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Topic: something I noticed

Ok, not having a dig at anyone here but.........


Why cant some people read thru old threadds to answer their own questions before they ask them?


What  imean is  icontinue to see the same questions getting asked, ie.e what songs can I play? anyone know any new songs for me to play? anyone know 3 chord wonder? i am new and want to know some songs to start with? etc etc etc


these questions get ask time and time again.

I even find myself answering them as well ( not that I mind).

Maybe new posters to the forum have not read the previous posts and just come in and ask?

Maybe they have read previous posts but want a personalised reply?

Or maybe they cant be bothered to look to see if their question has been asked before/


I think all questions probably have been asked already in the last 6 months? maybe I am wrong? maybe I have drank a bit too much speyside malt whisky and I am ranting?


hmmmmmmm??????? i dunno


Just thought I would mention this


Ken

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Re: something I noticed

Actually, I think it is wonderful that certain questions are asked repeatedly - it just shows that many Chordie users have alot in common.  Yes - sifting through old posts might be helpful . . . but, if someone is new to the site and unfamiliar with the forum, then manuevering through all the threads is too much to ask.


I think it is important for all users (new & old alike) to feel that this forum is a good source for information.  I would hate for this place to become snobby and unwelcoming for new users.


Perhaps some long-time Chordie users can come up with a collection of maybe twenty or thirty 3-chord wonders that can be prominently displayed at the Chordie home page?  It could be the 'Essential 3-Chord Songbook'?


Ideally, the songs would be nicely formatted, accurate, and well-known enough to be useful to a broad spectrum of players.  So, what should be included in this book? 


Chordie users: Make some suggestions and I'll gladly collaborate with you to get it posted!

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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Re: something I noticed

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I think it is important for all users (new & old alike) to feel that this forum is a good source for information.  I would hate for this place to become snobby and unwelcoming for new users.


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james, yer right there, and maybe this is why i keep replying to all the repeated questions no matter how I feel at the time of replying,lol

I know I can be the world's laziest for not looking things up and asking is so much easier than sifting thru old posts to see a lot of questions getting sidetracked on the way.


like I said, I have been drinking a really nice malt  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">  and thought I would post something different.  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

bring on the repeate questions and old questions and eay questions, boring questions etc,

Everyone is different and everyone needs to know what they want to know ( ok, I am confusing myself now)


Ken

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
  • Registered: 2006-07-17
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Re: something I noticed

first time on the board, although i've been cruising this site for awhile.  great resource!  thanks for all the posts and tips and feedback to eachother.  it's useful. i'm pretty new to guitar, but i'm having fun and chordie is my first stop ALWAYS for ideas.

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
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Re: something I noticed

Greetings mchenry & welcome to the forum!  Since you are pretty new to playing, would you like to help me come up with the "Essential 3-Chord Songbook" or whatever it should be called?


If you haven't posted a songbook yet - it is not very complicated.  Just a matter of assembling songs and cleaning them up with some editing so that they are accurate and usable.


Did some web surfing and found some commercial 3-Chord songbooks containing these songs:


A Hard Rains Gonna Fall

All Shook Up

Be-bop-a-lula

Before The Deluge

Blowin In The Wind

Blue Suede Shoes

Catch The Wind

Cmon Everybody

Dizzy Miss Lizzy

Get Back

Get Off My Cloud

Give Peace A Chance

Good Golly Miss Molly

Good Time Bad Time

Great Balls Of Fire

Hey Jude

I Cant Get No Satisfaction

It Aint Me Babe

Its So Easy

Jailhouse Rock

King Creole

Let It Be

Life In The Fast Lane

Long Tall Sally

Mr Tambourine Man

Mystery Train

Not Fade Away

Oh Boy

Out Of Time

Paperback Writer

Rave On

Ready Teddy

Teddy Bear

Thats All Right

The Last Resort

The Last Time

Three Steps To Heaven

Times They Are A Changin

Tutti Frutti

Whole Lotta Shakin


409

Alberta

All Apologies

All Shook Up

All Together Now

Barbara Ann

Be-Bop-A-Lula

Bye Bye Love

C.C. Rider

Can't You See

Chantilly Lace

Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Donna

Get Back

Give Me One Reason

Gloria

Great Balls Of Fire

Hang On Sloopy

Hanky Panky

Hound Dog

I Fought The Law

Kansas City

La Bamba

Lay Down Sally

Lively Up Yourself

Long Tall Sally

Love Me Do

Mellow Yellow

Mony, Mony

Move It On Over

Not Fade Away

Rain

Rock Around The Clock

Rock This Town

Rockin' Robin

Save The Last Dance For Me

See You Later, Alligator

Shake, Rattle And Roll

Stir It Up

Stuck On You

Surfin' U.S.A.

Sweet Home Chicago

The Ballad Of John And Yoko

The Twist

Tutti Frutti

Twist And Shout

Werewolves Of London

When Will I Be Loved

Wooly Bully

Yakety Yak


I am not familiar with all of these songs, but would like to narrow the list to about 30 tunes (some old, some new, some not on this list) and put together a Chordie songbook.


If you would like to help, please reply . . .

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

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  • Registered: 2006-10-16
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Re: something I noticed

Brown eyed girl.  There is an Em in there but it is not to hard to play.  I should know I have only been playing for about six months this is the first song that i learned.

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Re: something I noticed

Well done James,

That list you posted was fantastic.

I have been going nowhere fast for months now and all I needed was some guidance on what songs to learn.

I will focus on these 3 or 4 chord songs to make practicing enjoyable again - as it should be.

A regular item dedicated to this subject would certainly appeal to a great many learner guitarists.

Maybe popular songs could be listed in some sort of scale from easy to a bit harder and so on.

Thanks again.

Craig