Musical theatre song i can play on guitar

[lizan4]

Posted: 1/17/19 at 6:56pm

I have a cabaret coming up and I want to do a song I can sing and play guitar with. Any suggestions? (Im an alto)

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/17/19 at 7:10pm

The Art of the Possible from EVITA

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/17/19 at 7:11pm

"Being Alive" is really nice on guitar if you give it an acoustic bossa nova rhythm (think Beatles playing "Till There Was You"). I do it in C, modulating up to D after "alone is alone, not alive." The chords are simple too.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 1/17/19 at 8:08pm

Edelweiss

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 1/17/19 at 8:22pm

If you want a more rock sound theres One Song Glory from RENT

[siodettor]

Posted: 7/29/21 at 3:24am

Why don't you try Ed Sheeran songs first? For example, Castle On The Hill, Perfect, or I See Fire. I think they're great songs that sound great. In order to create your own songs, I think you have to play a lot of other writers' works. But those are more pop songs. Rock songs you can check out Three Days Grace. My favorite song is I Hate Everything About You.  How did you learn to play the guitar? I learned on an online platform for guitar lessons - middermusic.com. My teacher at school recommended it to me since it's a pandemic and I need to learn. Why did you decide to start playing guitar? I think it would be interesting to know.

Updated On: 8/6/21 at 03:24 AM

[jlindsey865]

Posted: 7/29/21 at 8:50am

I think a lot of Broadway songs could be rearranged to sound really cool acoustically.

Some that pop right off the top of my head are;
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
She Used To Be Mine (Waitress)
When He Sees Me (Waitress)
Tomorrow (Annie)
Til There Was You (The Music Man)

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/30/21 at 9:18am

Easy to be Hard  HAIR 
I Am Unworthy of Your Love  ASSASSINS
Love Song, Morninglow  PIPPIN  
What Would I Do?, I Never Wanted to Love You  FALSETTOS 
She Used to Be Mine  WAITRESS 
Sleepy Man  ROBBER BRIDEGROOM 
Moonshine Lullabye ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Storybook, When I Look at You SCARLET PIMPERNEL

Marieke, Carousel  JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS 
almost the entire scores of GODSPELL, RUNAWAYS and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 
 

[goodlead]

Posted: 8/4/21 at 4:34pm

In "Promises Promises," the song "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" is sung by an actress playing the guitar.

[MaliyahMitchell]

Posted: 8/30/22 at 8:32pm

I love playing the guitar. I've been playing for quite some time now, about 7 years. And that's quite a long period for a guitarist, so I don't even learn tunes not invented by me anymore. I come up with them myself in the course of either brainstorming or unexpectedly melodic improvisation. And then there's no problem with the lyrics. I've never had a problem with rhyming words. Recently, I ordered some handmade picks from ironageaccessories.com to have a richer range of sounds and harmonies. I had no idea before that a pick was so important when playing the guitar.

Updated On: 9/3/22 at 08:32 PM

[musicaltheatrechick]

Posted: 8/30/22 at 8:45pm

Pretty much any song from Once. 
Asheville from Bright Star.

 

Updated On: 8/30/22 at 08:45 PM

[Robbie2]

Posted: 8/30/22 at 8:51pm

lizan4 said: "I have a cabaret coming up and I want to do a song I can sing and play guitar with. Any suggestions? (Im an alto)"

Falling Slowly from the musical ONCE

[lachri5]

Posted: 8/31/22 at 12:28am

Anything from Benjamin Scheuer's The Lion.

The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance from The Last Ship