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"Three Chords and the Truth", an oft-quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe country music; Three Chords and the Truth, a 1997 book by Laurence Leamer about the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars; Three Chords & the Truth, a radio show hosted by Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan.
A song book is a book containing lyrics for songs. Song books may be simple composition books or spiral-bound notebooks. Music publishers also produced printed editions for group singing. [1] [2] Such volumes were used in the United States by piano manufacturers as a marketing tool. [3]
[3] The use of letters, "is an analytical technique that may be employed along with, or instead of, more conventional methods of analysis such as Roman numeral analysis. The system employs letter names to indicate the roots of chords, accompanied by specific symbols to depict chord quality." [4] Other notation systems for chords include: [5]
John Graves, who wrote it in the Cumbrian dialect, tinkered with the words over the years and several versions are known.George Coward, a Carlisle bookseller who wrote under the pseudonym Sidney Gilpin, rewrote the lyrics with Graves' approval, translating them from their original broad Cumberland dialect to Anglian; and in 1866, he published them in the book, Songs and Ballads of Cumberland.
The Chords were one of the early acts to be signed to Cat Records, a subsidiary label of Atlantic Records. [ 2 ] Their debut single was a doo-wop version of a Patti Page song " Cross Over the Bridge ", and the record label reluctantly allowed a number penned by the Chords on the B-side . [ 3 ]
Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance is a memoir written by American singer David Archuleta with Monica Haim. It was published by Celebra Books, part of Penguin Group, on June 1, 2010. [1] It was previously set for release on May 4 but later postponed. [2]
Minor chords are noted with a dash after the number or a lowercase m; in the key of D, 1 is D major, and 4- or 4m would be G minor. Often in the NNS, songs in minor keys will be written in the 6- of the relative major key. So if the song was in G minor, the key would be listed as B ♭ major, and G minor chords would appear as 6-.
"That Old Black Magic" is a 1942 popular song written by Harold Arlen (music), with the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [1] They wrote it for the 1942 film Star Spangled Rhythm, when it was first sung by Johnny Johnston and danced by Vera Zorina. [2] The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 but lost out to "You'll ...