Hi Doug,

Russ's idea is a very interesting one and I hope it will encourage more Chordians to 'have a go' at recording. With very little in the way of equipment and using a free programme like Audacity it is possible to lay down several tracks to create a fuller sound and a decent recording. Mind you a little warning, when the recording bug strikes you will want to get ever better equipment to do the job, but boy is it fun.

I shall certainly enter something although putting words to music is not my way of working, with very few exceptions, I always put the music to words.  I have started working on the arrangement and I do have an idea for lyics which might work. I noticed a phrase uttered by a  fellow Chordian which has given me an not only the  idea for the song theme but also a little something to add that I have not tried before. (Hope it works).

Roger

Hi Kirria,

No question is ever silly. In fact if you do not know something it is silly not to ask.

You do not re-tune your guitar when you use the capo. The capo is used to change the pitch of the guitar so if the chord shape C is played with the capo on the 4th fret you are actually playing an E.

Some songs need to be played with certain chord shapes to sound right and the capo can be be used to be able to alter the key to suit the singing voice but retain the the tone of the open chords.

Roger

Hi Helena,

Having had the privilege of seeing the lyrics last week I am pleased to see you have the chords to it now. It plays well and I have to say that I have met a few "ladies" in the past that this song could have been written for. Well done.

Now when are we going to hear your melodious tones getting to grips with this one. There is a place on FoC pre booked for you .

Roger

Jerome, a little more eloquently put that I could have managed, but my thoughts exactly.

Roger

Hi Russ, thank you, Arkady's skill has certainly added to this song, I am pleased that I thought to ask him to help.

Phill, I wholehearted agree about recording songs to know how they are intended to be played, although I too usually play them how I guess they should be before listening to the recording and finding how wrong I am.

Ark, sorry I did completely change the lyrics on you but your instrumental was just right so thank you again.

Roger

Hello Ahmad and welcome to Chordie,

If you are looking fo me to say you play UUDDUU I am afraid I cannot help you. I see many members asking for rhythm and strum patterns and in 50 years of playing the guitar I have never learnt to play a song that way in my life. In fact when the duration of each 'up' or 'down' can be from a semi-quaver (or smaller) to a semibreve (or longer) to my mind giving 'ups' and 'downs' makes little sense anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note_value

The only way that I know is to listen to a song until I know it well enough hear it in my mind. Find the chords and then strum what I think goes with the song which may be similar to the original interpretation of it or completely different. I suppose what I am saying is feel the song, feel the rhythm and strum what comes naturally from that.

Sorry if it is not the help you wanted but it is the best I can do.

Roger

There once was a guy called Guppy,
Who went out to buy a puppy,
He was blind as a bat,
And instead bought a cat,
And gave it the name of Yuppie.

My goodness, Guppy is an awful name to find rhymes for.

Hi Jeff,

Lovely, just lovely. Thank you.

Roger

Here is the link to the free download: http://www.guitaralchemist.com/index-1.html

Hi Charles,

No infraction on your part, a couple of lines for help are permitted, and I am sorry if you saw my message as censure in any way. I was just concerned that someone wanting to help might post the full lyrics here. My reminder was to try and prevent that from happening.

Roger