Recommended Songs for Beginner Bands at School Culture Festivals
For students in bands, performing on the cultural festival stage is probably a major goal, isn’t it?
However, if you’ve only just started your instrument or have members with limited experience, choosing songs to play can be quite challenging.
The guitar might be easy but the drums are hard… or the drums are easy but the bass is hard… It’s tough to pick songs that are satisfying to listen to while keeping the difficulty under control.
So in this article, we’ll introduce recommended songs that beginners can definitely pull off if they practice hard.
The key is to be flexible—don’t cling too much to the original, and arrange the parts you absolutely can’t manage.
If you work on it with your bandmates while having fun as you prepare for your first stage, it’s sure to become a lifelong memory!
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[Culture Festival / School Festival] Recommended Songs for Beginner Bands (101–110)
Vermillionsumika
This is a refreshing, pop-tinged song by sumika that evokes the spring season, where anxiety and anticipation about new surroundings intermingle.
With clear, gentle vocals, it tenderly recounts how feelings from a time when spring wasn’t yet lovable gradually turned positive through experiences as a musician.
Released in advance from the March 2025 album “Vermillion’s” and chosen as the theme song for Duskin Co., Ltd.’s new TV commercial “Let’s Connect Our Feelings,” the track charms with lyrics that convey the warmth and joy of walking forward together with someone.
It would be perfect for a band set at a school festival, helping everyone share the resolve to face forward and move ahead.
I’ve always liked you.Saitō Kazuyoshi
Because Kazuyoshi Saito originally started out as a guitarist, many of his songs have guitar solos that aren’t exactly beginner-friendly.
However, the guitar solo in this song is simple, so I can recommend it.
The other parts also follow straightforward patterns, making the whole song easy to play together.
stella☆Silent Siren
Silent Siren is a unique all-female band in which every member is a reader model or has modeling experience.
Their songs are generally suitable for beginners.
Catchy tracks like “stella☆” are easier to cover, so they’re recommended.
Sumatra Guard Corpssōtaisei riron
Recommended for female vocalists and girl bands: Soutaiseiriron.
A simple four-piece band setup with vocals, guitar, bass, and drums.
Tip: the vocalist should sing close to the mic to better reproduce the original sound.
The instruments are rhythm-focused.
If you can keep the groove going, it should feel great to play.
More lightBLUE ENCOUNT
A four-piece rock band formed in 2004, BLUE ENCOUNT’s track.
It’s a straightforward rock number that rides a driving, fast-paced groove with a passionate message.
For guitar, there’s a bridge-muted riff right at the start, along with plenty of arpeggios and chord-strumming phrases; since there aren’t many difficult techniques, it’s a good challenge for beginner guitarists.
The bass mostly sticks to root notes overall, but be mindful of phrases that use higher registers in the chorus and during the backing under the guitar solo.
The drums are fast in tempo and have many notes in the fills; if it’s too difficult, consider simplifying the fills to just repeated snare hits, focusing on maintaining momentum.
[Culture Festival / School Festival] Recommended Songs for Beginner Bands (111–120)
sparklergagaga supi
I feel like youth-punk songs are pretty simple and really cool overall.
The key point of this track is that the chorus is meant to be shouted by all the members together.
It brings out a sense of unity in the band.
Let’s all shout our hearts out!
Don’t say lazySakurakou Keionbu
This is the second single by the girls’ band Sakuragaoka High School Light Music Club that appears in the TV anime K-ON!.
It was also used as the anime’s ending theme, and it’s a straightforward 8-beat rock number.
The guitar features various techniques such as off-beat riffs and arpeggios, but none of them are particularly difficult on their own, so focus more on staying in the groove than on the techniques themselves.
The bass is mostly root-note playing overall, but be careful not to lose the rhythm with the off-beat phrases in the interlude.
The drums are fundamentally 8-beat, but since there are many rapid-fire fills, practicing to keep the strokes even will help you add drive to the track.