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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REDKOTORI
KOTORI, a rising young band, is gaining attention, especially among younger listeners, and has started appearing at festivals around the country.
This song is structured to start slowly and pick up the tempo in the second half.
In truth, it’s harder to tighten up a band ensemble on slower songs, but for beginners, slower tempos might be easier to get into.
Guitarists should practice arpeggios as much as possible! Since the tempo changes significantly in the latter half of the song, let the bass and drums take the lead.
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.
Blue and SummerMrs. GREEN APPLE
It’s a refreshing rock number packed with the brilliance and wistfulness of summer.
While it portrays anxieties about friendships and romance, the song overflows with a positive belief in human connections.
Released in August 2018 as the theme song for the film “A Blue Summer: 30 Days of You,” Mrs.
GREEN APPLE’s seventh single surpassed 500 million streams in January 2024.
It was also performed at the NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen in December 2024, generating major buzz.
Filled with summer-specific imagery and a desire to cherish every moment of youth, it’s guaranteed to unite and electrify the entire venue if performed at a school festival.
OrangeSPYAIR
A bittersweet yet powerful anthem that captures a fleeting moment of youth! Released in February 2024 as the theme song for the film “HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle,” this SPYAIR track was featured as the title song of the EP “Orange” and broke into the top 10 on streaming charts.
It paints scenes of sweet-and-sour youth and the emotions of parting with friends while holding onto hope for the future, all set to a fresh, energetic melody.
Gently reminding us of the importance of keeping our eyes forward and continuing to walk on, this piece is sure to resonate as an opening theme for cultural or school festivals.
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.
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.
