilation I did of 20 popular songs that are played on a 12 string acoustic guitar. How many can you recognize?
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