I have been requested by my friend who is the coming bride next month to play a song for her wedding and it will be the entrance song. You know entrance when they introduce the newly wed into the ballroom. I will need to perform solo on my acoustic guitar and i cant think of a suitable song! Do you guys know or can recomend any to me? I need a song that i can play the vocal and music instrument with 1 guitar. I dont have a great voice so im thinking to play a song that i can get my guitar to produce the vocal and insturment sound together.

Just give me your suggestion and i will find the chords, tabs myself. If you have the tabs or chords that would be even better! Thanks....

dang dang dang dang >.<

If you want the predictable one, just play Canon in D.......



Even more sappy is Green Day's Time of your Life.



If you want to rock out abit, play Metallica's Nothing Else Matters.

erm, not that. They dont want that dang dang dang dang song. They want like a music from a band...a love song...that kind

jonas brothers

Hehe... Time of Your Life will be fun... if the room isn't full of older folks. They won't appreciate it, trust me. Best for Christians, just do an instrumental worship song. But if you're not Christian then...

This post has been edited by secondrate: May 11 2009, 03:40 PM

canon in d eh, thats easy and it will work just nice

green day time of your life? hm...i dont think it will be that suitable but let me listen how it will sound like

metalica? dont think its good for a wedding.

the more suitable team is like "LOVE" song...a song that contains "LOVE"...thanks for your thoughs....canon in d is good choice i must say! hehe

MILEY CYRUS!!!!!!

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Added on May 11, 2009, 3:42 pmIt's the lyrics that counts wei:

Metallica, Nothing Else Matters:

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they say
never cared for games they play
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
and I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No, nothing else matters

This post has been edited by blacktrix: May 11 2009, 03:42 PM

Hehe Time of Your Life is played damn fast. I have trouble keeping up with the video and when I play for friends they just stare.

Just had a listen to 'Canon D'. Very nice lah but maybe something lower? Sounded a bit high to me but it's a wedding. Weddings = happy.

But blacktrix, bro Barney doesn't want to sing. At least that's what I gathered from his post.

This post has been edited by secondrate: May 11 2009, 03:44 PM

I would recommend Eric Claptop - Wonderful Tonight. Old classic song, and praises how the bride looks good that night. Hehe

autumn leaves?
chet atkins version, but only if u can finger pluck well..

yeap, i dont want to sing unless i can find someone else to sing. but for now i am looking to do the vocal and music instrument alone. thanks ya!

for those who posted youtube links, i cant see now as im in the office. Will have a look at em when im home. So keep the recommendation going!

This post has been edited by barney: May 11 2009, 04:07 PM

wat la...thats not miley cyrus...its hannah montana
for a moment there i thought she was doing a cover of gnr...


This post has been edited by Everdying: May 11 2009, 04:16 PM

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...01090831AAz0lHk

Here's a suggestion. I've never heard it.

It also suggests When You Say Nothing At All. I think the finger-picking part is good for a wedding but it's pretty short unless you finger-pick the whole song.

I think the finger-picked intro and first verse sound amazing on a guitar that has lots of tone. Like mine . I play this song a lot.

ok first of all, you're on your own right?

which the option is only to do a solo accompaniment.

you have to play both melody and rhythm on your own.

get a nice transcription book.
(you can get those pop song arranged on single guitar accompaniment at guitar/music shop you know).
and make sure the notation is in tablature unless u can read music notation

if it's me, i'll play 'reason'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8Fn5z0ZYk

This post has been edited by m3er: May 11 2009, 05:04 PM

^ Maybe pop song not so suitable. Need something slow and I think finger-picked. Hmmm.

pop song is the best for me.
my suggestion is find a transcription which was arranged for solo guitar.
of course u need to fingerpick for best result of that

Yeah, he wants to sing as well.

Time of your life is actually very easy to play.......

Or, if you want, Can't Help Falling In Love:

Time of Your Life is very simple I agree. It's just fast.

