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I am looking for a site which can help me to convert those "sa re ga ma" notes into the symbols used in western piano music notation.

Can you tell me more about Indian music notation? E-mail me.

I can’t seem to find this music anywhere

that is because it is an awful version of "Ode to Joy" from beethoven’s ninth symphony

http://www.8notes.com/scores/435.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODT6vQSiLYY&feature=fvw

Jelly Roll Morton composed Pretty Lil and Jelly Roll and his orchestra recorded the music at the Trinity Baptist Church studios of Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey July 9,1929. Jelly Roll Morton had started his Red Hot Peppers band from Lil Hardin Armstrong’s disbanded Dixieland Syncopaters in 1926. Lil Hardin was Louis Armstrong’s second wife – they were married from 1926-1938. Lil and Louis had met about 1921 while both played in King Olivers Creole Jazz Band in Chicago. Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong had collaborated on Wildman Blues in 1926 and Morton recorded the song on the Bluebird label in Chicago in 1927 while Louis Armstrong and His Hot 7 recorded the music in May 1927 for Okeh in Chicago. The pianist for that Hot 7 session was Lil Hardin.
Lil was the most famous woman of early jazz who got her start at age 17 playing in the men’s world of tough and seedy clubs in Chicago. Lil had met Jelly Roll as a teen while she was working at a Chicago music store where she demonstrated sheet music. Morton frequented the store and played his style for her which she came to adopt and for a while was known as the female Jelly Roll Morton. Lil and Morton remained friends while both worked in Chicago. She was hired as a jazz pianist for her first gig at age 17 and she not only held her own but had 8 different orchestras of her own from 1925-1950 and remained active as a jazz musician until her death in 1971. Lil appeared on Broadway in Hot Chocolates, cut 26 records as a vocalist, was a fashion designer in the 1940s, then returned to music where she had 4 successful years of engagements in Europe in the 1950s and held a post graduate degree in music fromNY College of Music

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In this video podcast, Mario Ajero shows how to play the piano part to the song, “Clocks”, by Coldplay. A downloadable version and more video lessons can be found on The Piano Podcast on iTunes and http://marioajero.blogspot.com

There is also a link to buy and download the sheet music from there too.

http://www.facebook.com/PianoPodcast

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SHEET MUSIC LINK BELOW!!!!!!!!!!!
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For some reason you can’t access the sheet music unless you subscribe to my videos, it’s pretty weird. But I guess you have to subscribe for it to work.

Sheet Music for Word- http://www.adrive.com/public/6fd5fa403509f1b4f2a992d5cb10b3545c06fa64d19124a8a6847da1ae59aab2.html

Sheet Music for Finale Notepad- http://www.adrive.com/public/02872dcbcbff73f4f020dd4864eaede39b46577166b5234d67ceb9817a927ece.html

If the sheet music doesn’t work, send me a message with your email, and I will attach a copy I have on my hard drive.

This is a piano cover of a song I learned yesterday. Sorry for the pause in the middle too.

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You will learn to sing Amazing Grace with your own ukulele accompaniment in the key of C-major. We will use tabs so you will not need to know sheet music notation.

First you will have to take a look at the way you have tuned your ukulele. Some people don’t care how they tune their ukulele as long as the strings are tuned together. It’s okey as long as you are not playing together with another instrument.

But, in order to play the chords in C-major we presupposes that the you first string is tuned to an A. If you can find middle C on a piano you can play the notes up to A. C D E F G A. Right, there it is!

We will first take a look at the C-major chord. With the tab notation we will use it will look like this:

C-major: 0/4 0/3 0/2 3/1

Now you will learn to interpret this notation. The digit before the slash indicates the fret to press down. The digit after the slash shows you which string to play.

3/1 means, press down the third fret on string one. To play the chords to the first line of lyrics you will have to learn one more chord. Here is F-major:

F-major: 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1

With these two chords we can play the first line of lyrics:

A-(C)mazing Grace, how (F)sweet the (C)sound

The chords to play are written before the syllable in the text where you are to strum it. Another way to notate the chord progression to play will look like this:

C / / C / / F / / C / /

Strum once on every chord name and once more on the same chord for every following slash.

