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Gway |
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Joined: April 2007 Posts: 318 Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | do some Christmas songs have some really strange chords, like Ab7b5(add PI>5th) :eek: | ||
45flint |
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Joined: March 2003 Posts: 555 Location: Wooster, Ohio | Christmas songs never work for guitar that well no matter what chords they have down. | ||
Gway |
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Joined: April 2007 Posts: 318 Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Thanks 45, now I have an excuse! | ||
Paul Blanchard |
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Joined: February 2002 Posts: 1817 Location: Minden, Nebraska | Many of the Christmas songs with classical arrangements have some chords foreign to many guitarists. I've dealt with some of that by rearranging the music to a more guitar-friendly key and chords, but that's tougher when playing with a keyboardist who is playing all the notes on the staff. You're better off with a book of Christmas songs arranged for guitar, but even then you'll run into some chords like that. I reckon this isn't news for most of us. | ||
Trader Jim |
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Joined: June 2006 Posts: 7307 Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Gway: I could think of a couple more.... :DThanks 45, now I have an excuse! | ||
LBJ |
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Joined: March 2007 Posts: 665 Location: Tychy, Poland | Originally posted by Gway: yeah, but when you look at the chart some chords with long names have only one or two strings pressed on some strange positions.do some Christmas songs have some really strange chords, like Ab7b5(add PI>5th) :eek: | ||
Beal |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127 Location: 6 String Ranch | I play jingle bells in F as a real slow blues. works OK and at some point it's recognizable as JB. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Paul Blanchard: I've dealt with it by telling the keyboardist to go get some hot chocolate and cookies...Many of the Christmas songs with classical arrangements have some chords foreign to many guitarists. I've dealt with some of that by rearranging the music to a more guitar-friendly key and chords, but that's tougher when playing with a keyboardist who is playing all the notes on the staff. | ||
LBJ |
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Joined: March 2007 Posts: 665 Location: Tychy, Poland | you can always play on electric. | ||
Gway |
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Joined: April 2007 Posts: 318 Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Originally posted by Trader Jim: Why TJ, whatever do you mean? :confused: Originally posted by Gway: I could think of a couple more.... :D Thanks 45, now I have an excuse! (Jim pm me with some of yours...OK) :D | ||
Andrea |
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Joined: July 2007 Posts: 423 Location: UK | I think its natures way of telling us not to play em | ||
fillhixx |
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Joined: November 2005 Posts: 4820 Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | So it's true? The guitar IS the devil's instrument? EX-ssellent! | ||
Jewel's Mom a/k/a Joisey Goil #1 |
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Joined: April 2006 Posts: 1017 Location: Budd Lake, NJ | We had a wonderful classical guitarist play for the annual holiday party one year--I watched his hands every time he got close to our table; he could play anything, weird chords and all--and then I noticed the capo. So...why not put the things in guitar-reasonable keys and then capo them so you match the piano? Or, there's the transpose button that some of the newer keyboards have; that's the best of both worlds. You play where you want, the keyboard does all the work and the player reads notes as written. (I usually transpose them, and my wonderful pianist uses lead sheets and fakes the rest....) --Karen | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Jewel's Mom: Good Idea... A Capo makes all them nasty F's & B's tolerable! We had a wonderful classical guitarist play for the annual holiday party one year--I watched his hands every time he got close to our table; he could play anything, weird chords and all--and then I noticed the capo. So...why not put the things in guitar-reasonable keys and then capo them so you match the piano? Or, there's the transpose button that some of the newer keyboards have; that's the best of both worlds. You play where you want, the keyboard does all the work and the player reads notes as written. (I usually transpose them, and my wonderful pianist uses lead sheets and fakes the rest....) --Karen For me at least :rolleyes: | ||
Gway |
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Joined: April 2007 Posts: 318 Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Good Idea... A Capo makes all them nasty F's & B's tolerable! For me at least :rolleyes: BUT..,BUT that's cheat'n,,,ain't it? Oh what the hell, Andrea,do you like that slide capo you bought? :D | ||
ProfessorBB |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | We played "Christmastime" today and there wasn't a straight chord in the entire piece. It would have worked very well for our jazz concert last September. | ||
Andrea |
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Joined: July 2007 Posts: 423 Location: UK | Yeah Gary, Slide capo is good and makes it much harder to loose , was a good purchase | ||
brainslag |
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Joined: April 2006 Posts: 1138 Location: CT | It's the same with traditional hymns. There was always an organ in a church, and piano was a common instrument, guitar was not. Songwriters were piano players and they played whatever sounded good a flatted 5th in a chord was not a big deal. | ||
Trader Jim |
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Joined: June 2006 Posts: 7307 Location: South of most, North of few | Just have about 5 guitars available tuned to A flat, E flat, etc...and remember to pick the right one up. | ||
Capo Guy |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394 Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Trader Jim: Capo's are the cheaper way to go. :)Just have about 5 guitars available tuned to A flat, E flat, etc...and remember to pick the right one up. | ||
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