2 March 2026
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Many guitarists will know how to play the “Hendrix” chord even if some of them might be a little shaky on giving it the more technical name of x7#9. It is named after Jimi Hendrix because he used it to … Continue reading
10 September 2025
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Recently I’ve been keeping my Python programming skills brushed up by experimenting with the challenge of how to parse ChordPro files, including the ability to transpose them into different keys. As with most programming tasks, there are quite a few … Continue reading
21 January 2025
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I stuck my hand up at the Charnwood Concert Band rehearsal tonight so I’ve now myself an 8 bar bass solo in our version of Mack the Knife. The arrangement is a concert band affair, with everything written out with … Continue reading
31 January 2024
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What is a chord? Multiple notes sounded at the same time. Many definitions would insist on three or more notes and call a combination of two notes a dyad… but other definitions call a dyad a two-note chord. Taken on … Continue reading
28 September 2022
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This morning, our Toddlers group at church had their harvest celebration. We moved into the church for this one rather than the hall we normally use and I brought along my electric guitar instead of a ukulele. I only got … Continue reading
18 May 2022
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I had a request this morning to sing Big is the Mountain with the toddlers group rather than the song I had in mind and I don’t have the chords stored in the collection of tunes on my iPad. Fortunately, … Continue reading
9 September 2020
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OnSong is my preferred iOS app for chord sheets with lyrics. It has lots of layout and transposition options and I’ve used it a lot both in worship settings and and at other events. Tonight is the first rehearsal for … Continue reading
21 January 2020
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Apologies (moderately sincere) for the blatant misquoting of E M Forster’s famous phrase but it came to mind when I was thinking about my latest banjo revelation, namely that it isn’t too dissimilar from a guitar. In general terms, it … Continue reading
16 March 2016
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Last month I mentioned that I’ve started using a piece of software on my Android tablet called iReal Pro, which seems to be the de facto choice among local jazz musicians and thus handy for the purpose of being able … Continue reading
30 November 2015
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Is a ukulele chord a ukehord? Maybe not but I am delighted to have found a treasure trove of uke chord diagrams at boldts.net which come in the form of small graphics files that can be easily incorporated into other … Continue reading