Uke-babe.



Making a little progress on Wade Hemsworth's The Blackfly Song.

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13 comments:

Blogger herhimnbryn said...

Yay! Z. Can we come over and listen? We'll bring wine and cake ( and catnip for Moby).dkvwak

00:35  
Blogger Pacian said...

Musical guerrilla on the loose, provide material aid if you support her cause, fight the power!

04:06  
Blogger Poor Mad Peter said...

Wow, you sure picked a hard one to begin on.

07:22  
Blogger zhoen said...

herhimnbryn, you really wouldn't want to listen right now. really. Wine for yourselves, and Moby doesn't react to catnip. But come on over anyway.

p, heh.

pmp, the uke or the song? The song only has three cords, easier than four bar blues.

08:55  
Blogger Poor Mad Peter said...

The song-- the chords are easy (there are actually 5 or 6; don't forget the minors in the chorus, "The blackfly, the little blackfly...") but the song is a difficult one the way Hemsworth wrote it.

11:03  
Blogger Udge said...

Oh, I think we need another podcast!

12:08  
Blogger zhoen said...

pmp,

Ah, well, not reading music is an advantage there. If I can hear it, I can sing it. Those wee chords are the problem for me, even with just three.

Logdriver's Waltz is next.

All the Sacred Harps song I know, are learned purely by ear. The shape notes can help a bit, but only as a

Udge, I am long overdue for more podcasts. Thanks for the nudge.

13:44  
Blogger zhoen said...

pmp,

Oh, and I seem to have a simplified tabulature, which is fine for me.

14:12  
Blogger BlueLight said...

This is the ultimate in coolness. I''m jealous!

17:51  
Blogger Lucy said...

It's a great picture, I do like the way your arm stands out centre stage. You look very cool however you sound!

02:37  
Blogger zhoen said...

There is a place, on the far outside edges of geekiness, that, with age, becomes cool...

09:35  
Blogger Geosomin said...

ooh...I''ve been thinking about getting a ukelele lately.
Now I'm inspired.

11:53  
Blogger mark said...

cool photo, z.

11:48  

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