• Registered: 2010-12-12
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Topic: Hello (first post)

Hi everybody. Just another old goat working to support his music habit. Sometimes a professional trumpet player, all the time a friendly, aging hippie.

Was bumping around this site trying to find the changes to a simple Wilson sisters Christmas song "Hey Santa". Easy enough to figure the chords but what the heck? Someone's probably already done the job ahead of me.

Am thinking of making a big band chart out of it a/la Andrew Sisters. What with Christmas just around the bend anything that saves me time is much appreciated. Hardly more than 4 chords in the whole tune...

  • From: Western Oregon,US
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Welcome Aboard!

  You'll find a lot of us hanging out around here, so make yerself right at home..... at least speaking as another aging hippie type.
Did you find the tune you were searching for?  Also make note of the transposition feature on the site as it makes it easier to change key and select alternate instruments (at least the common stringed ones).

  Not everyone around here has the guitar as primary instrument though, there are a few keyboarders, dulcimers, drummers, bassists, fiddlers, and yes a few brass blowers.  Still trying to figure out what that trombone is doing sitting over in the corner of my music room...????  It showed up about thirty years ago, about the time the wife moved in.  I dust it once in awhile but really don't know what kind of sound it makes, haven't been able to get the little woman to pull it out of the case. 

Take Care & don't be a stranger;

Doug

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Doug_Smith wrote:

Welcome Aboard!

  You'll find a lot of us hanging out around here, so make yerself right at home..... at least speaking as another aging hippie type.
Did you find the tune you were searching for?  Also make note of the transposition feature on the site as it makes it easier to change key and select alternate instruments (at least the common stringed ones).

  Not everyone around here has the guitar as primary instrument though, there are a few keyboarders, dulcimers, drummers, bassists, fiddlers, and yes a few brass blowers.  Still trying to figure out what that trombone is doing sitting over in the corner of my music room...????  It showed up about thirty years ago, about the time the wife moved in.  I dust it once in awhile but really don't know what kind of sound it makes, haven't been able to get the little woman to pull it out of the case. 

Take Care & don't be a stranger;

Doug

Actually no I haven't found the Wilson sister's chord changes yet. Their tune is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQp_p7S6 … re=related

Again, probably just a I VI IV V path. However it would save me a ton of work to get the whole thing. Starts with a 3/4 time duet. Those girls can sing.

Am a working musician with a big band out of Northern CA. I just got the word from the "boss" that "we don't have time to rehearse the tune" before the holiday. So maybe next year.

The girls I work with do a good Andrew Sisters routine with plenty of big band music LATER than the Swing WWII era. Lots of Nestico, and Vegas tunes. I'm the lead trumpet player.

Thing with the trombone is it is easier to blow than the trumpet. T-bone requires more air flow but except for the slide technique it's easy.

With the trumpet endurance accuracy and upper register are what separates the men from the boys. A little natural knack can be a help.


Thanx 4 the reply.

Cat

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Re: Hello (first post)

Hey Cats, another old hippie era type here also. Lots of good folk here with lots of talent as youself.
    Trumpet? Cool, my old friend also but haven't picked one since high school. Marching band, concert
    band from 6th grade to grad. I remember building your lip muscles up to hit those high notes. All
    that has come in handy while on this guitar journey-----musically speaking.    Cheers, Mike

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Welcome Holycats.  I'm a middle-aged Alex P. Keaton type who picked up guitar with serious intent about four years ago and have been having a good time with it.  Thanks for joining us and pitching in.  I look forward to your participation. 

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Welcome, Holycats,
I doubled on trumpet and valve trombone until a barroom fire burnt up my old Getzen valve bone. My son quit trombone because his teacher was obnoxiously gay and I got his new Conn slide bone. Still have it.
My bar band gig for 24 years was front man, lead and backup vocals, rhythm guitar and the occasional trumpet solo. Got a gig playing tuba bass with John Reno and the Half-Fast Creekers for 10 years ago up to now.
It's great to welcome another brass player to the Chordie Forum.
I used to arrange for my bands. If you fail to find the chords for your Wilson Sisters song, send me an e-mail with a copy of the lyrics and I will get on U-Tube and skull the chords out, jot them in red above the lyric syllables and send them back to you.
toots

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Ya'll wanna go down to the Guf?

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tubatooter1940 wrote:

Welcome, Holycats,
I doubled on trumpet and valve trombone until a barroom fire burnt up my old Getzen valve bone. My son quit trombone because his teacher was obnoxiously gay and I got his new Conn slide bone. Still have it.
My bar band gig for 24 years was front man, lead and backup vocals, rhythm guitar and the occasional trumpet solo. Got a gig playing tuba bass with John Reno and the Half-Fast Creekers for 10 years ago up to now.
It's great to welcome another brass player to the Chordie Forum.
I used to arrange for my bands. If you fail to find the chords for your Wilson Sisters song, send me an e-mail with a copy of the lyrics and I will get on U-Tube and skull the chords out, jot them in red above the lyric syllables and send them back to you.
toots

Done,



“Hey Santa�

(Verse 1)
Hey Santa, can you bring me something good

lyrics removed buy moderator in accordance with chordie policy. Please read the sticky note on top of the song request section


Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO8NYJ0bZ1c

  • From: Alabama Gulf Coast
  • Registered: 2008-06-24
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Holycats, to conform to forum rules, you and I must correspond privately so as not to publish copywritten lyrics and chords.
I printed out the lyrics already, so if you would e-mail me with your address, I can send what I have to you, only.
toots

We pronounce it "Guf Coast".
Ya'll wanna go down to the Guf?

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Glad to have you here, Holycats.  Us Woodstock rejects (Old Hippies) are plentiful around here.  Ah, the 60's was a great time.

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