• Registered: 2010-12-30
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Topic: Are Chords Checked Out ?

Good evening,

This is my first posting.  Call me Eric.

I'm 47, a guy from Canada.

I have been playing the guitar for 30 years now.

I've just registered today, although I know the Chordie site since 2007.

Now I have just one question in mind:  does Chordie checks out the chords for songs posted by everybody ?

Best Regards,

Eric

  • From: Madeira Beach, Florida
  • Registered: 2007-12-05
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Re: Are Chords Checked Out ?

Welcome to chordie Eric!

The short answer is no. Chordie is a search engine and does not host any songs.

Please review the FAQ and other areas of the "resources" section for further explanation.

Rule No. 1 - If it sounds good - it is good!
  • Registered: 2009-11-16
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Re: Are Chords Checked Out ?

Welcome Eric and enjoy.

  • Registered: 2010-12-30
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Re: Are Chords Checked Out ?

Thank You, Great Site Overall,

The easiest songs to play are chorded fine, but on Cirrus Minor from Pink Floyd, and given the chords variations, it does not fit thru somehow.

Is it me or what ?

Try to play the C Variation : CSharp m7 (as shown on Chords for this song)-fit into the song.

An Open Em with first string on 4th fret is quite dissonant in any case, right?

Wondering Eric From Canada

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Re: Are Chords Checked Out ?

Hi, Eric, and welcome.

I know exactly what you're saying.  Topdown's point is that as a search engine, Chordie goes and grabs what is out "there", whether it be right or totally wrong.

One thing to do is when there are multiple versions of songs, look at the Accuracy rating for the song and go for the higher-rated ones first.  While highly rated songs aren't necessarily 100% accurate, they're usually close.  With a few tweaks here and there you can get them sounding right.

Another thing to do is scroll down to the bottom and look and see if there are any comments entered for the song.  That is one place where chordie users can suggest changes/improvements to a version of the song that the search engine finds.  Here is an example of one that I commented on a while back:

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.h … %20you.txt

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  • Registered: 2010-12-30
  • Posts: 5

Re: Are Chords Checked Out ?

Ok, I get a better idea of it now. 

Thank you for all the information you provided me, I really appreciate it.

Happy New year 2011 !

Eric