https://www.comhaltasoslo.net/comhaltas-blog daily 0.75 2026-10-01 https://www.comhaltasoslo.net/comhaltas-blog/memorizing-lyrics monthly 0.5 2026-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/f26dc027-8b70-4d2a-8f22-dba70d37dc9e/The+Lark+in+the+Morning.png Comhaltas Blog - Memorizing Lyrics - Make it stand out A song practice sheet, which we’ll cover in detail next week. This week we’re looking at just lyrics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/ce616783-186d-4438-98f5-a6722c1e4680/Dylan%26Guthrie.jpg Comhaltas Blog - Memorizing Lyrics - Make it stand out A young Bob Dylan idolized Woody Guthrie and visited him in the hospital regularly until Guthrie died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/30b5462c-a6af-46c1-ac34-886e5a47e8c5/Wagon+Wheel+Pictures+Verse+1.png Comhaltas Blog - Memorizing Lyrics - Make it stand out Line 1: "Headed down" is underlined to indicate the quickness that it is sung, since it is sung as an eight note triplet hea-ded-down (trip-pel-let or 1-e-a) instead of straight eight notes head-ded down (1-and-2). The word pines is emphasized and then trails off, hence the curved line above. Line 2: "thumbin my" is a triplet. North is emphasized. Line 4: "pray to God" is a triplet. "headlights" has falsetto in the first syllable Line 5 "made it down" is a triplet Line 6 "Pickin' me" is a triplet. Lines 7, 8 In "Raleigh I can see" is sung straight from line 7 to 8 with no pause. "tonight" is elongated to bring us in the chorus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/6d824ff4-cb2f-4082-a11d-865d13f8ef09/Wagon+Wheel+Pictures+Chorus.png Comhaltas Blog - Memorizing Lyrics - Make it stand out Lines 3, 6: "Hey is inflected down before going up" Line 5: "rain" is treated as two syllables rai-een https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/22ab782e-34d2-43d4-b49b-89741d251684/Wagon+Wheel+Pictures+Verse+2.png Comhaltas Blog - Memorizing Lyrics - Make it stand out Line 1: "cold is inflected up before steadying" and is held long. Holding long is normally indicated by an underline, but here it's connected to the inflection, so I write it above. Line 2: "in an old" is a triple. Line 4: "banjo" is inflected up and then steadies. Line 5: "Ah" inflects up Lines: 5, 6: "me And I lost" are connected without a pause between lines". f over "had" indicates falsetto. Line 8: "To livin' that" is compressed into a triplet to-livin-that, where livin is treated as a single syllable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/0cb83a3c-ea82-492c-b7ab-dad79408af9e/Wagon+Wheel+Pictures+Verse+3.png Comhaltas Blog - Memorizing Lyrics - Make it stand out Line 1: a comma is inserted between "south" and "out" to indicate a pause. Lines 1, 2: "-noke I caught" is connected without a pause between lines Line 4: "Cumberland" is a triplet Line 5: "-see" goes inflects up and sustains Line 6: "be-" if emphasized Lines, 7, 8: "name" is connected with all of line 8 as to make the sound of consecutive triplets: "name-And-I" "know-that-she's" "the-only" "one" Line 9 "And if I die" is somewhat quick, but there's not triplet Line 10 "f over "will" indicates falsetto''. "will die free" is sung as quarter notes to slow down the line. "free" is extended to lead us back into the chorus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/9c6d4557-952d-4fa2-b55c-d75929207c78/Wagon+Wheel+Pictures.png Comhaltas Blog - Memorizing Lyrics - Make it stand out The lyrics annotated with doodles for each line that needs one. Each verse is split up into sections (e.g. 1A and 1B). Only you have to understand your doodles. Don’t waste time being an artist! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/2eb065f9-a205-42b9-9cb3-11aa270576ac/Blinded+by+the+Light.jpg Comhaltas Blog - Memorizing Lyrics - Make it stand out Like millions of others, I never understood the lyrics “Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night” in Manfred Mann’s cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Blinded by the Light. Springsteen’s original version “Blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night” isn’t much clearer. Deuce refers to a Deuce Coupe — a '32 Ford Hot Rod. https://www.comhaltasoslo.net/comhaltas-blog/learning-amp-reviewing-tunes monthly 0.5 2026-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/8c4be455-d441-4a21-98d2-c76e4a696b2d/Calvin+Christmas+List.jpg Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Lists that quickly grow out of control take a bit of organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/5461024d-ae66-4d16-a158-c3179d14c8fa/The+Teetotaller%E2%80%99s+%28reel%29.jpg Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/114. You’ll find the meta-data about the the tune type and key as well letter notes by clicking the ABC tab on each posted version of the tune. Posting chords is optional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/8720bee7-6a2c-4def-a436-37a7f98de13a/Richard+Dwyer%27s+%28reel%29.png Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out T: Richard Dwyer's R: reel M: 4/4 K: Ador Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1131 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/db13016a-9f89-46fd-a345-dfb546ba185b/Homer+Happy.jpeg Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out The standard major sounds happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/e398dd67-3490-45e5-9a20-16b88312222c/homer+mix.jpeg Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Mixolydian is less bright, more bluesy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/779d75c8-7c31-489a-9a60-1f6679a8d689/homer+suspicious.jpeg Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Dorian is a bit dark, but more moody than sad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/b87dd537-a442-464e-a012-e435172f8248/homer+sad.jpeg Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out The standard minor is dark and sad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/7a6314ad-d8e0-4eb2-a487-9f6ddc88203b/Strum+Machine+Free+Trial.png Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Strum Machine free trial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/4b00bc82-9794-4e03-a2b4-ca4601015545/Strum+Machine+New+Song.png Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Strum Machine search or add new song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/a2daacaf-93c1-49ea-bc42-bbb698201a7a/Strum+Machine+Tune+Type.png Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Choose the key, time, and backing style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/b7f0d52f-029d-42d0-bac3-32eb673e5f24/Richard+Dwyer%27s+%28reel%29.png Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1131 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/3856d286-a6cf-4a1d-ba95-5de1896ba2b6/Strum+Machine+Chords.png Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Chords completed on Strum Machine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69824101c4d1e10169a7893d/296826ad-bf28-4211-b56c-a20a99af521f/Strum+Machine+medley.png Comhaltas Blog - Learning & Reviewing Tunes - Make it stand out Create a medley with a few tunes. 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