Web Site Recommendatin

Subject: Web Site Recommendatin
From: Rob O
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 10:41 PM

Hey all,

I've made few posts here and there and was wondering if maybe I should turn in a different direction.

I like Irish folk music and playing guitar (sorta) I'd like to add some songs to my repetoire. Unfortunately, unlike many people who play, I have very litttle sense of chords or progressions. I am self taught so I'm not that great at hearing a song and picking out the chord progression.

I have heard alot of songs I do like though, and I am always able to find teh lyrics. Examples are "Tonight's the Night for Drinking", and "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" but I can't find the chords for them anywhere.

Is there a good website that offers both the words and the chords to these kinds of songs?

Thanks in advance

Rob O

Subject: RE: Web Site Recommendatin
From: alison
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 11:20 PM

Hi rob welcome to Mudcat.

while it's true you can get the lyrics here, and often the tune, but not usually the guitar chords, someone here will usually know them and help you out.... plus you usually get variations from different people. If you start a new thread for each one with an appropriate title eg "Chords request- Bonnie Ship the Diamond"... people will be able to find you request and usually you'll get an answer. Otherwise your requests get lost in a thread and people won't find them.

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Web Site Recommendatin
From: Helen
Date: 31 Aug 99 - 07:13 AM

Hi Rob,

OLGA (Online Guitar Archives) is usually the first place to look for chords although they probably don't have less well known folk songs. The other problem is that the copyright police keep shutting it down but it's worth checking every now & then to see if it is back online again.

Here is a page of links to guitar resources online http://www.museweb.com/ag/music.html

The OLGA site address is on there too.

I am a self taught musician too (Celtic harp, a bit of flute). After I started teaching myself the harp I was going to Irish sessions and there was a guitarist/singer who was known as a 3 chord magician, i.e. he could play almost any song ever written with 3 chords, with maybe a minor chord or 7th chord thrown in sometimes if necessary. I learned about the most likely chords for most songs.

By playing the harp it became clear to me what the basic chord patterns are all about. I'll write it offline and post it here in the next day or so.

In the meantime there are probably lots of 'Catters who could explain it to you, and who are much better musicians than I am. We'll see who pops up in this thread.

Helen

Subject: RE: Web Site Recommendatin
From: Helen
Date: 31 Aug 99 - 07:46 AM

Hi again,

I just did a search to see if I could find anywhere on the net where there might be some simple explanations of chrods, basic chords and chord progressions.

Have a look at this site - I'm going to go back and work my way through it because I think it's got what I need to know.

Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory

http://www.dreamscape.com/esmith/dansm/chords/chords.htm

Try this page first because it shows how the chords in Major keys are made up - based on I, IV, V (0r 1, 4,5) notes of the relevant scale.

http://www.dreamscape.com/esmith/dansm/chords/keys.htm

Helen

Subject: RE: Web Site Recommendatin
From: kendall morse (don't use)
Date: 31 Aug 99 - 09:52 AM

Hey Rob O Actually, I'm more of a humorist than a musician, but, I get by among the more forgiving..THE DIAMOND is a song I used to sing years ago, and, for some reason it was a favorite with my youngest little girl. The chords I used were: Am Em G Am Em Am in that progression for the verses. Then for the refrain: Am Em back to Am I'm sure a real musician could really dress it up, but it's the best I can do.