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Hi Kenny,

I am 99.9% certain your guitar was not tuned an octave higher, neither the strings or guitar would stand the strain. You would also be able to sing just the same with an unstrument pitched exactly one octave higer. If your fingers will allow, put a capo on the 12th fret and play an easy song that you know and you will see.

If you play your lower E string open, followed by the 4th string on the second fret, followed by the high e string open. You have just played E over a two octave range and if you listed to the difference in the pitch of each note I think you will understand how big a difference an octave is.

Unfortunately the easy to have found out where it was pitched would have been to compare the two guitars before the re-tuning but we cannot turn the clock back.

I am at a loss to explain why it showed OK against the tuner the at the first checking though. If there were damage to the guitar I think you would have noticed it by now so you probably just have strings that are nicely pre-stretched and will hold their tuning fine.

Roger

Hi Dave,

The chord sequence is  G to D and then to A7/A and what he is playing is a 'walk down' from the G to the D. There is more than one guitar plaing but it sounds to me as though if you pick your G string on the 5th, 4th 2nd and open frets as you go into D you will be fairly close.

Roger

Hi Lynx,

You did not put a link to the actual version of the song so I looked at this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgUuHl2xJo and what I think you are looking at is shown on: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.r … matter.pro

Look at the intro as I think what you are looking for is the D Dsus2 Dsus4 transition.

Roger

Russell,

With an instrumental you could have just announced it as you did here  in 'Chat' without the need to try and write it all out.

Roger

Hi Kenny,

I agree with James, I think these lyrics are outstanding. I did struggle with the chords though, my problem not yours, I always struggle to find a melody line if there is a repeated chord sequence or one chord held for a long time. That being the case I can only try and encourage you to get recording so we can here how it should be.

Thank you,

Roger

Many of the computer magazines that I have read recommend the McAfee Antivirus, personally I use Avira which in its basic form is free and I have found to be an excellent tool.

Lieven I read in another post that you are using 2 antivirus programmes. It is my understanding that this is a definite no-no. The two programmes will clash and give you problems, you should stick to one.

Roger

Well Buvvy,

Now you mention it my Mum did tell me that fire was dangerous so I guess that counts. Mind you the MOST dangerous thing in our house as a kid was doing what mum said not to do

I remember seeing James Bond killing a snake with an aerosol flame thower and thinking it was cool. When it happened to me it was not so cool I can assure you

Lastly and most importantly:

I CARE!!

But if my little adventure brought a smile to your face then I am glad.

Roger

Hi Cazador,

From this message I think there is some misunderstanding. A metronome will give a steady beat to regulate the speed (tempo) of a piece of music or song.

Scales on the other hand are the actual notes to play (or sing) in a particicular key. The key of C is always the easiest to remember as it is C D E F G A B C. Another couple of examples are:

The key of G is G A B C D E F# G.

The key of E is E F# G# A B C# D# E.

Learning scales is learning where these notes are on your keyboard so you can play in that particular key.

Roger

Wonderful song James,

I may be wrong but I think that you have used a greater vocal range in this song than you normaly do and it really adds to the performance.

I am sure that Andreas will be looking down on you, with a smile on his face, at the moving  song that you have dedicated to him.

Roger

Hi Lieven,

It sounds to me as though you have lowered the bridge instead of raising it and you need to raise it again.

However if you are not sure what you are doing you should take it back to the store and let them sort it out for you, after all it is brand new and covered by a guarentee.

Roger

Great song James,

I have to agree with Phill that grandkids are fantastic, unfortunately, having moved to Portugal I do not see mine very often but they are constantly in my thoughts.

Daddycool seems to want to keep you out of mischief by resurrecting songs for you to record so you will no longer be needing the blue pills. Do you have my address?

Roger

Hi Kenny,

Great song and I agree with Phill that to me it seems finished, but you're the boss.

The lines " His Momma asked him  not to go." and "But a cold wind seemed to blow." where it changes to the F C chords could well be the chorus, in fact as I played it I thought that it was your intention. I will give it another run through later. Thank you.

Roger