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hi liselnicole, and welcome to chordie forum.

it's quite simple and repetitive, the verse is; Bb-Cm-Eb-Bb

chorus is; Gm-Cm-Eb-Bb, which is also the solo.

i noticed that she uses a capo so plays the Bb as a G shape which means the capo would be on the 3rd frett.

you might find it easier to play; G-Am-C-G, chorus and solo; Em-Am-C-G

hope this helps

phill

hi otto, welcome to chordie, i only had time to listen to "from below" but the main chord is D, then changes to G. when the chorus part comes in it's A then G, back to D. it's really quite simple to follow as long as your tuning is correct, just follow as they change chords. i dare say the second song is just as simple.

boy are you going the long way around?

it's quite simple really...

(square brackets) - song - (close square brackets)

(then curly brackets) t: (the song titile) (close curly brackets)

(another curly brackets) st:( your name) (close curly brackets)

then when you've finished the song...

( square brackets) /song (close square brackets)

i've had to write it this way as chopro cut in and you wouldn't have made any sense of it at all.

i think the point everyone is trying to get across is that the beat of the song IS THE HEART. chord strumming is kind of in the eye of the beholder, inasmuch as if you are playing with another guitarist (or any number of guitarists) it's going to be silly if your all strumming the same pattern!

the chord changes are all important, so if one player is playing open chords the second may be playing single strum barre chords while a third may be playing counter rhythm (like reggae) on D shape chords. it's how arrangements are made up.

but all must follow the beat otherwise the song just becomes a mish-mash. you can also add a fourth guitarist to the mix playing what i think your friend is referring to....FINGER PICKING! even then good finger pickers keep to a rhythm or beat or it becomes the dreaded mish-mash!

if you have a simple drum machine or a metronome to keep the beat/rhythm while you strum/finger pick, your playing and whatever music you make will sound and feel better.

phill

OK, bar chords are simple...yea rite...if you can play F, then you can progress up the arm and play all the others. eg; move up one frett and you've got F#, one more and you have G etc etc

hope this helps

good luck for the gig, you could always put your hat on the floor in front of you maybe you'd make a couple of extra bucks? (it's a big hat)
seriously though, i'd love to see the gig. are you filming it, perchance? then putting it up on the web?

phill

the john and paul story actually goes that john was impressed that paul could play "20 flight rock" knowing all the words. john also had been taught by his mother who only showed him banjo chords, so they learnt a lot together which probably brought them together as friends (include george in that too) pauls father was a jazz pianist, so he had a head start there too! FYI his first instrument was a trumpet...GO FIGURE?

phill

hi vic.

so first off, i do play every week in front of a crowd in pubs clubs etc, back home where it rains a lot!.

the owner obviously liked what you were doing and he probably had regulars coming in saying how good you were....so easy peasy lemonade, go for it, play what you know, if it dont work he'll sack you so why worry?

i've been to spain a lot, benidorm mainly, and the acts there are not as impressive as i was led to believe. i wish i had the guts to chuck everything in and move out there...so good luck, we are always here to help in any way we can...just ask

phill

thanks russ i'm glad i followed the link. marvellous what you can do with a PC and some software and of course a great imagination for a song. i've never seen mr rogers before, must be a US thing?

as a rule (from what I remember) the larger PA should have a slave out, connect this to your Carvin mic in or slave in (if you've got one) then just balance the volume. If there's an independent mixer, use one of the out-puts....trial and error, just keep the volumes down at first and increase slowly.

phill

I played it the really cheat way. Bent the index finger to play a normal A, playing all 3 strings, then an almost full barre A leaving the top and bottom E strings open, then placed my ring finger (or pinky) on the C#. It sounded nice playing a full C#minor chord, but since I don't know what song it's for I may be out of context.

Phill