https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:08:37 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/paged/2/#post-321039 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:20:32 +0000
Jim]]> Sunday Songwriters Group MrJonesey https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/paged/2/#post-321039 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/paged/2/#post-321007 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:57:16 +0000 I find it harder to do the F chord by fretting the first two strings at the first fret . . . than barring it.
In fact, playing Dust in the Wind, the one chord that I seem to stumble on is the Dm7 because it requires fretting the first two strings at the first fret.
(For those who didn't know I just started playing guitar . . . umm . . almost 17 months ago. So any advice is appreciated.)

KR2]]> Sunday Songwriters Group KR2 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/paged/2/#post-321007 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-321002 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:12:15 +0000
jeremy]]> Sunday Songwriters Group contagiousjerm https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-321002 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320952 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:24:39 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group paperdice https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320952 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320870 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:03:28 +0000
I do have a suggestion re your guitar playing, though - like me, you've got large hands and long fingers. I've always found it relatively easy to change from this C chord.....



.....to this F chord......



....without the need for a barre.

I know it's supposed to be bad form to bring the thumb over, but there are plenty of good, even great guitarists (Hendrix, Page, Springsteen etc) who do. If you look at the first picture, I'm playing the G note at the 3rd fret of the bottom E string with my ring finger....the full chord is 332010. My thumb's just over the neck of the guitar, ready for the change to F. Now look at the next picture - see how little movement there is between the two chords? Basically, I've shifted the bottom three fingers across a fret, used my thumb for the F note on the E string and flattened my index finger down to get the F note on the top E string - the full chord's 133211, same as a barred F chord, but I find it ten times easier to change quickly.

I wouldn't recommend it for someone with small hands, but hey, give it a try - you might just find it easier. I know I do!

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320870 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320810 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:16:12 +0000
thank you
Julia]]> Sunday Songwriters Group JuliaSpring https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320810 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320314 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:26:47 +0000 I'm really surprised that it sounded as good as it did without the rhymes.
I didn't think it would - but it didn't seem to matter as much as I thought it would.

I'll have to re-evaluate this whole rhyme thing.
James sent me an article in PM regarding rhyming which answered a question I had about changing rhyme schemes during the song and a lot more.
So I've learned not to be so hung up on rhyming . . . . maybe use a scheme like ABBC in the future.

KR2]]> Sunday Songwriters Group KR2 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320314 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320272 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:57:45 +0000
So I have dial-up at home and waited for this to load, I wanted to hear how you put this to music, and it's very pleasant to listen to. It kind of gives me the feel of a bed-time song even though the lyrics are more reflective.

Nice job, really love the lyrics.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group JoeHempel https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320272 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320223 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:36:05 +0000
Nice lyrics.

Ernie]]> Sunday Songwriters Group stikman https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320223 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7w13-little-girl-gifts/#post-320218 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:00:49 +0000 Thanks, John

I had to change the lyrics just a little.
Here's my attempt at singing the song . . . don't worry, I just recorded the first two verses and chorus.
(It would help if I could play the guitar and sing - just minor problems to be overcome) :mrgreen:

One chord? As New Yorkers would say, "Forget about it."

Little Girl Gifts

Purple skies with butterflies
Colored sprinkles on chocolate cake
Pirouettes and skipping rope
Are things of little girls' dreams

Mommy's baby from the start
I had never played with dolls
But we found a game to play
I'd be silly and she would giggle

God gives us many gifts
Some of them are little girls
To show us of another love
And what it's like to be a father

Coming home after working
With my first step in the door
Daddy's girl would run to greet me
Hugging hard until I'd lift her

Bedtime stories and piggyback rides
How to ride a bike and tie a shoe
Someone to tell them “I love you”
Are things that little girls need

God gives us many gifts
Some of them are little girls
To show us of another love
And what it's like to be a father

Many years have passed since then
And our girl is now married
She visits every now and then
And brings two gifts of her own

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