i see mccartney hopes that some people will get together and save the studio's, why cant he do it himself, better than give all his cash to heather mills.

phill

wow, powerful piece my friend.

i've tried on occasion to write about wife-beaters and abusers, but i haven't managed to hit the spot like you have here, so well done.

my wife was abused by her first husband, and oddly enough most of the girls i went out with before we met, no wonder they all wanted to marry me.

there must be something about boring that is attractive after a beating!

i'd rather be boring, in fact i'm proud of it!

i like this well done....i'd like it more if i could hear it...

phill

ps, got there in the end...nice piece

hi ark, maybe you could re-title it; "what to do on a beach in northern france while waiting for the boat home"?

i haven't seen the film, but now i've heard your music, i'm certainly going to look-out for it, though i dont expect the movie score to be as good as yours.

phill

thanks for all the great remarks,

lena, i had a quick look at the link you show but i dont see a way to up-load the song or just the words as a poem. if you know how maybe you could do it for me or let me know how to do it, as i'd like to do something for our guys.

hi kenny, you know how to flatter a man, if only i could sound like lennon! thanks and nice to hear from you.

hi ark, i detest war, but i feel i must give my support to our people out there risking their lives for the sake of freedom, the afghans and ours.

hi dino, i'm with you there, a rock and folk contest to decide the fate of the world. done many to decide the fate of the band i was playing in, most kicked me out after!

thanks russ, i agree with you there, i'd love to see bin laden out there looking for land mines!

hi stransongs, i've always believed that god is good. why would any kind of higher being want his creation killing each other? the dig here is at the so-called mullahs that promise these easily led guys to blow themselves up with as many innocents as possible, women and children included, which is why the title has a question mark...? good men of god?...dont think so somehow.

hi seriousfun, i like your word play; "moving picture" as in movie or moving as in thought provoking.
thanks for your thumbs up

phill

bonedaddy mentions B7th as a chord to watch out for...why? there are several ways to play every chord all a player needs to do is find them, then the easiest one and finally the one that sounds best for the piece they're playing. it all comes with time, experience and practice. a lot of people get problems with "B minor", i don't understand why, it's just A minor up two frets with a barre!

icecubetray3pack mentions "A" chord shape, here's a tip and i know a lot of players use it, instead of using 3 fingers to play "A", use just one across all 3 strings. it will take a bit of practice, but once you get it it will help with barre chords, and your half way there to play "F sharp minor", (as used in Pretty Woman). as for muting strings, well you'll get that, sometimes it even adds to the effect.

try playing "F" without barring at all, don't play the bottom E string, but play the top E, it gives you "F major 7th", and fills in the sound and gives an extra dimension...i often play "G" the same way, it will give you "G6th" try it.

phill

i've been playing barre chords for 40 years now (up-to 4 hours a night) and i've never suffered with cramp, except once when i got it between my thumb and forefinger (after i got hit by another guitarist as we passed on stage!)
i've always used the forefinger to barre, sometimes i leave the top string out it depends if i need the bass note. i cant get my thumb around to hold the E string anyway!
capo's are good, but they make you lazy. i only use one for tonal effect.

phill

Well Helena!

I know you love all things "fairy" and "mystic" and it's finally emerged.

great read thank you

Phill

hi jeff,

this is such a sad song because we all know someone who's light burned bright only to be extinguished too soon. and i'm not talking hendrix or lennon, though they were super nova's, but so many others, some on the way to super stardom. i'd like to mention here two guys from my neck of the woods who played in a band called "badfinger" and wrote one of the classic rock tracks of all time....see if anyone knows their names, and the title of the song?

sorry jeff, went off on one there! great song, makes me think and mourn the artistes it refers to.

phill

hi mrsaturn,

i dont know how useful this note will be; i checked out the resources page and it gives a good range of chord shapes, and the option of checking out other shapes in which to play those chords.
you could always bookmark each shape. you could print out each page [but i didnt say that!]  and that's about all i can think of unless you want to try a chord library site.   sorry that's it for me, hope i helped or at least gave you some ideas.

phill