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How to Play the Guitar by Ear (for mathematicians and physicists) explains the theory of music in terms understandable to a person with a technical background, and describes how to learn to strum chords to accompany popular songs in any key, by ear. Free lyrics. Free country lyrics. Lyrics for children's songs, gospel songs, Christmas songs, and older popular songs. Guitar chords. (Article 6 February 2000, updated 10 July 2001; lyrics 22 November 2001, updated periodically.)
How to Play the Guitar by Ear (for mathematicians and physicists) (posted 6 Feb 2000, updated 3 Nov 2002).
How to Play the Guitar by Ear Six One-Hour Lessons (eight pages of course notes; course requires instructor). (posted 21 August 2008, updated 30 Aug 2008).
How to Attach a Guitar Strap, and Repair Small Dents and Scratches in a Guitar (posted 3 April 2003, updated 27 Dec 2008).
Summary of Music Theory (two pages, posted 11 May 2002)
Chords and lyrics for older popular songs, including classic country music, popular songs, Christmas songs, children's songs, spiritual songs, and Spanish songs. Some sample recordings performed by the author.
Note on formatting. The chord-and-lyric pages were originally formatted in uppercase, font size 14. With that formatting, many songs could be presented on a single page. Regrettably, this formating generated search engine optimization (SEO) errors on mobile devices, such as "text too small," "clickable elements too close together," and "not mobile-friendly." To addtress this issue, the font size was increased to 16. With font size 16, many of the songs no longer fit on a single page. Previously, the files were presented in two formats -- .htm and .pdf. Unfortunately, the .pdf files load very slowly on mobile devices and they generate the SEO error, "not mobile friently." In response to this issue, the .pdf versions of the songbooks have been removed.
CountryMusicLyricsVolume1 Mainly old country-music songs (mostly 1950s and 1960s).
CountryMusicLyricsVolume1WithChords Mainly old country-music songs (mostly 1950s and 1960s).
CountryMusicLyricsVolume2 Mainly old country-music songs (mostly 1950s and 1960s); some rock and roll and popular songs.
CountryMusicLyricsVolume2WithChords Mainly old country-music songs (mostly 1950s and 1960s); some rock and roll and popular songs.
CountryMusicLyricsVolume3SpiritualSongs Mainly old-time gospel hymns. SpiritualSongsWordsOnly SpiritualSongsAbbreviated SpiritualSongsWordsOnlyAbbreviated
CountryMusicLyricsVolume4ChristmasSongs Traditional Christmas carols.
CountryMusicLyricsVolume5ChildrensSongs Traditional children's songs.
CountryMusicLyricsVolume6OlderPopularSongs Older popular songs.
CountryMusicLyricsVolume7SpanishSongs Spanish-language songs. Mostly traditional Mexican songs (corridos, rancheras, boleros, nortenos).
CountryMusicLyricsVolume8MiscellaneousSongs Miscellaneous songs.
Sample recordings. (These sample recordings are educational materials to accompany the "How to Play the Guitar by Ear" articles.)
Joseph George Caldwell Sings, Volume 1: (20 April 2005.)
An Old Love Affair Now Showing
I Guess It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
That’s What Makes the Jukebox Play
Original score to After Seventeen Days on the Road. Click here for pdf file.