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I have a 3/4 size Ibanez. It wasn't anywhere near that price tag and sounds pretty nice. I have been into the guitar stores since and fell madly in love with a Parlor size Ibanez electro acousitc... price tag was $350. I didn't care if it was electrified or not... I LOVED the acoustic sound unplugged. DEF check out parlor size guitars in your price range. You will NOT be disappointed at what's out there!
Good job Zurf... as long as your not annoying yourself, and you're the only one that has to listen to you... then you're on to bigger and better things already! 
I'm sure the kids appreciate it too tho, they must hear you sometimes?
Awesome Tuba! Very cool that you were noticed and appreciated!
Ha ha! I enjoyed this geo! It has an Adam Sandler feel to it... with that said, I LOVE his funny quirky little songs! The chorus really does have a great sing along quality to it too. Very good!
Happy NGD! Very nice looking guitar indeed. I love the colors in it!
I've heard a lot of suggestions for not using the index finger when starting out to make barre chords easier down the road. You might be on to something Tony.
I found that it took quite a lot before I was able to change chords and play them clean... in fact, they still aren't always clean; sometimes I have to concentrate really hard. Then I lose my rhythem or am concentrating so hard on playing them clean that I forget the chord progressions. It's a matter of practice for sure. I just found out the other day that my fingers actually know where they're going, I closed my eyes and was able to play through an entire song without staring at the neck... I had no clue I could do that. It wasn't all clean, and I my fingers weren't staying right at the edge of the frets, but it was there. Just keep on keeping on and you'll get it! Practice it clean, picking out each string to see if you've got it and excatly where your fingers need to be to get it, and also practice chord changes both with attempting for speed, and again with attempting for accuracy. I think the thing I hated most about the "beginning" was feeling like I'd never "get it" and be able to play anything that sounded decent. My mind was ready to learn the next chord, but my "fingers" weren't.
Wow... I am in awe watching the videos of Greg's release. I am actually shedding a few tears over this whole thing. What a wonderful day for him and his family after so much lost time. I can't believe they had him in the news room within hours of his release... I can't believe that they followed him home to his daughter's after his release. THANK GOD they gave the man a little space finally and weren't there video taping his walk, and I do desperately hope that he was able to take that freedom walk without people staring at him out their windows. I have a feeling he is going to be in the public eye a lot... and he is going to do some really really GREAT things.
I too am intrigued by the comments from Ms. Pharr ... I hope that they prosecute the man who has claimed his guilt in this horrific murder (or find the one who is guilty if he is not) and she is given some peace after living her entire life wondering.
Those are all great lists. Lots of names I've never heard. I too have my favs form week to week or day to day, But....
I'm talking about favorite of "ALL TIME". Songs that have stuck with you for as long as you can remember. Songs that take you right back to the place you first heard them. Songs that still give you goose bumps when you hear them today.
Yep... that's what I was trying for, but there's a TON of "all time" favorites that take me to that place where I first heard them, it's just a matter of how I'm feeling on a day to day basis as to if it's high on the list, in the top five or not! LOL!
I should add to my list "American Pie" - that was an awesome moment the first time I heard it - probably was after many of you heard it the first time, but I was very little riding home from picking up dad's "new" (very used) pick up truck.
And also "You may be right" by Billy Joel ... it's "our song" for my husband and I... we both knew it the first time we heard it while together (wasn't the first time either of us ever heard it).
I guess I could substitute those two for the first two on my list! I'll have to come back again to this thread and keep thinking about it to get a really good all time 5!
Ha ha... I agree with Zurf... this changes given my mood, what I may or may not have been drinking before listening, if there's kids around, etc! At the moment I guess I'll say these in no particular order:
1. Even God Must Get the Blues - JoDee Messina
2. Bobby MeGee - Joplin
3. Killing me Softly - been playing it a LOT trying to get it down, but man I just can't listen to this one I must sing along
4. Friends in Low Places
5. Crazy - Patsy Cline
There's a bunch that I listen to regularly that I MUST sing along with... been a lot of SheDaisy, JoDee Messina (nearly all songs on Delicious Surprise album), Dixie Chicks, along with tons of other "man" songs and "folk" songs... I guess this list really isn't accurate... top five isn't really possible! Buddy Jewel - "Help Pour out the Rain" is another that probably belongs on my "all time" list because it means a lot to me from a personal point of view... but it's not one I really listen to a lot unless I'm feel like I need a good cry. Ha!
Prayers for justice to be done in NY! FREE TATER!
GOOD JOB TONY! I am impressed that you were able to see this, nearly figure it out and not get sooo annoyed but ask, and there's your answer. I know it must feel good to have that "Ah-Ha" moment as you read Jerome's explanation!
ou have deduced correctly, mostly.
The reason "B sharp" and "E sharp" seem to disappear is because there is only a half step between B and C, and a half step between E and G. Since you know about half tones and whole tones, you should be able to understand what makes a major scale. It's that series of intervals.
you mean between E and F not E and G right?
