2,826 Reply by Roger Guppy

(24 replies, posted in Recording)

My guess would be that it was written on the banks of the river Avon whilst thinking of his beloved Anne Hathaway, but as this is just a little before my time, I cannot be sure.

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2,827 Reply by Roger Guppy

(24 replies, posted in Recording)

If music be the food of love, play on.............

Words from a very gifted wordsmith - Willam Shakespere´s Twelfth night written in 1601.

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2,828 Reply by Roger Guppy

(1 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hello Sinner, welcome to Chordie and I hope it is not long before you repent,

To change your password click on 'Profile' above under your Username you will see Change password. Click on here and you can then change your password to something you can remember but you will need to have the computer generated one you were given when you registered at hand to do so.

Roger

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2,829 Reply by Roger Guppy

(7 replies, posted in About Chordie)

HI Kevin and welcome to Chordie,

I assume by your comment that you cannot remember your password and unfortunately, if this is the case, there is no way that anyone else can access it for you.

There is a way round this though. I can change your password without knowing what the original was so I could give a temporary one that you can then change to something you can remember.

If you wish to do this please contact me privately at rogerguppy@aol.com

Roger

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2,830 Reply by Roger Guppy

(13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

HI Ken,

A years supply of vallium and earplugs for two are in the post you and your better half lol.

Seriously, it looks like you have two very happy kids on your hands.

Roger

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2,831 Reply by Roger Guppy

(27 replies, posted in Recording)

Any of my songs are available for this project.

Perhaps "Wrapped in Happiness" which involves more Chordians than any other song (until someone takes the challenge and exceeds it) might be considered. I particularly like Helena's 'Cracker and the Ring' which involves four of us too.

Roger

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2,832 Reply by Roger Guppy

(13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I received a hand written letter from a lady that certainly brought music to my ears smile

Roger

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2,833 Reply by Roger Guppy

(10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hi Kenny,

Here is the link to one of my favourite Portuguese vids: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nzv9R5kFnLk I do not inderstand a word but still love listening to it.

Roger

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2,834 Reply by Roger Guppy

(2 replies, posted in Poems)

Hi David,

Let me say firstly that I do not consider myself an expert on poetry but reading these rather powerful words you have written I felt that they would have had a greater impact if two lines became one and punctuation had been used. To this end I have done just this, however in order to keep the rhyming pattern constant I have also had to slightly re-write what is now the 3rd verse.

This is my personal opinion of a way to improve the work that you have done and no offence is intended, but it would be interesting to hear your views and the views of others

See the fine young men marching off to war,
Brainwashed killers to the very core,
Trained to fight, trained to kill,
Drained of their blood, never to refill.

Sailing ships, flying planes,
Devastation reigns over all terrains,
Seas and deserts are not spared
Broken souls and bodies cannot be repaired.

Old men, far behind the trenches,
Safely sat behind teak benches,
Are the ones who the war declared,
They risk ink, not blood, so are never scared.

Glorious war, in you we delight,
Old men lament; peace has been declared,
The war is over, our profit is being prepared
Amongst our politicians, to be shared.

Roger

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2,835 Reply by Roger Guppy

(9 replies, posted in Poems)

This certainly is a prayer of hope and what a better place this world would be if everyone took note and lived by it's ethos.

Roger

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2,836 Reply by Roger Guppy

(18 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I would like to wish all my Chordie friends a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. Feliz Natal e Bom Ano Novo

Roger

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2,837 Reply by Roger Guppy

(4 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hi Ark,

In fact a Moderator has more power in his own section than an Administrator. The Administrator status was given to combat the deluge of porn/spam that was hitting us daily and alowed us to get rid of it quickly whever it appeared on Chordie. As the new safeguards mean that very little spam, and certainly none of the explicitly graphic porn, now gets through the Administator position has become rather redundant.

Roger

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2,838 Topic by Roger Guppy

(0 replies, posted in Poems)

Welcome to the new 'Poems' section.

There is a wealth of untapped material for songs out there and several of our Members are first class wordsmiths so now we have a section where writings can be discussed on a 'stand alone' basis or as a start to becoming a song.

I hope you enjoy this new section and it will become a valuable asset to Chordie.

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2,839 Topic by Roger Guppy

(0 replies, posted in Poems)

This new section has been opened especially for those whose skills lie more as wordsmiths or for those who wish to share their incomplete works.

It is only fair to point out that any words posted here do run the risk of having music added to them by other Members but any Member adding music/chords to anything written here MUST get permission of the author before posting the chords or uploading a recording.

