Apart from the Doc, I've come up with Jacques Brel.

Anyone else ?

cheers

David

concertina (noun) small concert performed by females .

or possibly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concertina

Spot on, that's the one. ( I say that sounding like I already know the answer, but I don't, it just sounds right)

Whatever happened to her?

I pretty sure that Suzie guested on Bass, for instance Nile Rodgers turned up to explain funk guitar for the masses.

The girl in question had much shorter hair than Suzie Q and I don't recall her wearing sexy black leather stuff.

cheers

David

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What do the team think?

Have you got a song you play that is somewhat uncool or embarassing?

My starter for ten, My wife and I have been known to play "If I had a hammer", Me on guitar, her on tenor recorder while the kids cringe and hide behind the sofa.

(having said that, Nanci Griffith does a good version on Other Voices too, a trip back to bountiful)

cheers

David

OK kids so now there are points (and points mean prizes) for the person who can remember the name of the female guitarist on 'Rock School'

Hi Ken,

I think I remember that one as well.

Was it 'Rock School' featuring the (in)famous Henry Cow?

cheers

David

I was following GuitaarDocPhil's topic on lefties and I asked myself why do I play the guitar right-handed?

I mentioned on one of the topics that I am ambidexterous (sounds like a disease), and although most would think this is an advantgae, it can be a curse as well as a blessing. I have to figure out which way round to do something and stick to it.

Anyway, I figured it out, when I was a kid back in the 60's or it could have been the early 70's, there was a programme on the BBC, called Hold Down a Chord, presented by a guy called John Pearse. My father bought the books that went with the series and had a old right-handed classical guitar hanging round the house.

I picked up both, learned finger pickin' blues from the book and there you go.

Does anyone else remember this splendid programme?

Or, remember some seminal influence on their playing from a similar arcane source.

cheers

David

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Try telling that to my kids ...

cheers

David

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You want to be careful that it doesn't drop off, ooh err missus smile

upyerkilt wrote:

As mentioned about John Lennon, also Paul Macca did not understand any sheet music at all through the 60', I dont even know if he does now.
He did not know sheet music but still managed to write songs on the piano,guitar, bass.

I'm pretty sure Hendrix never read a score either, so I guess he was probably not much of 'real' guitar player  smile

By the way I'd really like to see somebody notate Voodoo Chile or Purple Haze ...

(I'm going to shut up on this topic now and try to write a tab for Beethoven's ninth symphony)

cheers

David

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Hi Phil,

I actually fell down some concrete stairs and landed on my lower spine, damaged number 2 and 3 vertebrae.
A neuro surgeon says I also have spinal stenosis which I believe is a narrowing of the spine.

Good job I didn't damage my hands smile  (although I did manage to saw through my middle finger, left hand once and couldn't play for two months)

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Hi Phil,

I worked as a computer consultant for 24 years, then started a business as a carpenter and furniture maker.

But three years ago, I too had an accident and damaged my spine. I am now too disabled to do manual work. I can't stand for very long.

I now work from home doing web design and programming.

Playing the guitar is great for me, it's a hobby you can do whilst sitting down!

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Follow this link, I can't vouch for the Windows version because I only use Linux.

The Linux version works fine.

http://www.hydrogen-music.org/

Did I misunderstand the original question?

I thought the complaint was that tabs were only for people who don't really understand music.

Maybe i've had one too many glasses of wine smile

cheers

David

Personally I can read music, but I think that Tabs give a direct, graphical way of seeing a tune on the fretboard that can be useful to both beginners and experienced players alike.

Standard Western notation is not the only way of writing down a piece of music and never has been.

Guitar players also use many different tunings, and Tab is a very easy way to show how these work. Remember standard notation would still show the same notes with no explanation as to where to find them on the fretboard.

cheers

David

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I'm a fossil as well, (48) smile

This topic is interesting to me because I'm ambidexterous, but play the guitar right-handed, I'm going to have a go at upside-down  playing to see if I can do it! For instance I play cricket and baseball left-handed, eat left-handed i.e. kinfe in left hand. I used to play golf left-handed but had to stop because of disabilty.

I used to be a carpenter and again used woodworking tools with either hand.

I think you are right to start the discussions, keep them coming.

cheers

David

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From all the photos I can see on the web, both David Byrne and Mark Knopfler play right handed. Am I missing something?

Ken, a blues harp is a harmonica (but I'm sure you knew that) smile

And marsdad, yes I have a twelve string that I got fed up of and gave to my son.
But I wouldn't mind getting one of those 60's Rickenbacker models.

cheers

David

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The Clash                            Spanish Bombs (Spanish civil war)
The Clash                            English Civil War (breakdown of society Britain 1970's)
Bob Dylan                           God on our side (all wars)
Elvis Costello                       Oliver's Army (all wars, conscription)
Stiff Little Fingers                 Alternative Ulster (Northern Ireland)
Stiff Little Fingers                 Suspect Device (Northern Ireland)
The Pogues                         And the band played Waltzing Matilda (World War One)
Frankie goes to Hollywood    Two Tribes (Cold War politics)

I used to agree with you, but listening to Jay-Z, I realized that he was actually articulating the problems of black American kids being harrassed by the law. Whether he can 'sing' or not is a value judgement. The fact that he's saying something worth saying is the crux of the matter.

cheers

David


(this was an answer to KramL, sorry should have quoted)

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I've tried to look into this one, but Google insists that I'm misspelling Accounting and tries to offer me a job as an accountant smile

I had to say it to cover my ass, I wouldn't like parents to think I'm trying to corrupt their offspring smile

Yeah, that's how the kid was playing Smoke on the Water, the original starts G5 Bb5 C5, I believe smile

The obvious one (remember Wayne's World), Stairway To Heaven.

But when I took my son to buy an electric guitar recently, I had to insist on no Smoke On The Water.

He kept his promise, but sure enough there was a demented teenager in one of the practice rooms playing Smoke On the Water, badly and in the wrong key. The guys in that shop must have heard it so many times before...

cheers

David