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I´ll be home for Christmas

Icelandic lyrics and chords for the song "I´ll be home for Christmas made famous by Bing Crosby in 1943.

Dec 30, 20242 min read

Article about the a minor pentatonic scale and why I choose it to be the first scale to practise.

Jul 16, 20233 min read

An article about why it is useful to practice scales.

May 7, 20232 min read

Music: Felix Mendelsshon Lyrics: Charles Wesley These four are responsible for the music and lyrics as it is performed today. The hymn...

Jan 6, 20222 min read

Music and Lyrics: Leonard Cohen Hallelujah is by far Leonard Cohen's best-known song. It was first released in 1984 on Choens' album...

Nov 4, 20213 min read

Every human child in Iceland knows the lyrics about the nine Santa Clauses and the song to which the lyrics are sung at Christmas parties...

Dec 28, 20206 min read

Composer and lyrics: Kerry Livgren The song Dust in the Wind was composed in 1977 by Kerry Livgren for the album Point of Know Return by...

May 16, 20202 min read

Song and Lyrics: Ralph McTell When I was starting to learn to play the guitar, I bought the guitar textbook The Complete Guitar Player,...

Mar 13, 20202 min read

Author of the song and lyrics is unknown The year of 2018 was the year of the rain and I am suffering from severe rain blues. It rained...

Apr 22, 20192 min read

Composer: Frederic Chopin Mazurka in g minor is one of Frederic Chopin's last works. Probably composed in the winter of 1848 or spring of...

May 26, 20181 min read

Song and Lyrics: Van Morrison One Saturday night a few years ago, my wife and I were sitting in front of the screen watching the 2007...

Mar 23, 20181 min read

Song and Lyrics: Bob Dylan In 1997, at the age of 56, Bob Dylan released Time Out of Mind. The album is extremely good. It won three...

Jan 28, 20182 min read

Song and lyrics: George Michael I would never admit that the Wham duo was one of my favorites but I have to admit that the song Last...

Dec 23, 20172 min read

Song and Lyrics: George Harrison The lyrics of the song, Here Comes the Sun are uplifting and give hope for better times. The melody is...

Nov 18, 20172 min read

Music: Ingibjörg Lilja Þorkelsdóttir My wife and I heard a lot of interesting things this afternoon. We had a pleasant time at Laugalækur...

May 27, 20171 min read

Song and Lyrics: Bob Dylan Bob Dylan wrote the song Mr. Tambourine Man in the first half of 1964. He recorded it the following year for...

Aug 28, 20152 min read