You can learn to play melodies on your guitar even if you do not know
sheet music notation. We will instead use easy to learn guitar tab or
guitar tablature. Let's learn Yankee Doodle!
Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
The first verse and refrain goes like this:
Yankee Doodle went to townA-Riding on a ponyHe stuck a feather in his
hatAnd called it macaroni
Yankee Doodle, keep it upYankee Doodle dandyMind the music and the
stepAnd with the girls be handy
What is guitar tab?
We will use guitar tablature so you will not need to read sheet music
notation. You will only use the four thinnest strings on the guitar.
The string with the highest pitch is called the first string or E-
string.
Tablature is a form of musical notation, often with numbers and
letters, which tells the player where to place their fingers on the
guitar fretboard rather than which pitches to play.
I will use my own type of guitar tab notation today to make sure that
the guitar tab is correctly displayed on article sites. On my site you
will find many popular melodies with the more common guitar tab staff
notation....

http://groups.google.com/group/learnguitarjamor

wrote in message 
news:194f017c-de42-44e6-b740-ab26c1ba129c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
... a load of crap.

Wow! I've always wanted to play Yankee Doodle Dandy - gets the punters up 
and dancing their socks off, that one does!
And the opportunity to learn guitar tablature too!
What an offer - my nipples are exploding with delight!

George

On Thu, 29 May 2008 04:47:45 -0700 (PDT), "coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com"
 wrote:

>
>You can learn to play melodies on your guitar even if you do not know
>sheet music notation. We will instead use easy to learn guitar tab or
>guitar tablature. Let's learn Yankee Doodle!
>Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
>The first verse and refrain goes like this:
>Yankee Doodle went to townA-Riding on a ponyHe stuck a feather in his
>hatAnd called it macaroni
>Yankee Doodle, keep it upYankee Doodle dandyMind the music and the
>stepAnd with the girls be handy
>What is guitar tab?
>We will use guitar tablature so you will not need to read sheet music
>notation. You will only use the four thinnest strings on the guitar.
>The string with the highest pitch is called the first string or E-
>string.
>Tablature is a form of musical notation, often with numbers and
>letters, which tells the player where to place their fingers on the
>guitar fretboard rather than which pitches to play.
>I will use my own type of guitar tab notation today to make sure that
>the guitar tab is correctly displayed on article sites. On my site you
>will find many popular melodies with the more common guitar tab staff
>notation....
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/learnguitarjamor

FFS......

Why not learn to play it using the dots?

It's not difficult - and who knows? - might actually start you off
learning to read music.

A useful skill IME.

And 'Yankee Doodle'?

Shite.

Steve.

coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com wrote:
> You can learn to play melodies on your guitar even if you do not know
> sheet music notation.

no sh*t Sherlock? I thought there was no music until there was notation.

> We will instead use easy to learn guitar tab or
> guitar tablature.

How about ears? Can I use my ears?

> Let's learn Yankee Doodle!

Why?

> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
> sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.

Which only goes to show that Americans don't do irony.

> The first verse and refrain goes like this:
> Yankee Doodle went to townA-Riding on a ponyHe stuck a feather in his
> hatAnd called it macaroni
> Yankee Doodle, keep it upYankee Doodle dandyMind the music and the
> stepAnd with the girls be handy

Can I use my own words instead? They're much more entertaining...

...

> You will only use the four thinnest strings on the guitar.

What will I do about the other 8?


> The string with the highest pitch is called the first string or E-
> string.

Not on my guitar. On my guitar, it's the octave G.


> Tablature is a form of musical notation, often with numbers and
> letters, which tells the player where to place their fingers on the
> guitar fretboard rather than which pitches to play.

That's very confusing for me. I use DADGAD tuning and all this tab
doesn't seem to work...

> ... On my site you will find many popular melodies ...

As popular as Yankee Doodle? Wow!

SteveShark wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 04:47:45 -0700 (PDT), "coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com"
>  wrote:

>> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>> sung patriotically.

