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Hi Seagull and welcome to Chordie,
Ark is correct there are several different ways of playing a chord and finding an easier one is probably the best alternative. If you look at the Chord chart in Resources and click on a chord it will give the different varations.
Out of interest I just looked at the Gmaj7 and found 22 different ways of playing this chord and 10 of those are open chords including, of course, the one which Ark suggested.
Roger
As promiced a small edit and hey presto. Go into edit and look at the three lines I put before the song started and the one line at the end as that is all I have done apart from removing a couple of () brackets which can screw up the formatting. Also read James's sticky at the start of the Songwriting section for further details.
I hope you agree that it looks far better this way and you are able to have a nice print out of it too. Although the chords shown are the open chords you can always mention in your blurb that you normally play it with barre chords if you wish.
I have not time to play this now but I will give it a whirl later.
Roger
Just out of curiosity did I miss the chorde conversion in the charts.
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I do not think that there is any way of converting from the Chord Charts, that info came from my head, but I have been playing for a day or two. Perhaps if you look at Anastasia's "Tuning Question" in Acoustic the info that I and Alvee passed on will help.
Incidently if you edit your song instead of putting the chords above the line put them in the line where they change and in square brackets like so : [C]Mary had a [F]little lamb........... Then James or I can easily make it look all nice and purdy with the chords in blue and in the right places with the chord grids shown.
Roger
The chords are...Bm7 played on the 4th fret
F7 played on the 2nd fret
F7 played on the 4th fret
F played on the 5th fret
F played on the 4th fret
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For the sake of clarity should the word shape be added after each chord name you gave?
This would make the actual chords you want:
Bm7 shape played on the 4th fret = C#m7
F7 shape played on the 2nd fret = F#7
F7 shape played on the 4th fret = G#7
F shape played on the 5th fret = A
F shape played on the 4th fret = Ab
Roger
Roger Guppy wrote:Liverpool has to be amongst the top cities for music as it is home to:
and lets not forget The Wombles.
These are just a few of the bands and artistes from that city
Roger
And the Wombats!
Unless that's what you meant by "wombles". (I thought they were from Wimbledon?)
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Oops! red face and all that, bad glasses, senior moment or just temporary insanity I missread. You are right and I am wrong. I will write 1000 lines "I must read things properly first before passing them on"
Roger
PS thank goodness for computers, the 1000 lines took less time to write than this answer 
Hi Jay and welcome to Chordie,
I believe that the plan is that there will be a short excerpt of each song, Per the owner of the site, was looking into the legalities of doing this. However as I understand it a full recording, mp3 or any other format, of a song is covered by copyright therefore it's use has to be paid for. It is my understanding that Chordie is intended as a free site for everyone, so my feeling is that this is highly unlikely unless the laws are changed.
Roger
Liverpool has to be amongst the top cities for music as it is home to:
The Beatles,
Gerry and the Pacemakers,
Frank Goes to Hollywood,
The Lightning Seeds,
Billy Fury,
The Searchers,
Cilla Black,
Elvis Costello ,
The Fourmost,
Swinging Blue Jeans,
Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark,
The Merseybeats
and lets not forget The Wombles.
These are just a few of the bands and artistes from that city
Roger
Hi Meggity, welcome to Chordie and welcome back to the guitar,
"My Bonnie" is on Chordie at: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.u … ;id=493659 although I must admit I cannot remember The Beatles doing this one.
The lyrics to "Ash Grove" can be found at: http://www.gurman.org/ashgrove/ and there appear to several versions. The one I remember is number 2 and the chords are C Am Dm G7; C F C G7 C for two lines and then repeated. However it is 50 years since I sang this at school so my memory may be a little rusty
Sorry I know neither of the other two so I cannot help.
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Roger
Well done Al,
"A picture paints a thousand words"
Roger
Anastasia,
Sorry I misunderstood you earlier comment.
Probably the easiest way to think of the notes is to imagine a piano, low notes on the left and high to the right. The white notes are C D E F G A B C D E F G A ......... but do not forget that there are also the black notes so including these also we have C C#(Db) D D#(Eb) E F F#(Gb) G G#(Ab) A A#(Bb) B C....... Depending what key you are in the black notes can either be called sharp or flat.
Now your guitar keyboard relates to this progression so if we take the E string press on the first fret and we get F. Press on the second fret and we have F#(Gb) and on the third fret the note we have is G. By the time you get to the 12th fret you are at E again but one octave higher.
If you keep tightening a string it will also follow this progression, until it breaks that is.
I hope that helps but if it is still not clear please say so and we can try again.
Roger
Russell: I'm afraid I don't know anything about tuning to another key... and to be perfectly honest, I have broken a couple of strings (when restringing) because I don't know by ear what the notes are supposed to sound like, and I've wound too tightly.. I DO look forward to the day when I can tune to a recording, or even another guitarist, but right now, I'm still a newbie at this
Anastasia, reading this I am now concerned that your guitar is on fact out of tune. It must be tuned to E A D G B e and you appear to have no reference to do this. If the strings are tuned relative to each other, then playing on your own it will sound OK but as soon as it is played against a correctly tuned guitar it will sound off.
