Who in the heck … Who in the heck wants to play a song how the writer played it. In that case just pkay it chord for chord right out of the hymn book and put everybody to sleep. Who wants to sound like somebody else, we all want to be an individual and sound like ourselves.
It is great to … It is great to realize that music is art and open to much personal interpretation HOWEVER, please don’t forget that the basic bass line also defines the songs MOVEMENT. Harmonizing on the MELODY isn’t always the best choice because you can lose the real movement of the song. A correct chord chart should be the basic recipe, because it agrees with what the artist wrote when he wrote the music. I wouldn’t take that many liberties with the basic recipe or you will lose the sound of the song.
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Who in the heck …
Who in the heck wants to play a song how the writer played it. In that case just pkay it chord for chord right out of the hymn book and put everybody to sleep. Who wants to sound like somebody else, we all want to be an individual and sound like ourselves.
It is great to …
It is great to realize that music is art and open to much personal interpretation HOWEVER, please don’t forget that the basic bass line also defines the songs MOVEMENT. Harmonizing on the MELODY isn’t always the best choice because you can lose the real movement of the song. A correct chord chart should be the basic recipe, because it agrees with what the artist wrote when he wrote the music. I wouldn’t take that many liberties with the basic recipe or you will lose the sound of the song.
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