Recent content by Malcolm35

Friedland wrights in a way I can understand. Ditto all the good information he has given us.

Praise music - Fake chord sheet music will be handed out. Keep the song's fake chord sheet music in a gig folder as that song will come back active in a couple of weeks. Before long you will have built a gig book on what you guys will be playing. Using the fake chord sheet music follow the...

Index (ralphpatt.com) does not have the song in question, however, the link to the Vanilla Book is worth having.

We are in the same boat. What we are doing with chord charts, fake chord, etc. will keep us playing and being asked back. So what is next? IMO chord charts, fake chord, etc. has been and will still be the starting place. What we do with that is the question. Beyond Praise I would...

Spent some time in Cincinnati, see I still know how to spell it. Moved to Walkahatti, forget how to spell that one.

Welcome to TB. Bag Pipes, there is a thought... O'h yes, the neighbors...

Where in Texas. Baytown for me. Welcome.

Patterns up the neck and chord/scale spelling. My old standby chart of generic bass lines using the major scale box as a Rosetta stone. Bass Patterns based upon the Major Scale box. Major Scale Box. G|---2---|-------|---3---|---4---| 1st string D|---6---|-------|---7---|---8---|...

I cheat by askiing Google for the chord progression on the song and then play notes of the active chord for my walk. How many notes is left up to you and the song. Walking a root-5 normally works. Root-3-5-Root. Root-b3-5-b7. Root-5-8-5. Mess around and find which combinations you like. Or...

IMO -- One finger per fret until your fingers start deciding which finger will get the next note. When this happens - let it happen. It's a good thing.

Welcome back. Pattern playing and knowing where those patterns are on the fretboard helped me the most. The Major Scale Box Pattern G|~~|---A----|-------|---B---|---C---|1st string D|~~|---E----|---F---|--------|--G----| A|~~|---B----|---C---|-------|---D----|...

Call your nearest music store and ask about the going rate in your area. Yoa will be pleased to hear how little it actually costs.

OK I-IV-V-I or ii-V-I

Welcome. I'm Country, Praise and Jazz. Should say I was. I'm 88 years old and my fingers no longer do what I want them to do. The keyboard now is my go-to instrument. Yes I use books with the note name in the fly speck. Music of some sort can last a lifetime.

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