Below is what I sent out to my mailing list on Sunday 24th May 2020.
Dear Ukulele Enthusiast
How are you? Are your fingers sore from playing the ukulele? Are you suffering from UAS?
Continue readingBelow is what I sent out to my mailing list on Sunday 24th May 2020.
Dear Ukulele Enthusiast
How are you? Are your fingers sore from playing the ukulele? Are you suffering from UAS?
Continue readingMost beginners learn to play ukulele that’s tuned such that the G string is pitched higher than the next string – C. This so-called re-entrant tuning is what makes the sound of the ukulele so special.
Continue readingWe are spoiled for choice when it comes to three chord songs in the sixties, the era of flower children and free love. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Kinks “invaded” America as The Beach Boys spewed out surfer songs. We are designating four dates for the songs of the sixties, as follows:
Continue readingEach month we get together online in ZOOM to see how far around the globe we can connect through music. At our previous global karaoke party, nearly fifty participants joined from Switzerland westward over two oceans to Japan. For Sunday 21st June 2020, we are planning a British Invasion (to start at 19:00 BST = 14:00 EDT). Note: this session will be one hour long. Please arrive well before the start time to chit chat and get set up.
Continue readingThe basic twelve-bar blues follows a formula of twelve bars (measures), involving only three chords. We are dedicating our one-hour jam session on Thursday 14th May (as part of the Three Chord Thursdays at Three series) to songs that follow this chord progression.
Continue readingWho remembers disco queens and rhinestone cowboys? The seventies was the era of ABBA – disco, rock, punk, and reggae. Recorded music became central to culture like never before. To cover all the favorites, we will devote two consecutive weeks to three chord songs of the seventies: Thursdays June 4 and June 11, 2020, from 3 to 4 pm EDT (as usual).
Continue readingMother’s Day falls on every second Sunday of the year. On May 10th, 2020 we will celebrate love with songs that convey the kind of love that is wise and generous. At least, I think that’s what my late friend Irene meant by “BIG LOVE.”
Continue readingFor Friday May 8th, 2020 at 4 pm EDT, in the Songs in the Time of Corona series, consider that we are always counting and tracking the number of days in the lock down, the number of cases, the number of deaths, and questioning the accuracy of the data.
WHAT TO WEAR? A top with a number on it, of course.
Continue readingAfter disco burst into the scene, the next decade was filled with dance music of disco rock and other fast numbers. We take a sneak peak at beloved three chord songs of the vibrant eighties. Put on your dancing shoes!
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