TOP 20 Acoustic Guitar Intros Of All Time

[amirm]

Pretty neat video from Rick Beato on starting beats of iconic songs:

Would have loved to hear all of these songs to the end.

By the way, I don't see a microphone. Anyone know where it is located?

 

[Krunok]

Pretty neat video from Rick Beato on starting beats of iconic songs:

Would have loved to hear all of these songs to the end.

By the way, I don't see a microphone. Anyone know where it is located?

My bet would be it's mounted on the camera.

 

[Xulonn]

Almost 2 million views in its first week on YouTube? Wow?

I know and like every song on Rick's list of twenty, but not the ones that didn't quite make it.

I also noted his easy switching between fingerstyle and flatpicking - and use of a 12 string and at least two different 6-string guitars, which served to make his recreation of the intros more authentic.

Interesting that the Hotel California by the Eagles was the only song with such tight copyright restrictions that he could not play it on YouTube.

In spite of its popularity and over-playing, I agree that Stairway to heaven is the best acoustic guitar intro I've ever heard - and it is still one of my very favorite rock/crossover songs ever. The long Bolero-like progression from a quiet acoustic intro to a powerful electric guitar and drum finale was pure genius. Although I am tempted to play it tonight, I think I will wait until my Classe Model Seventy amplifier arrives in a week or so, and make it the first song I play on my "upgraded" stereo system.

Thanks for this post, Amir. The guitar has long been my favorite musical instrument.

 

[amirm]

Interesting that the Hotel California by the Eagles was the only song with such tight copyright restrictions that he could not play it on YouTube.

I noted that too. Their label must be quite aggressive. Seems to me snippets of music played by someone else should be allowed. Alas, the automatic filters and robots at Google probably don't care and will flat/demonetize it.

 

[Tom C]

Looked like he was in a recording studio, didn’t it? Maybe they had an overhead mike on a small boom out of the camera frame. The sound was pretty good.
Thank you, Amir.

 

[Guermantes]

Rick Beato's "What Makes This Song Great?" series is fantastic but I always wonder where he gets those multitracks/stems from . . .

I'd also love to have a home studio like his

 

[DuxServit]

I listened to the end. Three Led Zeppelins ! Awesome.

Seems a lot of good stuff were written in the 1970s and early 80s.

 

[SIY]

I would immediately disqualify Hotel California for being a ripoff of We Used To Know.

A couple on that list I can agree with. Mostly not, though.

 

[Wombat]

Just for interest sake listen from the 32 second mark. This is a 17th century composition.

 

[DuxServit]

Just for interest sake listen from the 32 second mark. This is a 17th century composition.

Interesting - very close to Stairway.

 

[D700]

Peace Train? Moon Shadow?

 

[Drewspin]

Rank as you wish:

Good Morning Little School Girl - Muddy Waters
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
Sweet Virginia - Rolling Stones
Sweet Black Angel - Rolling Stones
Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers
Slippery St. Paul - Doobie Brothers

 

[raif71]

I would say Concierto De Aranjuez has nice guitar intro too

 

[Sal1950]

All great stuff, neat video.
That guys one hell of a player also.

 

[amirm]

He has a solid educational background and experience. Here is his bio in his own words: