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tomarin
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Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get started?
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Irishmom2
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Well, first, you have to listen to the ultimate country western song. It’s got it all.
Does it have to be country western? What makes a song country western? The song? The singer?
I’m no song writer, but I AM a writer, and the only advice I can give is what I was given when I started writing. Write whatever is in you that wants and needs to come out. In other words, write the song YOU want to sing, the song YOU want to hear. Maybe it’s country, maybe it’s not. But you should definitely write what you want to write, not what you think people want to hear. Good music and good songs come from the heart.
I’m no song writer, but I AM a writer, and the only advice I can give is what I was given when I started writing. Write whatever is in you that wants and needs to come out. In other words, write the song YOU want to sing, the song YOU want to hear. Maybe it’s country, maybe it’s not. But you should definitely write what you want to write, not what you think people want to hear. Good music and good songs come from the heart.
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0Scarlett_nidiyilii
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Yer woman’s gotta done leave you.
Then throw in something about your truck and your big yaller dog and yer good to go.
Then throw in something about your truck and your big yaller dog and yer good to go.
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jesusmademe
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What kind of country western song?
What instrument do you play?
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What instrument do you play?
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tomarin
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Guitar (10 characters)
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tomarin
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I think it’s the instruments and instrumentation, as well as the style of singing and the themes of the song: heartbreak and loss, usually from a blue collar rural point of view.
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jesusmademe
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What kind of era are we talking about?
You wanna sound like this song?
You wanna sound like this song?
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tomarin
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Mm, not sure but more classic country (60’s era) than modern top 40 hits.
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jesusmademe
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It is a lot about boom-chuch or boom-chuck-chuck.
I have played some simple country comping on the piano. It is mostly boom-chuck or just layinh down the chords while the guitarist does the strumming.
I once played Folsom prison blues. It was bassically just bass-chords-bass-chords.
I have played some simple country comping on the piano. It is mostly boom-chuck or just layinh down the chords while the guitarist does the strumming.
I once played Folsom prison blues. It was bassically just bass-chords-bass-chords.
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jesusmademe
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I play mostly Swedish music eg dance music.
I once tries to learn Half as much on accordion. It was just bass-chord-bass-chord in the left hand with melody in the right. I did actually never finnish learning the song but it isn’t that hard.
The melody of country tunes uses the tonal scales with some blues scale notes.
I once tries to learn Half as much on accordion. It was just bass-chord-bass-chord in the left hand with melody in the right. I did actually never finnish learning the song but it isn’t that hard.
The melody of country tunes uses the tonal scales with some blues scale notes.
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tomarin
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I love me some accordion but it probably wouldn’t end up in my country western. Banjo maybe.
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Irishmom2
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That would be a big plus.
Have you seen the PBS Country music series? Excellent series that will no doubt inspire you.
Have you seen the PBS Country music series? Excellent series that will no doubt inspire you.
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tomarin
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I have not. Was that a Ken Burns documentary?
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Irishmom2
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Yes, it is really good.
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Irishmom2
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My favorite singer. Classic sounding instrumentation. He consistently chooses songs that tell a good story, or teaches a lesson.
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adamhovey1988
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I’ve lived in either South Carolina or Georgia most of my life, but I never developed a taste for most country, so no I don’t have any advice
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Peeps
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Check out www.ridersinthesky.comI love me some accordion but it probably wouldn’t end up in my country western. Banjo maybe.
Click on the “About” link, and read about Joey, the CowPolka King, who plays accordion for this Grammy-winning group.
My husband and I have been fans of this wonderful Western band since they first started over 30 years ago. They are amazing! So entertaining, and sooooooo talented!
Our two daughters absolutely loved them while they were growing up! For a few years, Riders in the Sky had a Saturday morning TV show, and the girls got so hyper watching it that we finally had to take it away from them! It’s one of their favorite family stories, and on our list of “House Rules,” we have a rule that “…if the movie makes you too hyper, it gets taken away!”
Seriously, though, if you listen to this great band, you’ll hear how the accordion is very much used in Western music. Any portable instrument can be used in a country western song.
Their Grammy was for the music in Toy Story II, which they wrote and performed. They said they felt totally out-of-place at the Grammy awards ceremony!
Have you ever seen that Far Side comic where the cowboys are sitting around a campfire, and one of them says, “Take that thing out and play us a song!” -directing his request to a cowboy who has a grand piano in his back pocket?! So funny!
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