Welcome Paul,
I have to warn you that Chordie can become addictive. I have to have my fix at least twice a day 
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Roger
2,201 2010-11-28 19:15:09
Re: New member saying hello (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
2,202 2010-11-28 19:11:57
Re: Gallstones!! (37 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Good luck Russ, I know how I felt a few weeks ago when I was told I may need a operation (thankfully I did not) so you have my sympathy. However we usually imagine these things to be worse than they actually are so I am sure you will be fine.
Still there will be some pretty nurses to chat up so you have that to look forward to 
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Roger
2,203 2010-11-28 18:31:33
Re: Barre Chords (7 replies, posted in Electric)
Right then Paul, then if the guitar is set up OK it is down to those three words which get repeated many times on Chordie "Practice", "Practice" and then some more "Practice" .
Roger
2,204 2010-11-28 09:10:07
Re: I did my part! (18 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Happy NGD Zurf. I am looking forward to hearing some melodious music from you and your new baby.
Roger
2,205 2010-11-28 09:05:30
Re: Barre Chords (7 replies, posted in Electric)
Hi Paul and welcome to Chordie.
If the action of your guitar is not good then fingering barre chords at the lower end (F, F#, G etc) will be easier than playing at the higher end (C. C#, D etc). This could be the reason for your difficulty. (By action I mean the height of the strings from the frets).
Roger
BTW you are confusing up/down and higher/ lower on your guitar. These words relate to musical pitch and not to the physical position.
2,206 2010-11-27 17:04:11
Re: barre chords (57 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Not wanting to cause controversy but I have to say I disagree with Nela over the guitar position.
Having the guitar tilted back makes barre chords even more difficult to play, in fact tilting it back makes any chord more difficult to play as your wrist ends up in an unatural angle. I suggest you learn any chord but especially barre chords in front of a mirror to see the fretboard and keep the guitar and your wrist in a normal position.
Roger
2,207 2010-11-24 09:37:59
Re: Chordilina Jam (77 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I am extremely jealous as I would have loved to have been there as you guys obviously had a blast. Mind you it would be a bit of a treck from Portugal to get there (I need to win that lottery first prize ).
Do my eyes decieved me or is that a 12er hanging on the wall?
Great to see you having such a good time.
Roger
2,208 2010-11-22 08:16:23
Re: Hello I need help really bad :( (4 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Hi Stryder and welcome to Chordie,
Lizzie (Ms.Mouse) posted this back in August and I thiink that it is just what you are looking for: http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=15549
Roger
2,209 2010-11-20 18:21:51
Re: tab (2 replies, posted in Song requests)
Hi John,
This should be in 'Song Requests' not in 'Music Theory', no doubt Jerome or Russ will move it for you.
That aside, although I cannot help with tabs but I do have the original music score for this song and can scan it and forward it to you if you are able to read sheet music.
Roger
2,210 2010-11-19 00:04:11
Re: Gallstones!! (37 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Sorry to hear that you are due for surgery but very pleased that it is not more serious.
Here is a couple of lines that might help towards your recovery song:
"To be on your own, with no direction home,
Like a complete unknown, like a removed gall stone."
All the best,
Roger
2,211 2010-11-17 09:08:39
Re: What inspired you to start playing guitar?? (62 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
dfoskey wrote:
I play everyday with one of the five guitars i have and have written 3 complete songs just this month.
I think that three posts in the Songwriting section, and some recording, is now called for .
Roger
Sorry for the slight deviation Pix.
2,212 2010-11-16 20:37:52
Re: Hi, new member here, and thought I would say HI. (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hi Dwight and welcome to Chordie. Your post has just brightened my day by giving me a good laugh at myself.
I read your post and thought you were saying that you were a 'yob' until 1978 when you got married. Let me explain that here in England a 'yob' is 'an aggressive, surly youth' (dictionary definition).
It took a second reading to realise that you meant Year Of Birth. Oh silly me 
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Roger
2,213 2010-11-16 09:34:19
Re: I'm heartbroken (23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Roger
2,214 2010-11-13 19:32:43
Re: Chords for Happy Talk (1 replies, posted in Song requests)
Hi and welcome to Chordie,
This is not a real easy song but I have sent the chords for you to see if you can do anything with it.
