Lavender's Blue - this simple song is not only satisfying for beginning pianists, but also young singers who need to focus on basics. With a lovely piano accompaniment.Loch Lomond - the famous and sad song about never meeting againMari's Wedding - a singable tune with bouncy chords that ...
That is the overarching concern I think of every musician who is paying attention to these cases, that a lot of these decisions are being made over fundamental building blocks. So can a melody which is just mi, re, do, or a chord progression that uses the four most common chords in pop...
“Not Fine” The track for “Not Fine” was based on a swirling, repetitive riff that Eric brought into the studio, which was super inspiring to write to. It weaves in and out of the foreground, and we layered the guitar chords on top of it to create a harmonic bed for the vocals....
Believing was a sacred duty. And those who were so traitorous as not to believe should, at least, have the decency to keep their mouths shut. Scarlett struck a few chords and her voice floated out to them from the parlor, sweetly, sadly, in the words of a popular song: ...
Most startling was the voluptuous, stuttering falsetto of ‘Black Or Blue’, the album’s hidden highlight. Buller recollects his first listen to the vocal as a definite peak in his production career, “From hearing Bernard’s chords, in no way did you expect that. What was it? ...
Maybe as a result, this song is a little more anthemic—built from Superchunk-like power chords and mumbled whispers that echo Yo La Tengo. It’s also a little less agonizingly specific than Thomas’ usual fare. The chorus—though “chorus" is kind of a heavy word for Thomas’ style,...
Poems by Maeve O’Sullivan https://poethead.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/poems-from-vocal-chords-by-maeve-osullivan/ p Angela Patten is author of three poetry collections, In Praise of Usefulness(Wind Ridge Books), Reliquaries and Still Listening, both from Salmon Poetry, Ireland, and a prose...
When I was 15, I sang on the weekends in a coffee lounge in Melbourne. Joan Baez was my idol and I even learned to play this on guitar. After all it is only three chords. Her voice and style is so unique and I respect her so much for her stand on world peace. back...