Out of Curiosity Jerome... if Harp music has an E# in it... is it really an F? I wonder why they would bother to put an E# in their music and not just call it an F?
icecubetray2pak (very interesting screen name) ... that is the best way for me to remember as well, it's a nice visual reminder (even if only in my head) ... however a lot of folks have never plunked on a piano. For those that haven't ... take a quick look at a piano keyboard and notice where there are two white keys together and no black key above them... The black keys are the half step up (or down), except when you go from E to F and B to C ... no black key because it is already a half step between these notes. (if this confuses you... just ignore it... but for some this type of visual might help)
I just stumbled on to this link provided by Upyerkilt in another section, that might be helpful in determining what key a piece of music is scored in. http://www.myguitarworkshop.com/Theory/ … ong-in.htm
I was about to try to explain this... alas I looked at the link provided here first. EXCELLENT!
Likewise, if you look at the circle of fifths I imagine your answer is there as well - although this link is a nicer shortcut showing you the staff.
Good Job Dough Smith!
I imagine this as a real upbeat song... I like it!
I really like the words you have here. Like other's have said, it could go for so much more than just those in stardom. I actually could see this just for a fallen loved one even. I love songs that could have double meanings! Let us know when it's recorded... I can't play a Bm or an F# yet... so I'll have to wait to hear it recorded to know how it truly sounds... but the chord progressions look good!
Hip Hip Hurrah!
Chordie is the best... the members are great, and the mods help keep it that way!
Ark! LMAO! That was pretty funny, even I'll agree!
Old Doll... the Riverdance stuff is amazing! I do love to watch!
My favorite Winter Olympic events are figure skating and speed skating. I find it interesting that snow boarding is in there ... years ago that was saved for the "extreme" games! The Winter Olympics always reminds me of "Cool Runnings" with John Candy (RIP funny man). Good movie, and it'll probably be on the movie channel or something this month!
Interesting fact, the Jamaican Bobsled team first debuted in the Winter Olympics in Canada in 1988!
Fred Kelley Speed Picks. Look here: http://www.fredkellypicks.com/products-page/speed
YES! Speed picks! That's what I saw!
I went out in the blizzard to my local guitar merchant and bought 3 Dunlop heavy medium gage thumb picks, he probably thought I was nuts, but oh well. I tried fieling them down. It turned out to be a bust. They felt heavy and uncontrolable. So I put some clear finger nail polish on my thumb. Three layers were definetly too thick. Any input is welcomed.
You could go to the local nail salon and have them put some acrylic (or a silk or fiberglass overlay wrap if you're just looking for strength and not length) on your thumb nail to make your own "thumb pick". Sounds girly? There's a lot of great MALE pickers out there that keep acrylics on their picking hand. Clear nail polish might protect your finger nail a little if you're up strumming with the back of your thumb nail... otherwise I don't see how it'd help you too much. Three thin coats shouldn't be too much if you give them a chance to dry a little between each coat, but two is probably sufficient ... allow to dry for a few hours to ensure the polish has set up completely (else it could still be a little soft, think automobile paint... has to set up properly to a hard finish or else the lightest stone could dimple the finish and cause possible peeling). If your nails are thin and you're looking to add strength you could also look in the nail polish section for "ridge filler", finish with one coat of clear.
(hmmm... I never thought my cosmetology licence would come in handy on Chordie with all you guys! LMAO)
Welcome to the forum!
As for the second question... since Chordie doesn't host songs that have a copyright due to the legality issue, I'm not so sure that suggesting a location here is the best idea either. So I will suggest you google some song chords and see what OTHER websites pop up and see if any of those have a place for you to post those copyright songs. Once you do find a location, you can then come back here and suggest the song be added to the chordie search index here: http://www.chordie.com/addurl.php
Good luck
Very neat badeye. The pool looks quite inviting as I'm shivering here in the snow.
Interesting... and yes, technically tomato is a "fruit" although we often think of it as a veggie... I like sliced tomatoes with a little sugar sprinkled on them, I imagine the jam could be pretty good!
Sorry for your loss Zurf. It sucks... and this is a nice reminder to myself to stop talking about "someday" as well... and try to live in today and enjoy it while it's here.
I'm a regular pick person. I've used a few different thumb pick but they just don't have the bendable feel to them. Do they make thin thumb picks? If so who because i'd like to try one.
They do... but I've no clue who makes them. I recall seeing some online at some point in time. Search around and I'll bet you'll find some.
I like my thumb pick. The way that most people play with a pick in hand and strum and pick out notes, I found I was doing with my thumb "naturally" with no pick... when I grabbed a thumb pick I found it just seemed to work very naturally for me. Holding a pick in my hand just seems so foreign.
I feel for ya Zurf... we haven't had as much this year as we usually do... somehow you've gotten our usual snow. You can have it, I don't want it.
My best suggestion is to look for the nearest teenager and pay him $20 to shovel next time. It might hurt the wallet a little, but it's better than killing your back!
Tony, good to hear you got it all set up! Is it like a brand new guitar? Or perhaps, like the old computer that some techie finally got at and tweaked to be the work horse it was always meant to be?
njdoxie, I don't think it's a matter of it being "difficult" ... I just think that it CAN be complex if you want it to be (to me that's a good thing, I get bored easily)... but it can be fairly easy if you want it to be as well. There's a TON of well known songs that are made with only three or four open chords which you will learn in the beginning. You don't have to know how to do barre cords, hammer ons, funky slap strumming, or music theory to play those three or four chords and millions of songs... BUT if you WANT TO, then you are in for a TREAT!
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