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Howdy,
Yes, its a good idea to proof read all your songs in your songbook ahead of time, one thing I do if I'm using a cheat sheet is look ahead about two or three chord changes and try not to read the lyrics if I don't have to and let the chord changes happen in the right spots .
Sorry can't help as to why things print out weird at times tho.
Jeff a while back I was at our local music store and playin some tunes and a young fella that gives lessons and is a part time instructor at the college, sat down and played with me. He asked me why and what form of f chord I use. I said I use both the cheater F and barre F but mostly the cheater because I like to do hammerons while doing the cheater. He said after all the years he had been playin he has started using the cheater F for the same reasons and he is one of the best players I have played with.
Another argument I have been in is how to form a G chord, I use my pinky and you don't, whose correct ? You are if you are at a bluegrass festival. I have been watching and I would bet at least 90 percent are using 1 2 & 3 fingers. One big reason in bluegrass the G chord is played 320033 playing it your way frees up the little finger to play the B string 3rd fret. They also tell me you are using your strongest fingers for hammerons and pulloffs this way.. I have begun playing it both ways. Then I can sit on the fence when others argue 
Before I could do a proper full barre chord, I used the cheater F and avoided the B like the swine flu. A few fingerings I would learn differently if I were just beginning are:
G chord - use fingers 1,2 and 4 instead of 1,2,&3 as most are taught. 1,2,4 fingering makes it much easier to transition and walk from a G to a C chord.
E chord - Try to learn your E chord with fingers 2,3 & 4 (instead of 1,2,3). It will make it much easier when you begin to form E shaped barre chords.
Drunken Sailor Am G Am G Am G Am all day long.:)
Good Idea! I find I usually open wherever I'm at when it's my turn with a John Prine song usually , Speed of the Sound Of Loneliness, That's the Way the World Goes Round, or Hello In There, I play Waitin Around To Die By Townes Van Zandt also another one I don't have to think about. I like the ones I can just play and the words just come out without thinkin about it. It seems I always do them the best.
Selso ;
I would play something you know very well, I always did my best playing some easy 3 chord progression songs to start with that you know the lyrics to. It seems if you do the first one well it really loosens you up and takes the pressure off.
Good Luck Young Man!
Heya Selso,
Most open mics I have been to have a 3 or 4 song max if there are several players signed up. It seems to depend on how many show up to play.
One time another fella and I were the only one's that showed up at a open mic at a little bar and we played till closing. It was the first time I had met him and he was a pro lead player and mandolin and a wonderful singer. To this date it was the most fun I have ever had.
It is up to you to play covers or originals but I would do some covers but the crowd will give you a feel for what they like.
Holy Crap Jeff, you better take a time out and have a cool one or a left hander,
One thing I have to have before I can play a song without any music or lyrics is have a recording in my head. I listen to a song I want to do over and over every free minute I have. When I finally get it burned in I don't have to think about the lyrics much and just have fun playing it. Sometimes on 4 verse songs with a chorus and bridge it gets tough going through the process though.
When I finally get it I just play along with the recording in my head, kinda weird maybe:)
Ok I'm gonna move forward about 100 yrs. from my last posts.
"Carolina Rain" Ryan Adams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J4GPnmYy_0
"Oh Sweet Carolina" Ryan Adams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvIRk8wvC_A
My kids think I'm stuck in the 60's and 70's
I have the same problem. It seems no matter how well I know the words of a song, I still have to see the words and chords to do the song. Once you've gotten used to doing it that way, it is very hard to change it. Not that it can't be done. I figure if a person can use sheet music on a piano, then I can use it when playing the guitar and singing. It's more of a hassle to get the music and guitar out and all situated, but I live with it.
Heya Benson,
I think you are exactly right, for some reason a lot of folks seem to think guitar players should know the lyrics and music to every song. I know a lot of songs with no help from cheat sheets but it sure takes the pressure off if you have a songbook in front of you. I am seeing it more now days where a performer is standing or sitting on a high stool and they have a music stand at it's lowest position almost flat and it is very indescreet.