For the next line we need a third chord. Here is G7:

G7: 0/4 2/3 1/2 2/1

Time for the next line:

That (C)saved a wretch like (G7)me

or written like a chord progression:

C / / C / / G7 / / G7 / /

We will take the two last lines together as you now know how to read the chords:

I (C)once was lost, but (F)now am (C)found
Was (C)blind, but (G7)now I (C)see

And in ordinary chord notation:

C / / C / / F / / C / /

C / / G7 / / C / / C / /

To make music of the song with ukulele accompaniment it is important to be able to change between chords smoothly. I suggest that you work on the art of changing from one chord to another by choosing for exampel C and F.

Strum once on every chord and change to the next one until your fingers obey your command. To change from C to G7 I suppose that you play the C chord with your left hand ring finger. To get to G7 you can slide your ring finger to fret two on the first string.

After that you only have to place your left hand middle finger on the third string and your index on your second string.

Peter Edvinsson
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/ukulele-chords-learn-to-play-amazing-grace-with-tablature-190466.html

You will learn to sing Amazing Grace with your own ukulele accompaniment in the key of C-major. We will use tabs so you will not need to know sheet music notation.

First you will have to take a look at the way you have tuned your ukulele. Some people don’t care how they tune their ukulele as long as the strings are tuned together. It’s okey as long as you are not playing together with another instrument.

But, in order to play the chords in C-major we presupposes that the you first string is tuned to an A. If you can find middle C on a piano you can play the notes up to A. C D E F G A. Right, there it is!

We will first take a look at the C-major chord. With the tab notation we will use it will look like this:

C-major: 0/4 0/3 0/2 3/1

Now you will learn to interpret this notation. The digit before the slash indicates the fret to press down. The digit after the slash shows you which string to play.

3/1 means, press down the third fret on string one. To play the chords to the first line of lyrics you will have to learn one more chord. Here is F-major:

F-major: 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1

With these two chords we can play the first line of lyrics:

A-(C)mazing Grace, how (F)sweet the (C)sound

The chords to play are written before the syllable in the text where you are to strum it. Another way to notate the chord progression to play will look like this:

C / / C / / F / / C / /

Strum once on every chord name and once more on the same chord for every following slash.

For the next line we need a third chord. Here is G7:

G7: 0/4 2/3 1/2 2/1

Time for the next line:

That (C)saved a wretch like (G7)me

or written like a chord progression:

C / / C / / G7 / / G7 / /

We will take the two last lines together as you now know how to read the chords:

I (C)once was lost, but (F)now am (C)found
Was (C)blind, but (G7)now I (C)see

And in ordinary chord notation:

C / / C / / F / / C / /

C / / G7 / / C / / C / /

To make music of the song with ukulele accompaniment it is important to be able to change between chords smoothly. I suggest that you work on the art of changing from one chord to another by choosing for exampel C and F.

Strum once on every chord and change to the next one until your fingers obey your command. To change from C to G7 I suppose that you play the C chord with your left hand ring finger. To get to G7 you can slide your ring finger to fret two on the first string.

After that you only have to place your left hand middle finger on the third string and your index on your second string.

Peter Edvinsson
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/ukulele-chords-learn-to-play-amazing-grace-with-tablature-190466.html

by G. Hugh Bodell

Over the past few months, as a result of conversations with friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances I have come to a startling but more importantly a scary conclusion.  There appears to be a perception that the US Government has funds that either were in storage or will emerge from some private stash to rescue everyone or entity in financial trouble.

This commentary is truly intended to be a non-partisan piece.  My concern is not that any one group is the cause or will be the cure of our current economic woes.  My objective is to address an apparent disconnect between the 306 million citizens of this great country and the trillions of dollars being spent or committed by an assemblage of 535 out of control middle men and woman, some call congress, I call self appointed loan brokers.

First, let me make one statement that is the corner stone of my commentary today.  Regardless of the economic system under which one lives, capitalism, modified capitalism/socialism or full-blown socialism the only source of asset creation is the people.  Not financial enterprises, not industrial enterprises, not service enterprises and definitely not government.

Every asset in the economic infrastructure of our country starts with the effort of the individual and the remuneration that individual receives for that effort.

The Big Three auto manufacturers need money because the individuals who would normally be inclined to buy one of their vehicles are either not so inclined or do not have nor cannot raise the required cash.

The taxes these three behemoths would normally pay to various tiers of government will not be paid because they have not made any profit because people, individuals are not buying their product.