Electronic tuners are relatively inexpensive these day and are probably the most convenient way of tuning, of course a piano or keyboard can be used if one is handy. In the interim there are many sites on the Internet where you can tune your guitar, here is a link to one: http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/onlinetuner.html
Roger
Hi Anastasia,
Perhaps it was no more than you playing in a different key to the record. If I remember from your previous postings you have a capo, so try using that, one fret at a time, to raise the key and see if you can find the right one. Of course if the record is a tone or semi-tone down from the key that you play in you will end up with the capo on 10th or 11th fret but once you have found the right key you can then consider transposing the chords to match the record.
Roger
You may be wrong with 'Leaving On A Jet Plane'. This is the first paragraph from Wikipedia:
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver in 1967 during a layover at an airport in Washington and recorded by the Mitchell Trio that year. The original title of the song was "Oh Babe I Hate To Go" but Denver's then producer, Milt Okun, convinced him to change the title. Denver wrote the song after his flight was delayed. This song would later have a large significance in his life as a plane crash would take his life in the 1990's. Others covered the song in 1967, including Spanky & Our Gang and Peter, Paul and Mary on Album 1700. It did not become a hit until Peter, Paul and Mary released it as a single in 1969. It turned out to be their biggest (and final) hit, becoming their only #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.
Of course this article could be wrong and I would be pleased if you have more info.
Roger
Now don't hang this one on me guys. It was Alex (scrimmy82) that came up with the idea of everyone writing one line for a song, I just ended up being volunteered to record it. This is the link to the thread: http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3425
The song is no longer on Foc so I have temporarily put it on my spare Myspace if you care to listen to my interpretation of it: http://www.myspace.com/roger4songs
Roger
Hi KAP,
Can you not just close Chordie down instead of logging off? If you do need to log off and cannot then you will have to send an e-mail to Per at admin@chordie.com and explain this problem to him.
Ken you are right you should be able to log off even with the username and password saved, I was just clutching at straws with that suggestion.
Roger
Thanks for the moving music guys.
Pix you have a terrific memory but I am happy to report that my drastic, explosive action put the little blighter off for good (touch wood).
Ark, unfortunately I lost Henry rather suddenly in January so I only have T.T. (Twinkle Toes) and she is most certainly coming with me. I had considered going back to Blighty but T.T. has no passport and things look a bity bleak back there at the moment so I decided to stay here. I am going back down the the Algarve where I should be able to find more work than up here. This experience has made me realise that getting T.T her passport will have to be a priority when I get moved.
Roger
Hi KAP,
Have you tried going into your Profile, then Privacy and untick to box that saves your username and password between visits?
Roger
Yup NZ I am still about in Chordieland, although I have not seen much of you around lately but glad to see you back.
At the moment I am getting packed up as I am moving tomorrow so I will not be around so much for a day but I hope to get the chance to look in at least once a day.
Roger
PS as James pointed out there is no R in my surname.
Hi Shady,
OK I thought that may be what you meant but I was hoping that it was not.
I think that Per is the only person to sort this for you so I suggest you send an e-mail to admin@chordie.com and explain your dilemma to him.
Sorry I can be no more help.
Roger
Hi Shady,
Obviously you are able to log on otherwise you could not have posted this message so your new password is OK. Now forgive me if I am wrong as sometimes Chordie operates slightly differently for Moderators. I went to look at changing both your and my password and I was not asked for the old password just to type in the new one and then to confirm it.
If, as a Member, you are being asked for your old password it will of course not be your original one but the new one you have been e-mailed and logged on with. If Chordie is not accepting this please write in again.
Roger
I am not a footy fan although I do enjoy the international matches and there are no prizes for guessing that I am supporting Portugal too.
Roger
Hi Cytania,
Perhaps you would care to explain how to do the 'clawhammer' travis pick. Youngster who do not know this method would appreciate it, it is also handy for S.O.F.'s like me who have been playing since dinosaurs ruled the Earth and know several methods of finger picking but not what they are called. To be honest I would not know a 'travis pick' from a 'Mongolial nose pick' but I dare bet that if you can hum it then I can play it .
Roger
For my twopenny worth, I think is boils down to something very basic.
Kids are not taught discipline and to respect other people and their property. Both laws and society seem dead set in promoting evil and wrongdoing, crime is not punished and the whole legal system a joke. Disipline and respect, taught at an early age would prevent many wrongs in later life.
Roger
Hello Sweety and welcome to Chordie,
I have just had a look at howrse.com and found that access is denied unless one signs up as a member so I cannot help with tremendous goal of winning a turnip!!!
Good luck with your (cyber) breeding programme
Roger
Hi Matthew,
No young man, your weeks ban is finish and history. If you were you would be unable to post any messages, also under your user name it would say Banned and not Member.
So I suggest you forget about it now, get back to playing your guitar and enjoy the Chordie Forum.
Roger
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