> And 'Yankee Doodle'?
> 
> Shite.

You are clearly anti-American, prepare for rendition...

"Mark Bluemel"  wrote in message 
news:g1m9e7$3ne$1@aioe.org...
> coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>> sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
>
> Which only goes to show that Americans don't do irony.
>

It was first a British song taking the mickey out of Americans, then the 
merkins reclaimed it and used it ironically against the Brits.

On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:09:55 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:

>
>"Mark Bluemel"  wrote in message 
>news:g1m9e7$3ne$1@aioe.org...
>> coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>>> sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
>>
>> Which only goes to show that Americans don't do irony.
>>
>
>It was first a British song taking the mickey out of Americans, then the 
>merkins reclaimed it and used it ironically against the Brits. 

Would now be a good time to state that the Usanians can't do irony?

Steve.

"SteveShark" <steveATguitarsDOTpowernetDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message 
news:70mt345p31pfvhgocfu9hdcj64o6mgcj50@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:09:55 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:
>
>>
>>"Mark Bluemel"  wrote in message
>>news:g1m9e7$3ne$1@aioe.org...
>>> coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>>>> sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
>>>
>>> Which only goes to show that Americans don't do irony.
>>>
>>
>>It was first a British song taking the mickey out of Americans, then the
>>merkins reclaimed it and used it ironically against the Brits.
>
> Would now be a good time to state that the Usanians can't do irony?
>

Groucho Marx Vs George Formby.  Hmm...

On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:56:17 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:

>
>"SteveShark" <steveATguitarsDOTpowernetDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message 
>news:70mt345p31pfvhgocfu9hdcj64o6mgcj50@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:09:55 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Mark Bluemel"  wrote in message
>>>news:g1m9e7$3ne$1@aioe.org...
>>>> coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>>>>> sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
>>>>
>>>> Which only goes to show that Americans don't do irony.
>>>>
>>>
>>>It was first a British song taking the mickey out of Americans, then the
>>>merkins reclaimed it and used it ironically against the Brits.
>>
>> Would now be a good time to state that the Usanians can't do irony?
>>
>
>Groucho Marx Vs George Formby.  Hmm... 

I was reading a rather entertaining book today:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Elvis-Journey-Beneath-Jumpsuit/dp/0316730556/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212085242&sr=1-1

I'm not an Elvis fan, but CC's last book was very good:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Attention-All-Shipping-Journey-Forecast/dp/0349116032/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212085290&sr=1-1

Both books *highly* recommended.

Anyway, I digress. 

When in Hawaii, CC buys a uke and whilst going into the history of the
instrument describes George Formby as having a face that looks like he
could 'eat an apple through a letterbox' - fair made me choke on my
ham roll, did that...

BTW - George had a banjolele..

I'm pretty sure of that, but I am prepared to be corrected.

Favourite National PU memory of all time - Trev, well-oiled - singing
Sexy MF whilst playing Paul Creedy's uke. I ached for ages after that
:D

Steve.

On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:56:17 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:

>
>"SteveShark" <steveATguitarsDOTpowernetDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message 
>news:70mt345p31pfvhgocfu9hdcj64o6mgcj50@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:09:55 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Mark Bluemel"  wrote in message
>>>news:g1m9e7$3ne$1@aioe.org...
>>>> coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>>>>> sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
>>>>
>>>> Which only goes to show that Americans don't do irony.
>>>>
>>>
>>>It was first a British song taking the mickey out of Americans, then the
>>>merkins reclaimed it and used it ironically against the Brits.
>>
>> Would now be a good time to state that the Usanians can't do irony?
>>
>
>Groucho Marx Vs George Formby.  Hmm... 
>
I'm not sure I'd describe Groucho as being ironic, or employing irony.

I've always thought of him as dadaist.

George - classsic British seaside humour.

Both good in their own right.

Turned out nice again!

Steve.

