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kinkarso
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kinkarso
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09/13/2007 2:59 am
Thanks everyone. You have all been a great help, and I very much appreciate it :). Rep added to all.

Now yes, light487, that is exactly my question. I don't want to play a whole song one note or chord at a time, just like on the piano. No, I want it to sound good like what LisaMCc talked about. Here's what I'm talking about:

C C7
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
F C D7 G7
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey,
C C7
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
F C G7 C
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.

In this example, I can hum out the piano notes (me me me, me me me, me so doe ray me....). I just can't figure out which chords to play. See in this example, with the piano, I started with E (me), but with the guitar chords, I play the C note first. I'm just trying to figure out a pattern that I could adapt to so I can quickly grab any song I hear, and play it out using my guitar, somewhat matching the tune, right there on the fly :).

Thank you,
Donny