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Hi James,
As per usual I gave your song a run though but in honour of subject of the song I did not pick up my guitar to play it. Strangley enough I can change chords quicker on my guitar than the autoharp but it was good practice. A great song for an impressive instrument.
Thank you,
Roger
Russell,
With an instrumental you could have just announced it as you did here in 'Chat' without the need to try and write it all out.
Roger
Lovely piece of music Russell, I enjoyed every second of it.
But why have you posted it here in Chat? There is no rule preventing an instrumental piece of music from being posted in the Songwriting section.
Roger
Hi Kenny,
I agree with James, I think these lyrics are outstanding. I did struggle with the chords though, my problem not yours, I always struggle to find a melody line if there is a repeated chord sequence or one chord held for a long time. That being the case I can only try and encourage you to get recording so we can here how it should be.
Thank you,
Roger
Hi Headcase,
As no one else appears to be experiencing the problem that you are I can only assume that the trouble is with you PC or browser settings and not with Chordie.
Grasping for straws in an endevour to help - you say"when you go back...." If you are using the back arrow on the top left hand of the screen try clicking the Artist tag to go back there. I would suggest you check your browser settings, maybe clearing out your cookies might help, make sure that any protection programme you have is causing it, but I really have no idea. Maybe someone with more computer savvy might pop in with help.
Roger
Many of the computer magazines that I have read recommend the McAfee Antivirus, personally I use Avira which in its basic form is free and I have found to be an excellent tool.
Lieven I read in another post that you are using 2 antivirus programmes. It is my understanding that this is a definite no-no. The two programmes will clash and give you problems, you should stick to one.
Roger
Hi Diane and welcome to Chordie,
Please send an e-mail with this information to admin@chordie.com. These songs can then be added the next time Per performs a re-index.
Roger
Well Buvvy,
Now you mention it my Mum did tell me that fire was dangerous so I guess that counts. Mind you the MOST dangerous thing in our house as a kid was doing what mum said not to do 
I remember seeing James Bond killing a snake with an aerosol flame thower and thinking it was cool. When it happened to me it was not so cool I can assure you
Lastly and most importantly:
As for your hair long short thick or thin at 61 who cares.
I CARE!! 
But if my little adventure brought a smile to your face then I am glad.
Roger
Sorry Kerry,
Just showing my age by not being up to date with all these new fangled bands
Roger, the old codger
I strugged to find a decent video that you recommended, there are many very amateurs ones but I did found a reasonable one eventually. They seem pretty good so I will look out for some more of their stuff and I see what you mean about the lead singer's voice. Not outstanding but he can hold a note and keep in key and that is most important, thank you
.tubatooter1940,I still don't see the importance in scales,I know some people say to play with a metronome but I can easily play with the highest speed on my metronome by looking at a scale straight away.
Hi Cazador,
From this message I think there is some misunderstanding. A metronome will give a steady beat to regulate the speed (tempo) of a piece of music or song.
Scales on the other hand are the actual notes to play (or sing) in a particicular key. The key of C is always the easiest to remember as it is C D E F G A B C. Another couple of examples are:
The key of G is G A B C D E F# G.
The key of E is E F# G# A B C# D# E.
Learning scales is learning where these notes are on your keyboard so you can play in that particular key.
Roger
Hi Daddycool,
Another nice little number from you, well done.
I took the liberty of copying the line you put as the thread subject and copying it to the start of the message and hey presto.
Roger
Wonderful song James,
I may be wrong but I think that you have used a greater vocal range in this song than you normaly do and it really adds to the performance.
I am sure that Andreas will be looking down on you, with a smile on his face, at the moving song that you have dedicated to him.
Roger
Find a singer with a song you like who has a similar voice to you. Try Bright Eyes, the singer doesn't have an amazing voice, but he writes the songs to fit his voice, and has great lyrics which makes it sound like he can actually sing. Bob Dylan too.
-Kerry-
Hi Kerry,
All a matter of opinion really, but I think that Art Garfunkel has an incredible voice and is one of my favourite singers. I only wish I could reach the high notes that he is able to.
By the way "Bright Eyes" was written by Mike Batt and was the feature song of the film "Watership Down".
Roger
Hi Lieven,
It sounds to me as though you have lowered the bridge instead of raising it and you need to raise it again.
However if you are not sure what you are doing you should take it back to the store and let them sort it out for you, after all it is brand new and covered by a guarentee.
Roger
Grand fun song James,
It is very easy to play and the chord progression just comes very naturally.
Roger
Great song James,
I have to agree with Phill that grandkids are fantastic, unfortunately, having moved to Portugal I do not see mine very often but they are constantly in my thoughts.
Daddycool seems to want to keep you out of mischief by resurrecting songs for you to record so you will no longer be needing the blue pills. Do you have my address?
Roger
Hi Marcalan,
I would guess that the lyrics are Helena's and the music yours, but I may be wrong. Whoever did what it is a great song and your collaboration has worked very well.
Your MySpace and Foc are testament to the fact that you have now got to grips with your recording equipment too.
Well done to both of you and thank you.
Roger
Hi Kenny,
Great song and I agree with Phill that to me it seems finished, but you're the boss.
The lines " His Momma asked him not to go." and "But a cold wind seemed to blow." where it changes to the F C chords could well be the chorus, in fact as I played it I thought that it was your intention. I will give it another run through later. Thank you.
Roger
Hi William,
I played this before reading your note at the bottom and played all the first verse in A wondering what the intended melody line should really be. Guess I should have read before picking up the guitar . Much easier using the proper chords. Nice song, thank you.
Roger
Hi William,
Another good one from you it flows and plays well, thank you,
Roger
Hi Jeff,
Well I think that is the first time I have seen the tabs of an instrumental included for a song in this section, well done.
Lovely song for your daughter, I thought it played very well (although I was a bit messy with the instrumental - I need more practise) and the lyrics are beautiful. I hope you are going to record it for her then we might get a chance to hear it too.
Roger
Prone and completely unadorned on a table are.........................
Three Silver Spoons
Sorry I am unable to put the image on here but this link will take you to my flickr page where I have uploaded it for you to see:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_guppy/2663206561/
Roger
Hi Helena,
If you can hear the other songs on FoC and Marcalan's MySpace but not "5000 Miles" then that is very, very weird, strikes of the supernatural to me. Maybe we need to call in Paranormal Guitar
Seriously it is very odd and I have no idea, you need someone with more computer savvy than I to sort that one. Sorry I cannot help.
Roger
"Some People" a 60's film with some great songs and the lovely Angela Douglas. The music was provided by Valorie Mountain and the Eagles (not THE Eagles sadly).
Roger
Hi Rebel,
There are several versions of this song so I tried printing the Jimmy Page version :
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.u … ;id=112700 but as there are only 2 pages I guess I may have picked the wrong version. I do not normally use tabs and I surprised to see that there was no 'print' button on the song, but that may be normal. I used my browser print button and I did a 'copy and paste' and printed from Wordpad, both of which worked perfectly OK.
If you let me know which version you are looking at I will try and see what happens.
Roger
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