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I've proposed the same idea in past postings, 1word. I often go from style to style to determine what sounds best for each song I play. I find it annoying that the tempo changes. What I do is use a text field at the bottom of the chord chart to write in the tempo I want. Then, if the tempo...

Jerry Goldsmith (1929–2004) was a leading of music for film and television of the last half of the last century. His accomplishments are too numerous to list here and may be easily found (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith). Among the notable movies he scored was the 1966 Steve...

Here is the deal. The title of the Dusty Springfield hit is "I Only Want To Be With You." The title of the Hootie song is "Only Want To Be With You." It was composed by Mark Bryan, Bob Dylan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker, and Jim Sonefeld, according to Wikipedia...

This is one of my favorite songs. I play the Volume One changes at the beginning of the bridge; the Ab7 sounds jarring to me. That said, the several Bill Evans versions are sublime.

Two different songs with the same title Just to be clear: there are two different songs entitled "I Only Want To Be With You." The first is the 1963 song by Mike Hawker[1] and Ivor Raymonde that was made famous by Dusty Springfield. My chart (see above) is for this song. The second song was...

Guys, my insurance is backing up the entire library and each individual playlist after it is used on a gig. It is so easy to do on an iPad with email to my computer that I urge everyone to do the same. Bob, I do hope that I never see "magic smoke" from my iPad because I only carry one! Perhaps...

A suggestion for naming non-standard chord charts Many of us do things like follow the title with an additional entry. In my case, I post charts with titles like "Title (k ver)" to let folks know that I'm not necessarily using fakebook changes or that there is an intro or coda or some other...

"Surrey With The Fringe On Top" is a song from the 1943 musical "Oklahoma!" by Rodgers and Hammerstein. It has simple, diatonic melody and harmony with an AABA' form. The very simplicity can make this song difficulty to handle—what does one do with a melody that repeats one note at the beginning...

Update for duple compound meter As an update on this request: I'm working up a chord chart for "76 Trombones," which has been requested for my next gig. The chart will be in 6/8 time, which for iReal Pro, means that it is "in two," with a duple compound meter. A proposed "in two" style should...

"On And On" is a 1977 hit written and performed by Stephen Bishop. It has a simple, repetitive melody and matching harmony, with sweet and sad lyrics. It is has an AABA structure, with 16-bar A sections (the final one extended by several measures) and a 13-bar B section. The chord chard is based...

This is a list of some of the early hits of Johnny Mathis. These charts were either written or revised by me and I play them on my solo piano gigs. I thought it would be useful to have them presented in one place. A Certain Smile (K rev) - Fain-Webster released 1958 Gina - Vance and Carr...

"You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" is a song with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Richard Rodgers from the 1949 musical "South Pacific." The song is a lesson on the way that racial and ethnic prejudice is passed on from one generation to another. The statement "It has to be drummed...

Good to participate in a thread addressed by many of the most active forum participants. There are many important points that have been discussed: Like Jerry, I am a pianist who only uses bass and drum sounds for backing. I regard the chord symbols only as a memory aid and often prefer "plain...

"Gina" is a song with lyrics and music by Paul Vance and Leon Carr. It was recorded and released in 1962 and was a hit record for Johnny Mathis. It is said that the song was a tribute to Gina Lollobrigida. In any case, it is a lovely song with sweet lyrics. It has a standard 32-bar AABA...

Thanks for reminding me about this wonderful old tune. I haven't played it in a long time. This is a somewhat different take on the chord changes. I Fall In Love Too Easily (k ver) - Jule Styne

Wonderful! Wonderful! - Sherman Edwards "Wonderful! Wonderful!" is a 1957 song composed by Sherman Edwards with lyrics by Ben Raleigh. It was a hit single for Johnny Mathis in 1957 and was recorded about the same time as "It's Not For Me To Say," a chord chart for which I recently posted. The...

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" is a 1957 song composed by Sherman Edwards with lyrics by Ben Raleigh. It was a hit single for Johnny Mathis in 1957 and was recorded about the same time as "It's Not For Me To Say," a chord chart for which I recently posted. The sheet music for this song is written in...

Cyrille, my idea of an "In Two" style is very different from the two section of the Jazz-Swing Two/Four now on iRP. The two section uses a ride cymbal and has chord hits on beat one (as well as others). This is very different from the new style I describe above. However, I do agree that the new...

I have looked at both styles. In both Second Line and Trad Jazz, the drums are wrong, and in Second Line, the chord hits are wrong. Trad Jazz is the better of the two, but is certainly not a solution. I know that I underestimate the amount of work that a developer would have to do to create a...

This is a request I first made two years ago. Just before my New Year's Eve gig, I realized that there were a number of songs that I was requested to play that iReal Pro could not easily accommodate. These are non-swing songs in "two," meaning that, for 4/4 time, the song called for a note on...