Any collections of chord sheets available online?
I'm new to the world of Mandolin (and indeed to Bluegrass and associated music)
I have found a Bluegrass Jam near me (no mean feat in the UK ;-) ) and I've got up the courage to go and join in, but I'd like to be able to work on tunes at home, and have sheets with me, so to that end, are there any collections of chord sheets online or is it a matter of searching out individual tunes one by one?
I'd just like to have a fighting chance of having something to hand (I'll put them on my ipad) if something gets called...
thanks in advance for any pointers,
T
Re: Any collections of chord sheets available online?
TimO
There’s the café chord library here https://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/chords/ch.pl if that helps?
Otherwise I’ve had a lot of success with Googling the song name + mandolin tab.
Are you the same TimO that’s active on a UK cycling forum?
Re: Any collections of chord sheets available online?
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OneChordTrick
Thanks OneChordTrick - I'll check that out.
i've not managed to get a regular song list out of the group so I may just have to grab random stuff and build up a library...
No, I have not succumbed to the M.A.M.I.L. thing yet! :-) I do go on a UK guitar forum a fair bit though. (slightly different username)
What's th Mando/music scnee like around you? I'm over in Wiltshire
Re: Any collections of chord sheets available online?
Healthy folk scene for live groups but I haven’t plucked up the courage to join the local folk group.
Where’s the jam that you’ve found? I’m possibly just over the border from you in Wantage.
Re: Any collections of chord sheets available online?
Do you read tablature? Standard notation?
There is an app that is widely used called Tabledit and a great many tunes have been transcribed in that format; for instance, see the Tabledit archive at mandozine.com http://www.mandozine.com/music/tabledit_search.php
Many, many songs there in the bluegrass genre with mandolin solos. Tabledit provides tablature + standard notation and most of those files also indicate the chord changes. Will also play the tunes as midi audio. Can be read with the Tabledit full program (license fee) or with the free Tabledit viewer. You can check those out at this site: http://www.tabledit.com/
Also, here at the cafe, there is a tab near the top labeled "Learn/Listen" and in that menu you can find Tabledit files as well as text files containing tablature. Also under "Learn/Listen" there is a chord library.
For PDF files, one great site of many is this UK site: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/
That site has tens of thousands of PDF sheets. The site is so big that it can be a little difficult to navigate. Here are a few mandolin-specific pages. Many of the sheets have chord changes written above the melodies.
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/am...dolin-tab.html
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/ma...dolin-tab.html
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TimO
or is it a matter of searching out individual tunes one by one?
That's always a good option for any specific tune.
Re: Any collections of chord sheets available online?
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Originally Posted by
OneChordTrick
Healthy folk scene for live groups but I haven’t plucked up the courage to join the local folk group.
Where’s the jam that you’ve found? I’m possibly just over the border from you in Wantage.
In sunny Swindon! it runs weekly (Wednesday) - they don't have a Mando player currently (a shame as I was hoping to learn from someone more experienced) - friendly bunch - they have a Facebook page but don't use it that much
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Mark Gunter
Do you read tablature? Standard notation?
There is an app that is widely used called Tabledit and a great many tunes have been transcribed in that format; for instance, see the Tabledit archive at mandozine.com
http://www.mandozine.com/music/tabledit_search.php
Many, many songs there in the bluegrass genre with mandolin solos. Tabledit provides tablature + standard notation and most of those files also indicate the chord changes. Will also play the tunes as midi audio. Can be read with the Tabledit full program (license fee) or with the free Tabledit viewer. You can check those out at this site:
http://www.tabledit.com/
Also, here at the cafe, there is a tab near the top labeled "Learn/Listen" and in that menu you can find Tabledit files as well as text files containing tablature. Also under "Learn/Listen" there is a chord library.
For PDF files, one great site of many is this UK site:
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/
That site has tens of thousands of PDF sheets. The site is so big that it can be a little difficult to navigate. Here are a few mandolin-specific pages. Many of the sheets have chord changes written above the melodies.
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/am...dolin-tab.html
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/ma...dolin-tab.html
That's always a good option for any specific tune.
Thanks Mark - really appreciate that
