The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69974 Message #1190907
Posted By: Joe Offer
21-May-04 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: Chords Required - Why ask??
Subject: RE: Chords Required - Why ask??
I'm not much of a guitarist, so I need to get chords information before I start to fool around with a song. Rise Up Singing gives me plenty of chords to practice with, so I don't think I've ever requested chords here. I guess I get moderately annoyed by chords requests, especially by people who start half-a-dozen chords requests all at the same time, for songs from the same performer. One might wonder why they don't just go out and get their own Barry Manilow songbook. Chords requests most often seem to be for pop or singer-songwriter songs, and rarely for traditional songs.
I like to help, but multiple chords requests don't seem to fit the spirit of our Forum. Besides, if we post all those commercial music chords all the time, the copyright cops might have good reason to go after us. If we do one every once in a while, that's another matter, but I'm glad we don't do it all the time.
When we get requests for chords or lyrics for commercial songs, I'd suggest it's best to post a link, not the chords. We had four chords requests for Marty Robbins songs yesterday. Every one of those songs was available at Cowpie, and I wonder why we have to duplicate what Cowpie does so well. For pop songs, the best resource is the OnLine Guitar Archive, http://www.olga.net/. If it's a chords request for a traditional song, I think we should honor it - chords are very helpful to beginning guitarists.
-Joe Offer-