Howdy, and welcome to chordie,
I have searched all my hot spots and can't find it. I did find the lyrics, I was hoping to listen to it but I couldn't find it on youtube or Itunes. I am just about sure by lookin at the lyrics that it is a 3 or 4 chord progression and I was hoping I could find somewhere to listen to a line of the song but I couldn't and I don't recall it. I will keep lookin.
Zurf, check out the Dixie Chicks Cover also, some of the tabs are better there.
This is a really nice chord progression a couple beautiful songs that use the same progression. Am C G D
"Helplessly Hoping" CSN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhecdhiokJo
Over The Rhine Song "Born" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzNzFaKLbGs
I love songs in Am.
That's a good one Pix, I am gonna have to listen to it a few more times and figure it out. The guitar sounds nice!
Found a link.
You Know Kap, I felt so dumb afterward cause I knew somethin was weird but I was concentrating on playin and singin in a place I hadn't been before and I just missed it. If it happened today I would pickup on it right away cause I'm more comfortable playin and singin then I was then. I still get nervous but now days I have fun instead of crappin my pants and havin a nervous breakdown.:)
Sorry Pix, I'm not tryin to hijack your thread.:D
I have some songs on Youtube, have a listen, I'm not particulalry any good but all I ever want to do is have a singalong in a BBQ with family and friends anyway:
Crevs,Be careful telling too many people you play guitar, you are gonna be asked to play at weddings, funerals, babtisms and all
kinds of gigs.
I can't believe I almost forgot Stonewall Jackson!! His home place is only 6 miles from me. My grandfather "Corby" taught him to play... Rumor has it I used to sit on the porch as a babe and listen to them jamming, though I was too young to really remember. Bit's and pieces float up every once in a while when I hear some of his songs..
Pix, I have a friend that plays "Step Aside" by Stonewall Jackson, he's really into old country and plays guitar mostly and also plays fiddle and accordian. He has a 50 something J-45 that he bought many years ago at a yard sale for I think $40. and when he hits one chord you know it's him playing it is really somethin.
"Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" Is another N.C. folk song that's been done by some greats.
Kap, this is a true story that happened to me. I was playing at an open mic night at a little bar in North Dakota and a couple fellas were playin and asked me to join them. I played a few and the one fella was using mostly upstrums but was playing lead also and doing some great breaks. I didn't realize it until afterward that he was playin a righty guitar upside down. Him and his partner had already left before I even got his name.
Well a couple days later I was at a guitar store tellin the guy that worked there about it. He said he knew him and the really cool thing about was he can flip it over and play right handed just as well.
Heya Pix,
I aint from North Carolina but #1 on list for me would be Elizabeth Cotten"s " Freight Train"
Heya Zurf,
I went thru a similar deal with my insurance company and they were very good to work with also. They sent out an Insurance Adjsuter and we went thru everything together and he was more than fair. I have had hail damage a few times also and they have always sent out an adjuster to go over the damage with me.
When I had my Marine and Motorsports business, I worked with Insurance Adjusters on a regular basis and they were always fair with the customer, even though sometimes customers expect way more than they should. A lot of times they would just ask me for my opinion on a deal like yours and that would be good enough.
I guess what I'm saying is, they should send out an adjuster and help you out and settle so you are both satisfied.
If they replace your amp they would probably want the old one. Most often they would ask you if you would like to keep it seeing it's working and be compensated for the damage.
Good Luck
Thanks Toney, my dad used to say "Some never learn and some take forever!" I have done kinda the same thing with my acoustasonic. I don't use a mixer and just mic in and guitar in the acoustasonic and out the back to my peavey acousic amp channel 1.
I have a non-powered mixer so I am gonna try it and see how it works. I think you would have more control over the mix, your way.
Just wonderin, do you ever break dance to your break music ?
Oh Ok, are you then coming from your mixer right and left, to channel one and two on the front of the Amp? then out the back to the other amp? That sounds more like it.
Here's a side salad you cowboy's and gal's might like, it's a good one !
Bacon & Egg, Bean Salad
One 16oz can of kidney beans
6 slices of bacon fried crisp and crumbled
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced dill pickles
2 hard boiled eggs , diced
1/2 cup mayonaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon minced onion
Salt & pepper to taste
Mix all ingredients together, cover and refridgerate
Them's some good lookin dudes Jeff.
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