Divide them into categories, one page each: soft rock hits, Beatles gems, light jazz standards, familiar traditional folk, holiday music, etc. To be a welcomed presence as a background guitarist at a restaurant, for example, write down as many songs as you can think of that you would like to hear over dinner and drinks.
Divide your song lists into stylistic categories based on the context of your performance. It will be helpful for you to see what you’re actually able to play for people organized in one place. Your list could easily take up a few pages, or even a large binder. (It’s totally OK if you leave this column blank, but i f you’d like to learn more about chord-melody, check out this lesson). Reserve the third column for pieces you’ve arranged as chord-melody solos. In the second column, list all of the tunes to which you know the lyrics and melody, or just the melody if you play instrumental music.
Fill one column with a list of songs whose chords you know from memory well enough to accompany yourself or someone else. To create an effective set list for yourself, set up three columns on a page.
Here are some ways that you can build your repertoire by focusing on your goals as a player in any given environment. Rather than a build from low to high energy, there’s a rise and fall to a performance throughout its course. Consider the concerts you’ve attended during which the band exited the stage mid-set, leaving one solo player in the spotlight for a song or two. Planning a concert or recital, or even just a coffeehouse gig, requires thinking about the flow and continuity of the material. Or if an in-the-round with songwriters is your scene, then you know how important it is to have your best polished material ready, along with maybe something to workshop with the folks while you have the attention of a room full of aficionados. If you’ve performed in bars and restaurants, then you understand the value of having a few choice standards at your fingertips. Whether you’re a solo singer-songwriter or instrumentalist, or you play with a group, as you develop plans to play shows, you’ll need to carefully consider your repertoire. So we're asking you to give just $1 (or whatever you can afford) right now.įrom the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Jane Miller Hey, fellow guitarist! Did you know 99.9% of visitors to this site will scroll past this message without making a contribution? Many plan to pledge later, but then forget.
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