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Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (jets60) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:50:27 +0000

How about Bad Company's Shooting Star http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.x … g_star.txt

This one's not on chordie but I really like it. Just As and Ds, and you can't get much more simple than that: Lucinda Williams' People Talkin. Lyrics are out on the web some where as is the song from her World Without Tears album which I recommend.

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (flavie421) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:14:34 +0000

I find listening to the song OVER AND OVER AND OVER alot helps. If you have good ears you can just find it out that way. But thats all I've got. Sorry. I know how you feel... I can't get bar chords.

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (upyerkilt) — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:43:49 +0000

jason_macaree wrote:

ok i am just learning to play guitar i have got several chords down but i am having trouble with the strumming is there a place to go learn the art of stumming?? or do you have any suggestions.. i am using chords and lyric sheets

Jason,
your best chance of a reply to your question is to start a new thread for this question. What you have done is highjacked an already opened thread that has not got the title of " strumming patterns"

cheers

ken

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (jason_macaree) — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:17:45 +0000

ok i am just learning to play guitar i have got several chords down but i am having trouble with the strumming is there a place to go learn the art of stumming?? or do you have any suggestions.. i am using chords and lyric sheets

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (RFA Colin) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:01:05 +0000

This is a song called 'Closer'. By a band from my hometown named 'Shack' (described many years ago by NME as 'The Best Band You've Never Heard').
It's nice and slow and easy enough to play:
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 67722.html

This is a youtube video named Liverpool to Southport 2. It has 'Closer' on it It's also where I live and a place I love. If you've got 5 minutes of time then pour yourself a drink or a cuppa and just, well, chill out and have a listen.
You won't be dissapointed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwyBOKZbdV4

Enjoy.

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (Tine) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:00:02 +0000

It's absolutely brilliant! Thanks Pix

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (cameronkl7) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:16:13 +0000

Hey GuitarPix,

Just wanted you to know how much I'm sure we all appreciate the hard work you put into this, I know it has to be time consuming. It will really help me alot, as well as others, especially the ones with the strumming pattern's and video's, so thanks again. I think you should get voted "Chordie Member Of The Week" you've certainly got my vote!

Cam

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (Roger Guppy) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:11:44 +0000

Hi Pix,

I hope you do not mind but I have added a link to your this Songbook for reference in the Strumming patterns video 'sticky' in Acoustic.

Roger

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (micky the mooch) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:35:34 +0000

Big Thanks Pix
,Ave just watched the Amazing grace Video, never heard of the "brush" before. gonna use it than boring down repeated strum.

Looking foward to the other Videos to come Great job m8

Cheers micky

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (Guitarpix) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:16:59 +0000

Well it's public! I think it's at 68 songs... I've got video with chords and patterns uploaded and attached for 8-9 of them already (nothing fancy) and will be doing more through the week. http://www.chordie.com/publicbooks.php? … gid=191936 If you have some songs that you feel would be a good addition please leave them here and I'll be happy to add them. There's a few that still need editing and converting to chordpro format but I'm working on getting those straightened out. For those that don't already know, the songs with video and patterns are listed on the front page in the "Video Tutorials" section.

I ran into bugs trying to add some songs and found some missing, so if you recommended a song and it's not in the book, I probably had trouble adding it and apologize. I have reoprted some of these to Per and hopefully they will be fixed soon.-Pix

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (Guitarpix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:15:09 +0000

Well I've got 70 good easy songs in the book now! It's been a job with all the errors and lost tabs I've come across... I'll post it public tomorrow evening! It won't have all the patterns for the songs and one or 2 may still need some editing/correcting but I think it'll be close enough. I can fine tune it and add more after it's public and I receive some feedback on it. Maybe some others that recommended songs can add a few patterns for their songs as well. I've also added a youtube channel titled Ultimate Beginners Songbook Patterns were I've been recording some quick strumming patterns and samples to post with the songs for a quick visual/audio reference. It's going to take awhile to get all these made and uploaded though, so It'll be a work in progress after the book is public. Time is getting scarce with the work schedule I've had lately. But I'm staying focused on it -Pix

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (Tine) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:04:59 +0000

Well as an absolute beginner... These are the songs that I am enjoying...

Jolene- Dolly Parton

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 30154.html

Keeping the faith- Mary Chapin Carpenter (it says it is hard but if you know the song well it is easy... No tricky chords

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 23837.html

Cold day in July- Dixie Chicks

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 50703.html

My fave is Cold day in July cos it is beautiful to sing too!

It's funny how different we all are though because some of the songs in the easy folders I find really hard! My fingers do weird things with an F so I do cheat a bit on Cold day in July... It still souds fine though

Tine
-x-

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (topdown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:27:26 +0000

Hey man - I wasn't trying to pressure you buddy. I really was just bumping the thread to remove the offensive thread from the front page.

But it is good to see some progress, that sticky was getting old. Just posting a few tunes will be great!

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (Guitarpix) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:12:32 +0000

Looks like I found some bugs... Got 10 songs out of the last 15 that won't add to any books. Screen changes and all text becomes blue... Time to fill out reports... Why is it never easy

Re: The ultimate easy/beginner songbook! Chordie collaboration..

null@example.com (Guitarpix) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:42:48 +0000

Tops, I've got the majority of the listed songs in a book and it's around 50 of them. I've also got a list that I made (Somewhere) with other songs that I found and a bunch of the strumming patterns that I worked out for some of the songs.

Honestly, I had all but forgotten' about it, Since that point. I'll look around for my papers and see if I can't wrap it up this weekend! May not have the patterns posted with all the songs but I (or others ) can add them after it's public. They're just a general guide but I've got around 30 of the songs figured out. It's really amazing how many use the same patterns when you sit and work them out. It's really all in the feel.

Man...Now I feel bad for forgetting about it... Thanks for the friendly reminder -Pix