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Been missing all of you.

Not good news on the Georgia, USA end of things, I'm afraid.

My cardiologist has been ordering tests on me out the wee-wah, which would have cost me a fortune were I not a veteran. (Viet Nam War), so I guess I need to be grateful for that and every day I get to spend on planet Earth.

Does anyone remember me doing a song called "Lime In De Coconut" on that free recording system we used to feature our music on? A Harry Nillson song?

I wish I could remember where it's placed but I am afraid it's disappeared from what's left of my memory.

Thats not  the point however. It's what I recently learned about the tune itself that matters.

The whole thing is in C7.

One can dress it up by picking it instead of strumming it by sliding the index finger onto the G (I think), but I just wanted a chance to practice again and that sounded like my best bet.

I send my love

Bill 

Hey everyone,

That was my dilemma trying to transpose a popular Platters song tonight.

I know there must be a way to "satisfy" the requirement of transpositioning, but leave it to me to "bump into" at least one of the difficult changes I was trying to avoid. This particular song has a "healthy" part of any morning's breakfast, with plenty of D9, D11, etc,.

I believe I may be going about this the wrong way. Instead of finding a song that I can sing to match the chords I know to my voice, I guess I'm trying to find  song I can play easily. *LOL*

Anyone else running into this?

Thanks!

Bill 

And how are you able to keep from singing flat or sharp when you come to a chord change? Do you stop and hum again?

Years ago I put a song on a service whose name I can't recall now. It was a Harry Nilsson tune called "Lime In The Coconut" . Do y'all remember when I did that?

Well, I found out since then that the song isn't played in any normal key or chord. It's just sung.

I don't know how accurate that is, but maybe one or two of you could look it up and let me know?

I forgot the rules about posting/not posting songs here, sorry, folks.

Thank You

Bill 

Between now and the last time I posted, I got myself hospitalized with a heart attack.

After a week in ICU they finally discharged me with a whole new list of  meds and instructions.

I thought that after Dondra died, I had been knocked to my knees enough as far as arrogance is concerned, but apparently not.

I was still too arrogant for my own good, so I need to work on that.

So I will begin with my fellow musicians.... I am SO sorry if I have offended anyone

Bill 

Hi Friends!

Recently I had occasion to visit a Pawn Shop in order to purchase and have installed a battery for my wristwatch.

While waiting, I looked at the guitars (6 string acoustics) on display, when, to my surprise, my eyes locked upon an Ovation Roundback priced at $250.00 USD. Ja, not a mistake - it really was just $250.00.

Since the guy was busy with my watch and there was no one to hand it down for me to examine, I trusted these tired old eyes to check on blems and other.... "Hey! Hold on just a second!", says I to myself.

"Why are the top three strings missing?"

It sounded like a job for "Strummerboy" and , given the limitations I had to deal with, I came up with the following: See if you agree.

E, A and D are missing because the neck is bowed and the curves on that Ovation would be more obvious were it completely strung and that is why G, B, and E were the only ones light enough not to show the bowed neck.

So what do y'all think, my friends? Is it possible or am I completely out of my league as a sleuth? 

....everyone a very Merry Christmas and a good slide into the new year!

I thought I'd be more active, but my health is getting in the way.

Anyway, all the best from Bremen, Georgia, to where ever y'all are.

Bill 

It juat sits there and freezes until the page goes blank