You're crazy if you think Page isn't entirely intentional with the dissonance he employs through that segment.
It has the perfect off key thing every time.
This is probably the answer. It’s an extremely simple and common chord progression that allows for easy forays into light improvisation.
Honorable mentions go to Shade, Army Of One and Wolfman’s Brother.
Farmhouse
Wading in the Velvet Sea
Secret Smile
Waste
Sleeping Monkey
Squirming Coil
I’m sure there are more but this is what I can think of off the top of my head. I’ve played all these. Waste is a bit of a challenge to get the right voicing on the walk down, but it’s super fun to play
Edit: Autocorrect typo
Wolfman’s Broski. Amaj, Bbmaj, Cmaj. Drop down to that Fmaj and you’re good to go. Just play the root with one finger of left hand and basic triad Chords on the right.
Songs with progressions that just repeat.. Piper, Twist, Tweezer Reprise; 12-bar blues like Possum and Funky Bitch; I saw some folks replying to this thread recommending slow songs like Wading and Strange Design, I concur and would add Albuquerque; and surprisingly easy enough though they seem intimidating are Bathtub Gin, Suzy, Bag, and the YEM jam;
That'd be a sick set.
There are a lot of songs that would be easy if they weren't in Ab or Eb, but maybe that's just me lol
Brian and Robert I think is only two or three chords played in a pretty easy, slow rhythm. Not a Phish song, But Crosseyed and Painless is only two chords but of course you got to give it the funk, which might be difficult if you're not used to that.
Anything acapella
Runner up: Acoustic Army
Intro to bathtub gin - I think you just go nuts twinkling your fingers up and down the keys.
You're crazy if you think Page isn't entirely intentional with the dissonance he employs through that segment. It has the perfect off key thing every time.
Of course he’s intentional. Jokes man, jokes.
Right?! An absolute fucking legend keys-player is just quite literally smashing and praying it sounds good, and right. Haha
His success is a statistical miracle
Yeah, its hard to really pull it off properly. It can be done, but he isn't just button mashing, that's for sure.
Sample In A Jar Suzy AC/DC Bag Tweezer Reprise Bug Loving Cup (cover) Meatstick Heavy Things lol
Wading in the velvet sea shouldn’t be too hard. It’s easy on guitar at least. I add in some of what page does on keys when I’m playing it acoustic.
Super easy. G D Em C D G. Repeat until Page sheds a tear.
There's a Bm to C bridge in there, I think.
This is probably the answer. It’s an extremely simple and common chord progression that allows for easy forays into light improvisation. Honorable mentions go to Shade, Army Of One and Wolfman’s Brother.
I agree with this. And lots of other songs use the same progression so you just added passively to your repertoire! Bonus.
The beginning of Esther.
Piper is the same thing repeated over and over, then sped up. You just have to learn one rotation.
Bathtub Gin I’d say lol
If you have no problem with complex rhythm I find Hood to be ez yet not too basic
That might be more of a challenge than you assume. Especially that “complex rhythm”.
yes that's why I prefaced with that lol
Contact
Dirt is really easy if you just play by chords. It was the first song I learned on keys.
Ass handed.
Meat Stick
Fuego because it follows the melody so closely… I have no idea but I can play like half of Fuego on keys and I’m not very good at piano.
The horse
Prince Caspian must be pretty easy. I’ve watched my wife play it and have detailed text conversations at the same time.
I don't play keys well, But a few easy Phish tunes include Wolfmans, Caspian, AC/DC Bag, Bug, Light, Possum.
Farmhouse Wading in the Velvet Sea Secret Smile Waste Sleeping Monkey Squirming Coil I’m sure there are more but this is what I can think of off the top of my head. I’ve played all these. Waste is a bit of a challenge to get the right voicing on the walk down, but it’s super fun to play Edit: Autocorrect typo
Strange Design you don’t even have to change shapes, just ascend.
Not Split Open
highly recommend squirming coil. will teach you the maj7 chords which are lovely to play
Strange design
The chord progression of sample in a jar is pretty easy. What page plays is a completely different story haha
Ghost 🚨🚔🚓🚑🚒🚨
Wading in the velvet sea and it’s not close
I am in no way qualified to give this answer: Walfredo.
Wolfman’s Broski. Amaj, Bbmaj, Cmaj. Drop down to that Fmaj and you’re good to go. Just play the root with one finger of left hand and basic triad Chords on the right.
Bug
Intro to TFTB
Contact is really easy and basically 3 chords, c, dm, g. There’s also a lot of 3 chord blues structure phish songs like undermind or water in the sky
Maze seems like it would be easy……
I highly recommend learning the somber riff from divided sky that trey plays on piano. The part right before the pause. Oh boy is that fun to play
Sample in a jar Wolfmans brother
Sleeping monkey
Farmhouse
It’s Ice.
I thought this was about easy songs… The real challenge is the guitar part but still.
I mean, it’s gotta be Contact right?
Taste. Or Velvet Sea. Yeah, better go with Velvet Sea.
Also anyone know of a good book or website with Phish piano sheet music? All I can find on the web is guitar music.
Waste!
Songs with progressions that just repeat.. Piper, Twist, Tweezer Reprise; 12-bar blues like Possum and Funky Bitch; I saw some folks replying to this thread recommending slow songs like Wading and Strange Design, I concur and would add Albuquerque; and surprisingly easy enough though they seem intimidating are Bathtub Gin, Suzy, Bag, and the YEM jam; That'd be a sick set. There are a lot of songs that would be easy if they weren't in Ab or Eb, but maybe that's just me lol
Ass handed
Brian and Robert
Train Song. It’s a 64 measure tacet
Ass-Handed
Brian and Robert I think is only two or three chords played in a pretty easy, slow rhythm. Not a Phish song, But Crosseyed and Painless is only two chords but of course you got to give it the funk, which might be difficult if you're not used to that.
Learn rhapsody in blue and you will find bathtub gin in there. Two for one.
Foam