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Thank you Phil,

I don't know if you realise how apt your remarks are. Sir Cliff's Portuguese villa and vinyard are less than 20 kms from me.

The main functions of a Moderator are to keep an eye on the postings to make sure that spam is not getting through and deleting it if it does appear. Moving posts that get put in the wrong section of the forum, or as you know at the moment we are asking the person to move it themselves as this function is not operating correctly yet. And I suppose just making sure that things go smoothly.

A Moderater can edit, delete or block any posting in his/her section however I think that these functions will rarely be used. If any of my more experiences collegues want to add something or pass comment here please feel free.

I became a Moderator by invitation, it was not a position I sought, although I am more than pleased to be able to help Chordie run smoothly as most of my PC time is spent here. Although I will never meet them I have made many new friends since I became a member of this site.

Roger

Hi Phil,

Most of the regular contibutors the the songwriting section know that it is my mission to persuade, cajole or bully songwriters into performing their own works, whether it be openly in the forum or behind the scenes in private e-mails. Everyone who posts a song here will tell you that they are always in danger of me trying to get them to record it. Hey I have even hijacked some of the songs and recorded them myself.

Several Chordians now have their songs on the Internet. Some have put their initial works on Friends of Chordie, a MySpace site that I keep especially and exclusively for Chordie members to use, and several now have there own MySpace. It is planned that eventually there will be a companion site to Chordie called Chordshare where songs can be posted at which time FoC will become redundant.

Take care,

Roger

Hello Lidovic,

Welcome to Chordie. I will answer the easy question first. With tabs the '0' indicates that the string is played open i.e. without being pressed at any fret.

I would suggest that you start learning three chords, G, C and D. There are a multitude of songs that can be played with these chords and if you go to the Absolute Beginners songbooks you are bound to find some that you know.

It is hard work learning to play, do not expect it to come easy and do not think that you will be playing all your favourite songs in a couple of weeks. If you read through other threads concerning learning to play you will see the words, practice, practice and even more practice mentioned over and over. This is because it is the repetition that gets your fingers to lock in the right postion to play a chord without having to think about it.

Keep coming back here you will get all the help and encouragement you need. Different people will have different views on how things should be done and you will be able to pick and choose which way you want to go.

Roger

Thanks Mark,

You obviously appreciate the care I need to take with my health at my age. By the way my new zimmer frame has wheels on the front. I does not make me any faster but I do fall down more gracefuly

Roger

Thank you friends for those kind words of encouragement and for the truthful ones too. Actually it as I who invented the sound waves James and you are right also Mike as I  came close to being burnt at the stake once for using my 5th fret.

Joking apart, as this is such a friendly, well behaved place I am sure that there will be very little for me to do.

Roger

Hello Larson,

The only question that is stupid is the one that is not asked. To ask is to find out, not to ask is to remain in ignorance. There, that is my philosophy for the day.

I assume you know that the six lines are your 6 strings. The numbers then indicate which fret you play that string on. 0 = open, 2= 2nd fret.

Roger

Hey James,

I have just given this a blast and it's a fun little number you have there, a great one to play by fingerpicking. The only problem I had was I found myself automatically playing a G instead of a C at the end of the chorus. I will 'badeye' it and see if I can get it right this time.

Roger

Hello HeatherAB,

The loss of tone after putting lighter coated strings on may be a characteristic of the strings. The buzzing however is different and I think can be corrected.

There will be less tension with the lighter strings causing the neck to arch back slightly which will leave the strings closer to the frets and hence cause the buzzing. This can be adjusted, although it is not the job for an amateur, so another chat with the guy at your music store will no doubt reveal a competent technician for the job.

Roger

Congratulations Chordie,

And of course Per for his insight in creating such a wonderful place for musicians from all over the world to meet, make new friends and get answers to queries.

I too am pleased to be a member of Chordie and even more pleased that I eventually decided to take the plunge and enter into the forum. I have learned plenty and, I hope, given some help to others by participating.

Roger

Thank you,

After recieving a private message from the charming Lena I now know that I am forgiven so I can once again sleep easy at nights.

As for the song Lena , I have given it to you, so it is yours to do with what you like. (I will re-record it later when I have shaken off this cold and get rid of the glitch at the end of the intro).

Roger

Congratulations Mike to you and your bride,

Maybe not the song to sing at the reception but after, when you two are alone, it will probably go down very well.

I struggled a bit with this one, hardly surprising considering the difference in our ages and musical tastes, but after the fourth run through I began to get into it.

Thank you,

Roger

Hi James,

With only three chords this is a very simple song for anyone to enjoy and there is something very compelling about it. Although maybe not the song for your beloved on Mothers Day it does have a lovely lyric and I like it immensely.

Thank you,

Roger