Last week was a bit of a write off week, but I’ve just about learned the chords to “Angels” including the odd F#m. I’ve also done a bit of rehearsing Song 1 to bed it into my brain a bit.
This week Sally has challenged me to learn “Nothing Ever Happens” by Del Amitri. I’m not even convinced that this is a well known, sing-along pop song. But the chorus is pretty rousing, so worth a go. I’ve downloaded from iTunes and the music and words are in one of my books.
At the end of this weel I’ll have covered three classes of song:
- Difficult music and difficult words (Fairytale of New York);
- Difficult music and easy words (Angels…well, the chords were easy but I had to do more work to learn them than the words, which were already firmly in my head);
- and Easy music and difficult words (Nothing Ever Happens)
Yes, this week is like memorising poetry. Sally doesn’t make life easy! Chords are C, F, Am, G, with a few others in the musical bridge.
Sally has pledged to learn to play along on the mandolin, which will make it more fun. Perhaps I should make her learn the words too?
Hi,
Did Sally ever complete her side of the bargain and play Nothing Ever happens on the mandolin? I have searched the internet and your article is the only reference to this song being played on a Mandolin. I love the song but my skills stop on the Mandolin and i would love to play this song if you could relay this message it would be appreciated.
Lee
Hi Lee, and thanks for stumbling across my post.
This was a whole ten years ago now – I can’t remember exactly what happened. I do remember my wife and I playing some guitar/mandolin duets, but I have no idea what songs they were. They worked quite well, I think! We now have small children and very little time to play.
Sorry I can’t help more.