Roger
2,215 2010-11-12 08:51:53
Re: Changing e-mail? (1 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Hi Aralyn,
Your e-mail is set up for others to contact you. If anyone clicks on the 'E-mail' under your username they are able to e-mail you, assuming you have not changed your e-mail address since you joined Chordie. I will e-mail this way now.
I have removed your 'Website' link from your profile. It is unsolicited advertising for books and this is not allowed, advertising has to be paid for. If you wish to advertise on Chordie please contact admin@chordie.com for details.
Roger
2,216 2010-11-11 00:12:20
Re: chordie's back (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Could have been a Gremlin in the server or a bug in the software even !!!
Thankfully the Mighty Admin has the Gremlin Gun and the Bug Buster so he sought out and destroyed it, whatever it was.
Roger
2,217 2010-11-10 19:47:57
Re: What inspired you to start playing guitar?? (62 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Christmas 1958. Me on the left, my brother Colin on the right.
Proudly displaying our Christmas presents. A plastic, 4 string (metal), Elvis labeled guitar apiece. With them came pitchpipes for tuning, a simple songbook and best of all an "AutoChord". This was a plastic box that strapped on the neck with buttons to press to play the chords, this made playing our first songs so easy.
Roger
2,218 2010-11-07 09:23:22
Re: Songs with reference to Science Fiction (25 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
"Flash Gordon" from Queen.
Roger
2,219 2010-11-06 20:07:29
Re: PRINTING SONGBOOK (2 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Hi Chrissie and welcome to Chordie,
Please, there is no need to shout.
If you open the song you want to print, halfway down the right side of the page, between 'auto-scroll' and 'chopro' you will see the 'print' button.
Roger
2,220 2010-11-06 08:44:29
Re: Fixed: "Sign Your Name" by Terence Trent Darby (2 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Hi David,
It is illegal to post copyrite material so I have had to remove the lyrics and chords.
Welcome to Chordie but please read the 'Stickys' at the start of each section. They are there for your guidance so that you do not make mistakes like this.
It is commendable that you have taken the time to correct this song but what you should do is contact the site that hosts the incorrect version (look again at the song on Chordie and you will see it shown at the top of the page). You can then submit your alterations for their listing or better still request that they display your version of the song.
Roger
2,221 2010-11-03 20:17:42
Re: t:title"love burns" 314 (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino but it is Daddycool's song really, I just tweaked it a bit .
Thanks too Ark and Butch.
Roger
2,222 2010-11-03 20:14:43
Re: An Audience of One (21 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Well done Ian I am so pleased to have heard this song. Great stuff.
Roger
2,223 2010-10-31 22:33:51
Re: t:title"love burns" 314 (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Well Daddycool that was a bit of a shock for me when I came to Chordie this evening. I particularly liked this song when I first played it but felt I could improve it somewhat so I am pleased you like both my slight changes to your song and my recording of it.
I have uploaded it to 'Friends of Chordie': http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie if anyone wished to assault their ears .
Roger
2,224 2010-10-29 19:05:57
Re: ATTENTION -- Eagleeye5851 (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hi Helena,
I got no reply from him so I changed his password and advised him of the change so hopefully he will have no problems if he returns to the fold. From his past history here I am also sure that he has not maliciously done anything wrong.
My health is rather up and down - bad morning and afternoon but picked up somewhat this evening. Unfortunately it is a waiting game and I am just hoping that nature will quickly put things back right. Thanks.
Roger
2,225 2010-10-24 20:40:01
Re: Eternity Begun (17 replies, posted in Poems)
Niel, you sign yourself out with the word "respectfully", however you have shown no respect at all to Phill.
You were politely asked to post your poems in their own topic and you chose to pollute Phill's thread with three more poems of your own. You were also advised that writing in capital letters is the written equivalent of shouting and considered to be both rude and bad manners, this you also deliberately ignored.
Do you really want to be welcomed into Chordie and your work to receive acclaim on it's own merit? If so you need to mend your ways.
As to the quality of your work. I for one have not bothered to read any one of your poems and will not do so until your attitude changes.
Roger