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Hello Begnnr1 and welcome to Chorde,

Please join in the forums and ask if you need help or are unsure of some thing. If you have think you have an answer to offer to help another then throw it in the pot, lets face it the worse is you can be wrong and no one on this site gets shot for being wrong; leg pulled maybe but shot - never. In fact even us oldies can learn from noobies.

Remember there is no such thing as a stupid question. In fact the most stupid thing to do is not ask the question if you are unsure.

Take care,

Roger

It must be your age Russ, only a young lady would have hair like that and only a young lady could make you dizzy if you looked at her for too long

Roger

On any guitar, regardless of price, the lower the action the easier it is to play however if it is taken too low the strings with catch the frets as they vibrate causing a buzz. Most guitars will benefit from a visit to a competent luthier to lower the action correctly, but play the guitar for a while first and decide what gauge strings you intend to use BEFORE having it set up. In my opinion light weight strings may be easier to play with but they sound thin and reedy, the medium and heavy give the best tone. You should ask what gauge string are fitted to your new guitar when you buy it to give you a starting point.

Roger

James,

What can I say. This song is completely NUTS, still as I am probably the biggest nut on Chordie I must say that I like it and look forward to hearing your rendition.

Roger

Hi Telemaster,

In my opinion you have some work to do to turn these words into a song.

Firstly. The lines in your verses are very inconsistant, they are 11, 10, 7, 4, 7 which will make it very difficuly to compose a melody to.

Secondly. The metre of your lines is even more inconsistant. The first verse has the following beats in each line 4, 4, 8, 9, 5, 3, 3, 7, 7, 5, 4 and I will leave the others for you work out. Unlike a poem you can get away with some variation in a song, but as it stands there is too much here, although you could combine some short lines to make one longer one.

So my suggestion is to sit down and and re-write by combining short lines, adding or deleting words to get a similar number of beats in each line. For instance, the fourth line "I try so hard but it never seems" could have the word "so" omitted to reduce it or "I try" could be changed to "I have tried" to increase it without losing the meaning of what is being said.

Of course then, to make it a song, it has to have music. So sit with your guitar and keep trying variations of chord changes whilst reading your words and hopefully you will find something that suits. Alternatively re-post the revised words and ask for help with the music.

Others may have different ideas but that is mine and I hope it helps.

Good luck,

Roger

Hi EPPY3 and welcome to Chordie,

Many electro/acoustic guitars have a 9 volt battery housed in a cradle and will not work through an amp if it is flat, so before you take anything apart please check the battery.

Roger

Hi Ken,

About time we had a song from you, it has been a while. I bet there is one very happy little girl in your house, her daddy has written and recorded a song for her and put it on the internet with her photo for the world to see.

A lovely, lighthearted song. Unfortunately our children grow up far too fast, but I suppose there are then grandchildren to look forward to (although not for a few years yet in your case).

Roger

Hi Lieven,

Have a great holiday, relax, unwind and get the internal batteries re-charged. Don't forget though that there are 170,000 Chordie Members and they will all want a stick of rock

Roger

Lieven,

For safety blank shells are used for a gun salute and not live rounds.

Roger

Sorry SixString, this phrase is usually attributed to Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution, suggesting that, as there was a shortage of bread the commoners should eat cake instead. However there is much doubt and speculation as to who actually coined the phrase but Joan of Arc does not get a mention I'm afraid.

In spite of that it is still a good name for a band.

Roger

Hi Daddycool,

There is just the thing for you - a Tanglewood copy of a Gibson 335. I have given it a work out this morning and the action is very good with a great sound from the humbuckers. I have posted a photo for you at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_guppy/2516038452/  You will find one locally priced in the region of £280.00 but if you want to pop over to Portugal this weekend I will let you give it a workout yourself . 

Russ, sorry there are no '58 telecasters on the walls.

Badeye, pop over I would welcome your help but I have to tell you that although the pay is not good there are some perks, beautiful guitars and senoritas abound, but don't tell Gem!!

Roger

Hi Goonie,

If you look at the first posting from Bob Scott you will see that he is from Portugal and he placed it here on 11th September 2007 but he has since made no further postings. I replied to him on the following day and was hoping for further response from him as I am fairly sure that I have seen him perform and was hoping to confirm this. Alas he does not seem to have found his way bach to us.

Roger