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I checked the site yesterday but left before the bill collectors could track me down/

Nela

I'm better than I was but not as good as I wanna be. Having issues with the medicine I'm taking burning my mouth wherever the pill touches causing mouth ulcers. They failed to tell me to wrap it in something prior to swallowing.  Just getting over that and will begin re-taking the medicine at a lower dosage. Still have a long way to go, though.

NELA

Welcome, Steve. Learning a strum pattern is something that will take time and plenty of practice. Listening for the bass notes or the drum beats will give you the strum patterns. Most songs will be in a 4/4 time although they could be in many other timings. Have you ever tapped your finger on a table top to a song? Have you ever tapped your toe on the floor to a song? If so you have found the strum pattern of that song. The songs listed here on chordie show the different chords used in a song over the words. Keep in mind that on some songs the chord changes are incorrect and will need to be tweeked a little. A strum pattern is based on a series of down and up strokes with your pick. All down strokes are counted as 1, 2, 3, 4. All up strums are counted as AND (&). So a basic strun pattern to a song could be:

4/4 timing
down - down - down - down - repeat ( 1 - 2 - 3- 4 - repeat) this is all down strums

down - down - up - down - up - down - up - repeat (1 - 2 - & - 3 - &   4 & repeat. (very popular)

down - up - down - up - down - up - down - up - repeat (1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & repeat (blues pattern)

This is just a few patterns that you can use. To start print out a song that shows the chord changes, listen to the song chant to yourself;

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 - or
1 - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - 1 - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - 1 -

by doing this in one of these simple patterns you will soon discover a strum pattern that will work. There are other and better ways to discover a strum pattern for a song but I believe this is the most simpliest way to do so. I'm sure there will be ways posted, soon. Try them all and keep practicing and listening to the "BEAT" of the song.

NELA

Finally I'm home. Got home Friday afternoon around 4:00PM totally exhausted fron the 6+ hour drive from Houston, Tx.

Sugury started 1:30PM Friday afternoon (11/9/12) and was to be a 2 1/2 hour procedure. At 5:00PM my wife said the doctor came to the recovery room and told her I was stable and being placed in an ICU Recovery room and that they would get her back to me ASAP. At 6:00PM the doctor was back telling my wife that I had "crashed" and would need futher surgury. At 1:00AM Saturday morning (11/10/12) I was finally stabilized and my wife allowed to be with me. This was nearly 12 hours of surgury, 19 1/2 units of blood and the loss of my left kidney, spleen, a very tiny portion of the tip of my pancreas and related work in and around fatty tissue on my colon. The doctor had forewarned us that this surgury could tubn into a "bloodbath" and it appears that he was right. Ritght now I tired and sore so I will post more, later in the day as I get rested.

NELA

Going to Houston for a "Pre-Op" meeting with the doctor, tomorrow. Surgury should be sometime, next week.

Nela

Spent the day at M D Anderson and other than being able to talk to the doctor, that was all that was accomplished. The doctor did not pull any punches and didn't really hve any good news for me. He said he is 90% sure that this is kidney cancer ant that the mass is quite large. Also, it appears to be in the lymph nodes in and around my lungs. I will be back at the hospital, tomorrow, for more testing before they can definately say what the conditions are and if my heart is strong enough for them to perform a bioposy and / or surgury.

Nela

All, its been awhile since I started this post and I guess it's about time I let ya'll know whats going on. I did have the hart scan and things where worse than they looked. It seems that the main artery going to my heart was over 70% blocked and my heart was working at less than 20%. The stent was placed and that went very well. The morning this all happened the doctor had done another cath scan to check things out and even though they were not looking at this area they discovered a mass on my right kidney. I have been in shock and thats the reason I have not told anyone up until now. I have been poke and prodded by my Heart doctor and an Oncology doctor and all anyone can tell me at this time is that its a strong possibility I have kidney cancer. My Ocology Doctor has gotten me an appointment at M D Anderson Hospital, in Houston, Tx. and thats where I am, now. I was told to plan on a 5 to 7 business day stay but other that that I know little else. My 1st appointment is this afternoon at 2:00PM today. The strange thing from all this is that I never have and don't now feel sick. That's about all I can tell ya'll now as I don't know anything else. Keep me in mind and say a few prayers for me.

Nela

Just use microsoft word. Set text to single space lines but double click so you get double space lines. After writing lyrics go back and click on the space above the line and add the chords in the correct location, in capital letters. Once this in done you can bold the chords of select another color so they are easier to see. Also, as you are practising the song you can move the chords slightly left or right so they corrospone correctly to the lyrics. Very easy done.

Nela

And my question is "why would you want to go to a dropped D tuning? Are the songs you are wanting to play in a dropped D tuning? You can do ANYTHING you want to do but you need to remember the tuning needs to match the song and the voice of whoever is doing the singing. Now if you are asking if you should tune your guitar to a Open D tuning so as to reduce the string tension on your instrument that is NOT the same thing as a Dropped D tuning. Give us more of of what you are wanting to accomplish so we can better answer your question.

Nela