On Thu, 29 May 2008 19:26:14 +0100, SteveShark
<steveATguitarsDOTpowernetDOTcoDOTuk> wrote:


>Favourite National PU memory of all time - Trev, well-oiled - singing
>Sexy MF whilst playing Paul Creedy's uke. I ached for ages after that
>:D

George Formby stylee, I hasten to add ;)

Steve.

> Let's learn Yankee Doodle!

No no no. And no again.

Let's learn Mustang Sally!

Always a popular choon, goes down well at weddings, funerals and Bah 
Mitzvahs.

> http://groups.google.com/group/learnguitarjamor

10 posts by random Yahoo email addresses. Class. Pure class.

Al.

Al wrote:
>> Let's learn Yankee Doodle!
> 
> No no no. And no again.
> 
> Let's learn Mustang Sally!
> 
> Always a popular choon, goes down well at weddings, funerals and Bah 
> Mitzvahs.

Funny, last monday out with a friend and said we could go down a pub 
that had a bbq and a live band. She said what was the point, it would 
just be another rendition of mustang sally!

-- 
Woody

You say that, but soon they'll be able to encore with
*"Yankee Doodle"

*(That is the one where Vai does the "talking guitar" thing, right? ;)

"SteveShark" <steveATguitarsDOTpowernetDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message 
news:oatt34peiqv6d3ph37el8o08a1gq181508@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:56:17 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:
>
>>
>>"SteveShark" <steveATguitarsDOTpowernetDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
>>news:70mt345p31pfvhgocfu9hdcj64o6mgcj50@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:09:55 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Mark Bluemel"  wrote in message
>>>>news:g1m9e7$3ne$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>>>>>> sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which only goes to show that Americans don't do irony.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It was first a British song taking the mickey out of Americans, then the
>>>>merkins reclaimed it and used it ironically against the Brits.
>>>
>>> Would now be a good time to state that the Usanians can't do irony?
>>>
>>
>>Groucho Marx Vs George Formby.  Hmm...
>>
> I'm not sure I'd describe Groucho as being ironic, or employing irony.

"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." ?
About as self-referentially discordant a statement as you could ever hear.

"SteveShark" <steveATguitarsDOTpowernetDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message 
news:bsst3494akokn0gg74ro7ubc7o4sv5gmko@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:56:17 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:
>
>>
>>"SteveShark" <steveATguitarsDOTpowernetDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
>>news:70mt345p31pfvhgocfu9hdcj64o6mgcj50@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:09:55 GMT, "Grant"  wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Mark Bluemel"  wrote in message
>>>>news:g1m9e7$3ne$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> coasdjghhrcf@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known American song, today
>>>>>> sung patriotically. Originally it was a satirical song.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which only goes to show that Americans don't do irony.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It was first a British song taking the mickey out of Americans, then the
>>>>merkins reclaimed it and used it ironically against the Brits.
>>>
>>> Would now be a good time to state that the Usanians can't do irony?
>>>
>>
>>Groucho Marx Vs George Formby.  Hmm...
>
> I was reading a rather entertaining book today:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Elvis-Journey-Beneath-Jumpsuit/dp/0316730556/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212085242&sr=1-1
>
> I'm not an Elvis fan, but CC's last book was very good:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Attention-All-Shipping-Journey-Forecast/dp/0349116032/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212085290&sr=1-1
>
> Both books *highly* recommended.
>
> Anyway, I digress.
>
> When in Hawaii, CC buys a uke and whilst going into the history of the
> instrument describes George Formby as having a face that looks like he
> could 'eat an apple through a letterbox' - fair made me choke on my
> ham roll, did that...
>
> BTW - George had a banjolele..
>
> I'm pretty sure of that, but I am prepared to be corrected.

You're spot on, as usual, Steve.

From today's Times:
"George Formby's favourite banjolele - a hybrid instrument based on a banjo 
but strung as a ukulele - is expected to fetch up to £45,000 when it is 
auctioned next month at Bonhams".

Coincidentally, I found out that the husband of a work colleague is one of 
the country's foremost ukulele luthiers - and even produces an electric 
version!
See:
http://uklectic.com/

George