Construction enterprises will not buy trucks because their product, buildings, have no buyers because once again, individuals who would normally be inclined to buy their buildings are either not so inclined or do not have nor cannot raise the required cash.

Thus, if Charlie or Charlene citizen does not spend, regardless of what they are not buying, profit is not made and taxes are not paid.

If taxes are not paid, this amorphous body referred to as government has no money to support their endless bailouts.

Where are they getting it, they are borrowing it and putting the loan on the balance sheet of each and every living soul in the United States.

That’s right, you owe the money that the 535 loan brokers are borrowing to bailout banks, brokerage houses, auto manufacturers and whoever gets on the line next.

I truly believe that if the American public began to view government spending at a more personal level, these out of control loan brokers called Congress would find themselves in the hot water they deserve.  So what I am going to attempt to do here is ‘make it personal’.  Keep in mind through this exercise that the only tax dollars that the US Treasury will get with which to pay off the debts enumerated below must ultimately be paid by the individual, whether income, sales, property, etc, the source is the working men and woman of this country, enterprises are only conduits through which the money passes.

Let’s start with what is owed from past spending binges As of December 23, 2008 the national debt is approximately   $10.612 trillion
To see that number in its scary entirety $10,611,615,687,668

Now let’s add to that the bailout money that is not included in the above, and let’s round it to where it really is going   $1.000 trillion

Therefore as of today, the 535 loan brokers have committed your future earnings to pay back   $11.612 trillion

Now lets add President Elect Obama’s estimate of what further bailout/stimulus needs the government will borrow   $3.000 trillion

So sometime between now and summer 2009 the citizens of this great country will owe various lenders throughout the world   $14.612 trillion

The population of this country as of today is approximately  306,000,000

Therefore every man, woman and child, from sea to shining sea will owe   $47,751.63

To bring that number even closer to home, the average US household has 2.59 souls in it, so according to the US Census Bureau, the average family/household will be in the hole for $123,676.73 by summer, and you didn’t get anything for that 123 grand, hell, you didn’t even know you owed it.

It is imperative that you think about this number in these term because you are going to pay it back.

We have already established that any tax money the US Treasury receives from business enterprises ultimately comes from each individual, well so do the tax dollars that are paid by the rich.  Those among the rich that enjoy a life supported by dividends…those dividends are just another distribution of the profits earned by selling you, the individual, products or services.  Equally so with entertainers, sports celebrities, business owners, etc., if you do not buy their music, go to their games or buy their goods and services, they just ain’t rich anymore so they do not pay enormous taxes.

Harry Truman once said about his job as President of the United States, “The buck stops here”.  Well each citizen of the United States must look at the huge commitments that the 535 loan brokers are making with your money, assets and yes, your future and realize ‘The buck starts here’.

I would truly feel that this commentary was a success if people that read it start his or her own chart for their specific household.  Using the $11.612 trillion that we have already been made responsible for and the total population of the US as of today, each soul is responsible for $37,947.71 of debt the 535 loan brokers committed you to.  Each time you hear of the loan brokers committing you to another trillion, divide by that population number, 306 million, add it to the $37,947.71 and multiply it by the number of people in your household.

That way most of the honest, hardworking folk who built this nation can go to sleep every night saying to themselves, “My biggest creditor is a group of incompetent slugs who made me responsible for a loan without my consent, gave me nothing in return and have the government on their side to make me pay it back.  I am in this fix because 535 incompetent, self appointed loan brokers signed my name to the loan agreement, not theirs, mine.”

Then vote them out of office before they bankrupt you, all 535 of them!

G. Hugh Bodell is a freelance writer and a native New Yorker who is knowledgeable on many subjects but expert on none…well, maybe a few.  Feel free to visit him at http://www.ghughbodell.com

G. Hugh Bodell
http://www.articlesbase.com/politics-articles/the-us-government-is-not-an-independent-self-funded-entity-regardless-of-how-the-535-members-of-congress-are-acting-695382.html

I want to buy it because I HATE downloading. Any ideas?

Try checking out Music Books Plus http://www.musicbooksplus.com. They have a pretty good selection for sheet music and books.

has to be free and downloadable
plus, a site that doesn’t require for you to be a member, or make you register

Either buy your sheet music or borrow it from the library! You ought to know that it is ILLEGAL to STEAL COPYRIGHTED sheet music by downloading/sharing/printing it off for FREE. If the version you are after is not available as a legal sheet music, it is not gettable at all.