Chord Question (Timing & Beats)


USMC7312
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08/07/2012 8:04 pm
Really dumb question but never used chordie. Given the following:

chorus:
D----------- G-------- A---- D
All gave some, some gave all
------------- G----------------------------------A -----------------------D
Some stood through for the red, white and blue and some had to fall
--C-----------------D
> And if you ever think of me
G -----------------Em-----------C----D
Think of all your liberties and recall
D--------------G
Some gave all

At one point I was told each Chord above represented a full measure? Is this true? If not how do you tell how many strums are given for each chord?
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08/07/2012 8:17 pm
Originally Posted by: USMC7312
At one point I was told each Chord above represented a full measure? Is this true? [/QUOTE]

It could. Depends on how the song is written. It might have 1 chord per measure, 2 chords, 3 chords, whatever you want basically. Without hearing the song, there is no way to know because you are showing us the chords out of context.


[QUOTE=USMC7312]If not how do you tell how many strums are given for each chord?


You listen to the song and hear him strumming.


Also, what is "chordie"?
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08/07/2012 8:26 pm
I over thought this for SOOO long. I'm not a real musician and tons of people know tons more than me but I think if you know the song well just strum what is naturally and you'll have it. I found if I sing with it that keeps my timing for me (my voice is AWFUL but I play for fun in my own home!). As my cousin told me (a music major and guitar player) even the people that wrote the song play it different every time. If you know the progressions from the tabs the time to change just takes care of itself. The one thing I found is often though the tabs are just wrong...you'll play a chord and hear there is no WAY it's right.

Just my two cents....
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08/07/2012 8:27 pm
http://www.chordie.com

Cool place to get chords for songs. A lot like http://www.songsterr.com

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So back to my question, there is no way to do this other than by ear? Kind of makes it hard to match strumming patterns, which is what I understood tools like Chordie made easy.
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08/07/2012 9:28 pm
Originally Posted by: USMC7312
So back to my question, there is no way to do this other than by ear? Kind of makes it hard to match strumming patterns, which is what I understood tools like Chordie made easy.


Well I have no idea what you are seeing on Chordie. What is the song name and artist? If we knew what song it was, it would be easier to help you out.
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08/07/2012 9:35 pm
See OP. I provide the sample
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08/07/2012 9:39 pm
Originally Posted by: USMC7312See OP. I provide the sample


Still don't know what the name of the song is or who it's by...
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08/30/2012 2:06 am
This method of writing out chord charts is only helpful if you know the song really well. You can only describe so much by writing chords above lyrics. My best advice to make sure you know the song really well, and by that I mean having listened to it repeatedly. After a certain point, you begin to hear where the chords go and it will be clear to you.

Unfortunately there isn't much of a methodology to this way of chart writing, as it's such a short hand way of doing things. Listen to the song as much as you can, and also put some time into being able to read music and tab as well.

Best of luck! :eek:
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