Song Help Request A J Leonard - Mistakes

byjimini · Jun 25, 2010

Can't figure this out for the life of me, had the song stuck in my head all week.

Youtube link.

Dougf · Jun 25, 2010

That is a really sweet tune. I don't have the ear to figure it out either, but I did some googling and found out the composers, which might help you locate some sheet music. The song is "Mistakes" by Horatio Nicholls and Edgar Leslie.

Found this on Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mistakes-Be...4634211?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277474289&sr=8-7

I also found this:

http://pages.adateintimecollectibles.com/11804/PictPage/3923224898.html

twebby · Jun 25, 2010

The first four chords are:

I accidently mistyped the first chord. It should look like this:

|_|_|_|
o_|_|_|
|_|_|_o
|_|_|_|

Sorry guys, I'm sure that doesn't really help much, my computer is too low resolution to see what his fingers are doing after that.
-Tay Webb

byjimini · Jun 26, 2010

Cheers guys, we'll have it eventually.

I'll post up anything I find or come across.

Dougf · Jun 26, 2010

I went ahead and ordered it from Amazon UK. Set me back $28, but what the hey? Looks like it might be a collectors item. Hopefully it will be a decent arrangement with some semblance to the chords AJ is using.

twebby · Jun 30, 2010

Dougf said:
I went ahead and ordered it from Amazon UK. Set me back $28, but what the hey? Looks like it might be a collectors item. Hopefully it will be a decent arrangement with some semblance to the chords AJ is using.

Post it up when you get it.

byjimini · Jun 30, 2010

I got my sheet music through, can't say I'm that chuffed with it though. It has uke chords but it's not as complex as AJ, in that you're not changing as frequently so it doesn't flow anywhere near as nicely.

I suspect it's really made for those who can read music, but even then there's gaps in there that look as if you just keep playing h e same chord. :/

So now I'm really confuzzled.

Dougf · Jul 2, 2010

got the sheet music!

Just received the sheet music from Amazon UK. It's a pretty basic arrangement for piano with uke chord diagrams. There also seems to be some sort of notation for strumming patterns or something.

It is in the same key as what AJ is playing, that is, C major. AJ is clearly using some harmonic substitutions that are not in this arrangement, but this might give us a start on figuring them out.

C
we make mistakes when we

Cdim (2323)
worry

G7
All over nothing at all

E7 (1202)
we make mistakes that bring heart

Am (2003)
aches and the

D7 (2223)
tear drops fall like

G7 G#5 (0332)
rain drops

C
we make mistakes and feel

Cdim (2323)
sorry

C7
when we've made somebody

F A7
blue but

F
I made the

Cdim (2323)
biggest mis-

C
take

E7
of

A7
all when

D7
I said good

Fm (1013) G7
bye

Csus (0013)
to

C Cdim F G7
you

Dougf · Jul 2, 2010

Looks like he uses a B instead of the Cdim.

Thumper · Jul 2, 2010

Wow, thanks for posting the main chords - that's a huge help! I'm working on figuring out AJ's arrangement, and will post my attempt as soon as I can.

Beautiful song!!!

Dougf · Jul 2, 2010

Also looks like he transitions from C to Cmaj7 at "mistakes". The piano part also shows this, but they didn't do it for the uke.

Thumper · Jul 2, 2010

Okay, here's my shot at it. He does some improv and embellishments that I'm not good enough to catch, but this puts us in the ballpark. For example, during the solo I think he plays an Fm7 instead of the F over the word "rain."

Enjoy, and thanks for bringing this great song to our attention!

spookefoote · Jul 2, 2010

Yes I went through the video many times (OCD's do come in handy) and the PDF file by Thumper is pretty well spot on

byjimini · Jul 2, 2010

Thumper, that's fantastic!

spookefoote · Jul 2, 2010

I know it's not how he plays it but drop in an Em7 as the second chord instead of Cmaj7. Lovely, jubbly

spookefoote · Jul 2, 2010

Crikey! I've fallen for that song

Dougf · Jul 2, 2010

Great work guys!

Anybody have an idea what this notation on the sheet music might mean? Looks something like this:

| d' :-:t .d' | t :- :m .s | t :- :- | l :- :- | etc.

Thumper · Jul 3, 2010

an alternate version in G

Doug, I have no idea what those symbols mean. Weird.

Anyhoo, I don't have a nice high singing voice like AJ, so I did another arrangement of the song, moving it down to the key of G. I made a couple of changes to some of the chord progressions, so it's not a verbatim transposition of AJ's arrangement. But I think it's fun to play, and this puts the song in a register where I can actually sing it.

Enjoy!

Dougf · Jul 4, 2010

Thumper said:
Doug, I have no idea what those symbols mean. Weird.

Anyhoo, I don't have a nice high singing voice like AJ, so I did another arrangement of the song, moving it down to the key of G. I made a couple of changes to some of the chord progressions, so it's not a verbatim transposition of AJ's arrangement. But I think it's fun to play, and this puts the song in a register where I can actually sing it.

Enjoy!

Great! The key of C doesn't work well for my vocal range, either. Thanks for all your effort on this!

Dougf · Jul 4, 2010

Thumper said:
Doug, I have no idea what those symbols mean. Weird.

Anyhoo, I don't have a nice high singing voice like AJ, so I did another arrangement of the song, moving it down to the key of G. I made a couple of changes to some of the chord progressions, so it's not a verbatim transposition of AJ's arrangement. But I think it's fun to play, and this puts the song in a register where I can actually sing it.

Enjoy!

Ooh, just strummed through it, very sweet arrangement, I think it's better than AJ's.

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