What's a good song to play on a guitar in an audition?

-I'm auditioning for our school band and I'm not sure what to play. I have 1 year of experience playing the guitar and I can do basic and power chords, plucking, and some easy guitar solo's. Can you recommend me some good and easy songs to play on the guitar in our audition? OH! If you can give me tips, I'll be happy to hear it.

Thank you!OK...to the guys that said Stairway and the Dragonfarce song...if you own a guitar, please chop it up into little pieces and throw it away. Thank you.



Now that I've got the rant out of the way, let's address your audition.



Every audition I've ever gone to (and that's probably been close to 100 by now), either the song(s) have been selected for me or I've been given a list of songs to pick from.



What kind of "school band" are you auditioning for? If it's a school sanctioned band that uses a guitar, chances are it's a 21 piece jazz band (also known as a stage band or lab band). You're not going to impress anyone by playing Louie Louie (or Stairway, etc). You going to need to go in with a jazz standard like "Autumn Leaves" or "Latin Lady".



Now, if it's a pep band for sporting events, it's probably going to be a little more current stuff. Keep in mind that I was playing in college in the late 70's/early 80's. At basketball games, we were playing Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Yes songs...that's what was hot on the radio back then.



Your best bet is to find out ahead of time what they're looking for as far as playing styles go, and then try to pick something to match up to that.



Whatever you pick, make sure you pick something you play well. You'll make a much better impression by playing a simple song well then attempting something difficult and coming up short.



Hopefully, your audition won't be like the last one I went too. They gave me a list of 7 songs to learn (with vocals). When I got there, the rest of the band was 45 minutes late, and didn't know half of what they asked me to learn. The wound up offering me the gig, but needless to say I didn't take it.



Good luck to you.



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