Maybe a pop song can put some 'spice' into the wedding. I find weddings very boring.

i tot he means to play both melody and chords on one guitar cause he said his voice sux.
but that canon in D is a nice suggestion also

This post has been edited by m3er: May 11 2009, 05:01 PM

fur elise on guitar(fingerpicked) is ok i think..
IMO,classical song suits more for wedding..
playing pop song in a wedding intro kinda weird and rude i think..

okie....after viewing a few of your suggestions i think i'll have put this in my list

1) Canon in D
2) My Sassy Girl - I Believe (acoustic)
3) Eric Clapton - Wonderful Night

I personally like my sassy girl instrument...very relaxing i would say. Any more suggestions?

u can play the fray's-look after you.. but ur not the husband so cannot... LOL..later u kena murder..

err seriously nothing else matter damn good... u can play alone and sit werd..

I really like Canon in D Good choice.

I like Wonderful Tonight better though. Got message also behind it hehehe. But better for the groom to sing. Don't want you kena bungkus

This post has been edited by secondrate: May 11 2009, 09:11 PM

What about this..



This post has been edited by blacktrix: May 12 2009, 02:05 PM

lol...i hope i will be able to get out of the ballroom alive after the whole thing...lol

now i gotta start to practice and memorize....this is going to take time

^ which song did you choose?

i cant see the video

i know the canon in d so im learning my sassy girl for now. i will ask my friend which she like of the 3 and i will learn it.

cant believe im doing this for free...lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmdufLZyWv0

who says you have to?

jokes aside, sounds good. Of course you're letting the bride pick it, don't want to miss all the wedding food if you kena boot.

2 months back, I played Canon in D too (but I was the drummer) for a wedding at Putrajaya Marriot...it was for the couple's grand entrance.

It was pretty ok.. I mean the song and all.... Cuz, it's quite a number of ppl's favourite.. So it can't go wrong.. Just try to 'spice' it up a little in ur own way, or u'll be lulling the audience to slp with Canon's melody.... ^^

PS: Don't forget to shine ur guitar ..AND defreeze ur hands before playing! gud luck!

OKie, i got another one in my list and it's 'My Sassy Girl(korean movie) - Canon' version. I find this is a bit more LIVELY than the original version of canon in D. What ya guitarist think?

^ Got a link to it?

Oh yeah bro, how come you recorded some guitar videos in the jamban? I noticed a few people do that too.

here you go
http://www.imeem.com/z-ska9z/music/lIMXIxv...ssy-girl-canon/
this is the piano version but i can do it on the guitar.

well...the jamban ar....erm...i was told that recording in the jamban actually can produce better sound because its very humid and empty. there the sound will bounce back from the wall with an echo producing a much better sound. may be i am using a digi cam so the sound isn't as sharp as it should be ...hehe

Wah It's relaxing to listen to alright. I like the bass parts. Can send me the tab once you're done? Haha

If can, get a keyboard to back up. Will sound lagi cun around 2.15 mins in.

I find my guitar sounds brighter in a closed space. Open air seems like got more bass.

HEHE! I think i'll settle for this...it's very ALIVE i should say, not so dry. now i gotta look for tabs around. when i get it i'll send it to you la. there wont be any keyboard as i am the only musician there...lol

try it in the jambam once...see u like the sound of it or not...hehe

Cool remix...! thumbs up.. but got one weird part tho.. where the pianist does that jittery playing at 1:38..

But anyhows, I reckon that you'll succeed in causing either or both mother-in-laws to tear
lol..

You're transcribing that sassy girl piece from piano to guitar?

for the jittery part, i might come out with my own idea for that. see what i can add in to spice it up abit. i just hope the crowd dun go in tears or not i feel abit bad ...

see if i can find the tabs or not and if i cant, i will try and translate the piano version to the guitar...gonna take time but can i believe

WONDERFUL TONIGHT FROM ERIC CLAPTON the BEST!