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Betty Lou Music offers uncluttered chord guides to thousands of songs behind several attractive low-resolution pictures of shaggy dogs.
Wow, that's a lot of songs! And I love the design.
I wouldn't necessarily rely on this for accurate transcriptions. The first song I looked at had a mistake (verse 2 should move up to E).
posted by swift at 6:21 AM on September 12, 2023
I wouldn't necessarily rely on this for accurate transcriptions. The first song I looked at had a mistake (verse 2 should move up to E).
posted by swift at 6:21 AM on September 12, 2023
This is so much better than the big commercial tab aggregators: thank you, and Berry Lou too!
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:21 AM on September 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:21 AM on September 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
Gold mine for me, a sort of hack at the guitar amateur strummer!
posted by Grumpy old geek at 7:15 AM on September 12, 2023
posted by Grumpy old geek at 7:15 AM on September 12, 2023
Impressive number of Carter family songs! I most often find myself at https://www.classic-country-song-lyrics.com/ but this site is an excellent addition to the repertoire. Thanks!
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 11:57 AM on September 12, 2023
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 11:57 AM on September 12, 2023
The first one I looked at, Message in a Bottle by The Police, was not correct either. For it, I saw some other tabs that required a capo, but it was not mentioned on this sheet. And the other sites use the chord shapes associated with the capo, but not the correct chord names. That's kind of frustrating.
That being said, the midi song for is awesome, the dogs awesome, and the album covers identifying each artist and the artwork (Steppenwolf has a .gif animated wolf) is straight up awesome.
Dang it. The second one I looked at Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley is wrong too. It's A (mostly) E and I think D, not C, G, F.
That sucks.
posted by The_Vegetables at 12:45 PM on September 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
That being said, the midi song for is awesome, the dogs awesome, and the album covers identifying each artist and the artwork (Steppenwolf has a .gif animated wolf) is straight up awesome.
Dang it. The second one I looked at Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley is wrong too. It's A (mostly) E and I think D, not C, G, F.
That sucks.
posted by The_Vegetables at 12:45 PM on September 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
Fun to poke around here, but I've always found Chordie much more malleable—sure it's missing [your favorite song], but it will automatically transpose, show you the chord fingering, and allow you to choose from a few different stringed instruments.
E.g., "Strap On That Jammy Pac"
posted by not_on_display at 6:05 PM on September 12, 2023
E.g., "Strap On That Jammy Pac"
posted by not_on_display at 6:05 PM on September 12, 2023
Internet Nerd is here to tell you that this Nerd song of mine is NOT CORRECT which negates the ENTIRE site for everyone for all time! Respect Internet Nerd's Authority!
INTERNET NERD is everywhere! Sees All! Knows All!
Dang it. The second one I looked at Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley is wrong too. It's A (mostly) E and I think D, not C, G, F.
That sucks.
posted by pthomas745 at 6:52 AM on September 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
INTERNET NERD is everywhere! Sees All! Knows All!
Dang it. The second one I looked at Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley is wrong too. It's A (mostly) E and I think D, not C, G, F.
That sucks.
posted by pthomas745 at 6:52 AM on September 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
It's A (mostly) E and I think D, not C, G, F.
Those are the same chords (I, V, IV) in two different keys (looks like you learned it in key of D, but site has it in F).
Internet Nerd is here to tell you that this Nerd song of mine is NOT CORRECT which negates the ENTIRE site for everyone for all time! Respect Internet Nerd's Authority! INTERNET NERD is everywhere! Sees All! Knows All!
What kind of bullshit comment is this? First thing I thought when I saw a post of a site with a bunch of chord guides was, hope they’re accurate, most of the ones I find free online are full of mistakes. This kind of snotty, middle school reaction is out of place here.
posted by LooseFilter at 7:05 AM on September 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
Those are the same chords (I, V, IV) in two different keys (looks like you learned it in key of D, but site has it in F).
Internet Nerd is here to tell you that this Nerd song of mine is NOT CORRECT which negates the ENTIRE site for everyone for all time! Respect Internet Nerd's Authority! INTERNET NERD is everywhere! Sees All! Knows All!
What kind of bullshit comment is this? First thing I thought when I saw a post of a site with a bunch of chord guides was, hope they’re accurate, most of the ones I find free online are full of mistakes. This kind of snotty, middle school reaction is out of place here.
posted by LooseFilter at 7:05 AM on September 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
Those are the same chords (I, V, IV) in two different keys (looks like you learned it in key of D, but site has it in F).
I learned it in the Bill Haley Rock Around the Clock form, since that's what song it is. It's fine to know it's a 145, but if you play it in the incorrect key, it won't sound right, and if you know enough to change key for your own singing range independent of the original version, you probably don't need a tabs & chords site.
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:58 AM on September 13, 2023
I learned it in the Bill Haley Rock Around the Clock form, since that's what song it is. It's fine to know it's a 145, but if you play it in the incorrect key, it won't sound right, and if you know enough to change key for your own singing range independent of the original version, you probably don't need a tabs & chords site.
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:58 AM on September 13, 2023
Internet Nerd is here to tell you that this Nerd song of mine is NOT CORRECT which negates the ENTIRE site for everyone for all time! Respect Internet Nerd's Authority!
OMG thanks for calling me a nerd, I feel young again!
posted by swift at 11:12 AM on September 13, 2023
OMG thanks for calling me a nerd, I feel young again!
posted by swift at 11:12 AM on September 13, 2023
What kind of bullshit comment is this? First thing I thought when I saw a post of a site with a bunch of chord guides was, hope they’re accurate, most of the ones I find free online are full of mistakes. This kind of snotty, middle school reaction is out of place here.
Agreed - I was quite happy to find the site and am disappointed that other people's experiences of it show it's not as good as I might've hoped. The songs I looked at were good or at least signposted to get me into the recording's key ("capo 1st fret" and the like).
For songs like Rock Around The Clock where the structure is right but the absolute key is incorrect, the chord changer on the site behaves confusingly (moving through additions of 2, 4, 7 and 9 semitones) but gets you to A appropriately. I suspect there is a logic to how this works on guitar that is inadequately explained on the site itself.
posted by solarion at 3:59 AM on September 17, 2023
Agreed - I was quite happy to find the site and am disappointed that other people's experiences of it show it's not as good as I might've hoped. The songs I looked at were good or at least signposted to get me into the recording's key ("capo 1st fret" and the like).
For songs like Rock Around The Clock where the structure is right but the absolute key is incorrect, the chord changer on the site behaves confusingly (moving through additions of 2, 4, 7 and 9 semitones) but gets you to A appropriately. I suspect there is a logic to how this works on guitar that is inadequately explained on the site itself.
posted by solarion at 3:59 AM on September 17, 2023
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