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2,840 Reply by Roger Guppy

(6 replies, posted in Electric)

As this guitar is only a few weeks old is it a good idea to suggest a self repair. In the UK you can invalidate a guarantee if you attempt a repair yourself and there are very few people around who can solder as good as the manufacturer.

I think that it should be returned to the suppliers but things may be different in the America.

Roger

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2,841 Reply by Roger Guppy

(26 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

As most of you know I live, with my cat, in a caravan and she is not bothered what the place looks like so you can imagine what sort of state it gets into. For reasons that are not relevant here I have had to keep the place clean and tidy recently and I have discovered that I absolutely hate housework.

Ken you must be a martyr.

Roger

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2,842 Reply by Roger Guppy

(5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

You will have to both go into your Chordie profile and in the Privacy part untick the 'Save Username and Password between visits'. It will mean that you will have to log in each time you use Chordie but it will save you posting messages in each other's name and prevent confusion.

Roger

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2,843 Reply by Roger Guppy

(1 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hi Jim and welcome to Chordie,

Chordie is a search engine so no songs are hosted here, they are located in other sites. However you are able to correct errors that you find.

If you go to the song in question and look at the bottom of the page, on the right, in green, it says 'Correct Song'. If you click on this it takes you to a page where you can edit and add to the song. When you have corrected the song it will appear with a message that you have improved the song.

I would always recommend that you add the song to your Songbook first and do all the editing and additions there. This gives you the time to check that all your changes are correct and to see how your changes will appear to everyone else. When you are happy you can 'copy' your corrected version from your Songbook and 'paste' it to the one with errors from the listings.

Roger

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2,844 Reply by Roger Guppy

(28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I had one comment that I was using the wrong chords to a song so I wrote to the guy and it transpired that he was such an accomplished guitarist that he had not realised that you could transpose a song to suit your voice. Larf, I nearly larfed my bilinking head off. lol

Roger

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2,845 Reply by Roger Guppy

(42 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

deadstring wrote:

( I"d put a smiley here but I don't know how.)

Look above the 'Submit' and 'Preview' boxes when you are writing your post. Click on the Smilies and you will see the list of symbols needed to insert smilies.

Roger

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2,846 Reply by Roger Guppy

(2 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hi Bornholmeran,

There seems to be nothing wrong with your 'smalhans' user name. You will not however find your songbook as it had not been made 'Public' and so it is only accessible by the user  'smalhans'.

I have had to change your password to be able to determine this information so I have sent to your 'smalhans' e-mail address the password I have used. Please change it to one of your own as soon as you have have logged in as 'smalhans'.

Roger

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2,847 Reply by Roger Guppy

(41 replies, posted in Recording)

Doug_Smith wrote:

Greetings "Chordians",

  Well this is a first for me.... not being a writer (music anyway), but I kind of have a lyric that needs polishing and turned into a tune.  I'm thinking that it has kind of a "new country" feeling, but needs work to get it all together.

  So if anybody would like to take a whack at it, drop me an e-mail and I will send you the "words" along with a little background so you will have an idea of where the story came from.  Basically I have got a chorus and a few verses, might need some kind of bridge, and perhaps a few lines to tie up the loose ends.

  Sorry there is no music for with it as it just came to me this morning, and I haven't really delved into it.  But I am open to anything y'all come up with.  I guess that makes it a "poem"....  for the moment at least.

Thanks and Take Care;
  Doug

Hi Doug,

If I might make a suggestion. In spite of misunderstandings in the recent 'discussion', poems/lyrics with the goal of turning into a song have always been, and always will be, encouraged on Chordie. So why not save yourself a lot of time sending seperate e-mails and post here asking for suggestions.

Roger

Roger

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2,848 Reply by Roger Guppy

(21 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Thanks Pix for the tip, it certainly makes sense. I will take your advise and throw the furniture polish away.

Roger

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2,849 Reply by Roger Guppy

(10 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hi Evsynator and TDS,

This is obviously not an isolated incident so the best thing to do is to save a screenshot of the rogue page and send it to admin@chordie.com with an explanation.

Roger

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2,850 Reply by Roger Guppy

(10 replies, posted in About Chordie)

TDSzevz wrote:

On some songs, when i try to add them i get to the next page with the chords showing in a different layout,

You should not be getting a page with a different lay out when adding to a Songbook. The only page I can think of with a different layout is the print preview page so, unless you have been pressing the print button in error, details of the difference in page layout would be helpful.

Roger

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