Hey Lady:

That sounds like my approach to playing chords on guitar. When I first started out as a teenager, I wanted to be a jazz guitarist. I barely knew the basic chords, but I could hear the music in my head. I worked out an admittedly somewhat primitive arrangement of one of my favorite pieces, Little Girl Blue with fairly sophisticated chords way up on the neck, played in a less than graceful approach due to my limited experience. I wonder what it would sound like now, if I heard it. I'd probably do some wincing (not because the harmonies were wrong, but because I didn't have the facility to make the music flow smoothly) but I'd probably laugh at my audacity and naevity. For me, it has always been a matter of moving my fingers around until what I hear in my head comes out of my guitar. Even today, I play many chords that I have no idea what they are. They just sound right.

Singing harmony can be the same way. I have the musical literacy of a cave man, but I know what sounds good (and what sounds sour.)

Sorry your life has been a bit strained lately... and glad that you stopped by for a minute..

Be sure to come back..

Jerry