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I started using bright orange ones 3 months ago and so far I have loaned several to students who have forgotten to return them but I have not lost any.
Roger
P.S. My guitars have a small plastic pick holder attached to them to so that a spare pick is always at hand enen if I drop one mid song.
Well done Hannah,
And I have to say your contributions to Chordie have been invaluable, you have helped many with your replies since you became a Member. I always enjoy reading your posts.
Roger
Alternatively you can e-mail me with the new name you want to use and I will change it for you. Your previous posts will then have your new name but you will lose any songbooks that you have I'm afraid.
Roger
Hi Z,
When I learn a new song or I teach my students a new song I do just that. One song. Trying to learn 10 songs at once is, in my opinion, a recipe for disaster. Concentrate on one song and bottom that before trying another one. Start with easy songs first and choose more difficult ones as your playing and the number of chords you know improve.
Roger
Hi Micky,
I do not know this song so I cannot advise you whether it is right or wrong but the songs on Chordie are the words and chords that someone has figured out for themselves so they do sometimes have errors. If there is more than one version it is an idea to check and compare the songs to see what other people have done.
At the end of the day if a chord does not sound right to you then you will have to find the one that does.
By the way of look at the chord chart in the resources you will find 17 different G6 open chord shapes including the ones you mention. Perhaps one of them may sound better than the ones you are playing.
Roger
Happy Birthday Jeff.
Although it is rather late here I have just opened a beer to celebrate with you. So cheers and here's wishing you many, many more and good luck with the new job.
Roger
Hi Selso,
I have been made redundant twice in my working career and I know the distress you are going through. However both times I went on to better things (and more money) in a very short space of time so please be positive. I do believe in fate, that if something is meant to happen it will come what may, but there is a lesson to learnt everytime something bad occurs and we go on to be stronger and a better person for it.
Roger
A capo is an essential piece of kit. Although I prefer transposing chords to suit my voice there are two exceptions:
Songs I have played for years I find difficult to transpose as I tend to play them automatically so, without thinking, I revert to the orignal chords and can mess things up.
Some songs only sound right when played with certain chord shapes.
In these instances I will use a capo.
Roger
Hi Crazy and welcome to Chordie,
Is is possible for you to make a recording of you playing a chord progression on your guitar so that we can hear and perhaps be more helpful in our comments?
Roger
Hi winrick and welcome to Chordie,
If the music is too highly pitched you will be straining your voice to sing to it. Use the transpose button at the right of the song to lower it to a key that both suits your voice and has chords that you can play. You should soon find out the key/keys that suit your vocal range.
Roger
Whern I started playing there was no such thing as steel strings and we had to use dinasaur gut for our strings 
.
Seriously, 62 year old male and started playing then I was 11.
Roger
I'd like to add ,also, that if your setting your intonation to be sure and check the contact/release point of the nut slots as well as the saddle. It's often overlooked and I just wanted to mention it...-Pix
Pix, I am not quite sure what you mean by 'the contact/release point of the nut slots' can you please explain.
Roger
I too think that Chordie is great.
From first finding the site, reading the posts on the Forum, eventually plucking up the courage to post my first message (then not being able to stop posting them ) and then being invited to help Moderate the Forum with Ken and James has been a wonderful experience for me. I have recieved all sorts of help on the way, made many friends from all corners of the globe, and helped (well bullied probably 
) several people into recording their songs.
One of the most exciting thing for me came after Russ started the Recording section, and I was able to be involved in the writing and recording a song in which 5 members contributed to the writing, 6 to the recording of the music and 4 to the recording of the vocals. Many, including me, were sceptical as to whether it would work but the skills and efforts of those involved made Chordie history.
There is no other site like Chordie.
Roger
how to post NEW song? i have song - Soldier in the rain by England Dan- with chords
This song is not an original of yours and is covered by copyright therefore it cannot be posted directly on Chordie. Please read the 'Sticky' "Posting of Songs" at the start of this section of the Forum.
Roger
Hi tmorin ane welcome to Chordie,
Perhaps this should have been asked in a new thread as it is unrelated to the original subject, but to answer your question you must realise that Chordie is a search engine and does not host any of the songs listed. They are from otherWeb sites and therefore Chordie has no control over the the way that the songs are laid out, and how long they are. You can, of course, edit them yourself in your Songbook to appear how you want them.
Roger
Sorry Zurf, it is a bit of a long trek from Portugal so I afraid I will not be able to make it. I hope it comes of and you have a great time, it sounds like a load of fun.
Roger
How about 'Lucky' by Jason Mraz: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 66472.html I have just edited it so I am confident that it is correct and the chords in the right place. The chords are C, Am, Dm, G, G7 and Em so they should not be a problem. There are 4 beats in a bar and as I have just done this for a young student of mine each chord shown is one bar duration.
Roger PS I hope eveything is OK in Nottingham as I lived there before coming to Portugal.
Hi Cam,
I am pretty sure that Per does play guitar. To the best of my knowledge Chordie came into being when he got fed up spending hours trying to find chords and lyrics for songs. He wrote a search programme to make it easier for himself, thought that it would help other musicians and so Chordie was born.
If you can find it I am pretty sure that he has a Facebook account where you will find photos and maybe some other information too.
Roger
Our family's first TV arrived on my fifth birthday amid great excitement. It had just one channel - BBC. The earliest programme that I can remember, and a great favourite of mine, was Muffin the Mule, a string puppet. I doubt that it made it across the pond though.
Roger
Hi Gill and welcome to Chordie,
If the Ash version is in the wrong key you can use the 'Transpose chords' box on the right of the page to change to a key that suits.
Roger
I probably qualify as I can remember getting a free tiger tail from Shell petrol (I think) to tie around my petrol filler cap. This was the days when all cars had an exposed filler cap and their motto at that time was "Put a tiger in your tank".
Roger
Another slightly different, and very simplistic, way of looking at the original question is that there is just one note between A and B. This note is higher that A, so relative to A it is A#, however relative to B it is lower so it is then Bb.
The key you are playing in determines which name the note it given.
Roger
Hi TayorMac and welcome to Chordie,
If you look towards the upper right of the song page you will see SHOWING ALL SONGS and at the side of that change. Click on this and you can then select only songs that have chord grids.
Roger
Well done Craig,
Funny how it can be so nerve racking thinking and worrying about a gig beforehand, but once you get started the fun begins. The best bit is always the high afterwards when you realise that people apperciate your efforts and you know it has gone down well.
I am looking forward to hearing about gig two.
Roger
Hi Addyebell and welcome to Chordie,
GuitarPix is 100% correct, but as you have not said whether the songs you want to post are your own originals or the material of others please read the 'Sticky' Posting of Songs at the start of this section first.
Roger
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