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 (41–50)
The Story You Don’t Knowsupercell
This song, which attracted attention after being used as the ending theme for the anime Bakemonogatari, is a track by supercell, a creator group formed around composer ryo.
It’s recommended for bands that have a member on piano.
LILLYHump Back
Hump Back is a leading next-generation girls’ band that enjoys overwhelming support from young people.
A hallmark of their popular songs is their catchy melodic lines.
Even if you don’t know the songs, their catchiness makes them easy to get excited about, so they’re great picks to perform at school festivals! At first, keeping up with the tempo for techniques like palm muting and the straight 8-beat might be tough.
But the key to improving is to start practicing at a slow tempo and gradually speed up.
End the worldHarukamirai
Harukamirai is an up-and-coming rock band attracting attention, active at live houses across the country.
If you’re a younger student, chances are you’ve heard of them.
Their songs are strikingly straightforward and free of unnecessary frills—they really grab you by the heart.
The playing is overall simple, and the tempo is just right, so definitely give it a try!
Kaiju no Hanabuta (Monster’s Flower Song)Vaundy
Singer-songwriter Vaundy, known for his modern, urban sensibilities and for being an alum of the Voice Music School—which has produced many notable artists—has garnered widespread popularity.
The advance single Kaiju no Hanauta from his first album strobo was used as the commercial song for Maruha Nichiro’s WILDish series, in the “For Us” campaign.
With a generally simple band arrangement, every part is beginner-friendly.
As an artist extremely popular among younger generations, this rock tune is sure to get the crowd going at school festivals and cultural events.
Heroineback number
A heartrending love song that gently embraces a fleeting winter crush.
The whiteness of the snow and the warmth of the heart are strikingly portrayed, and the protagonist’s inability to put their feelings into words is beautifully expressed through a delicate melody.
Released in January 2015 by back number, it gained attention as the JR East “JR SKISKI” campaign song, also featured in a commercial starring Suzu Hirose.
It’s a perfect choice for bands looking for a calm, mellow piece.
Odoru-LoopFurederikku
This song has a lively four-on-the-floor rhythm that feels great.
It’s included on the major debut mini-album oddloop, released in 2014.
The title combines “odd,” meaning strange, and “loop,” meaning repetition—a coined word created by Frederic.
I got a girlfriend.SHISHAMO
A track with an intro riff that leaves a powerful impression.
Since I can play it while singing as a guitar-vocalist, it’s by no means very difficult.
And because the original is a three-piece band, the fact that it can be quickly tightened up with a small number of players is another draw.