C Major and You

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C Major and You

This one is a little different. I’ve been struggling to learn music theory for awhile now and I thought I’d share what little progress I’ve made with you guys.

The ditty itself is just a C major scale along with a few chords that fit that scale.

Scales? Chords? Theory?

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The History of Pop Music in 4 Chords

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The History of Pop Music in 4 Chords

Stole this one from Digg. Also managed to dig through the comments and get the song list. This is Benny Davis performing The Four Chords Song.

  1. Blink 182 - “Adam’s Song”
  2. Kasey Chambers - “Am I Not Pretty Enough”
  3. Alex Lloyd - “Amazing”
  4. The Calling - “Wherever You Will Go”
  5. Bush - “Glycerine”
  6. Tea Party - “Heaven Coming Down”
  7. Five For Fighting - “Superman (It’s Not Easy)”
  8. Lighthouse Family - “High”
  9. Bic Runga - “Sway” (the song from American Pie)
  10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Soul to Squeeze”
  11. Maroon 5 - “She Will Be Loved”
  12. U2 - “With Or Without You”
  13. Crowded Horse - “Fall At Your Feet”
  14. Natalie Imbruglia - “Torn”
  15. Missy Higgins - “Scar”
  16. *Dramatic pause*

  17. Paul McCartney - “Let It Be”
  18. Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Under the Bridge”
  19. Michael Jackson - “Man In The Mirror”
  20. Elton John - “Can You Feel The Love Tonight”

Walk Away

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Walk Away

I really don’t have the recording time to do something like this, but I went ahead and tried anyway. I’m not real happy with the angle the camera is at. But you have to understand when I played it through I ran out of time exactly where it ends. I thought it was karma or something.

By mistake I sang part of the chorus I was supposed to cut out to save myself time so the ohhh after walk away was something I had never tried before. It will end up in future versions.

I think it’s a lot better then my last singing attempt. I’m afraid you won’t get any other originals until after xmas (if I’ve been a good boy) and have a bigger memory card.

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Printable Tab Paper

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Printable Tab Paper

I was working on some new ditties today and had a hankering for doing things the old fashioned way. Instead of sitting in front of the computer and typing my tab I searched the net and found this great page of printable tab paper. Just thought I’d share.