As an example on how to vary and develop your music or theme through a drama here’s another theme I wrote for “What Do Men Want?” I used the exact same ukulele chord progression for “My Friend My Home” and just created a melody on top of it. It again breeds familiarity and de...
Bit of an aside before I wrap ‘er up. A couple of weeks ago, my daughter and I bought ukuleles. Playing and singing together every day is the most fantastic thing for me. The first song we’ve tackled is in honour of ‘Uncle John’. This means that I get to experience ‘It’ll...
The songs run the gamut from very good to masterpiece, with elements such as sudden changes in tempo, unusual chord progressions (especially for what became known as California rock), and complex orchestrations. However, there are three things that make Pet Sounds particularly important and ...
[Chorus 2] - chord changedFFGAmFBaby, this is what you came for. Lightning strikes every time she movesFGAmAnd everybody's watching her, but she's looking at...[Refrain 2] - note the chords changeFFGAmYou, oh, oh, you, oh, oh You, oh, oh, you, oh, ohFFGAmYou, oh, oh, y...
About six months after I got my first guitar, I had reached a stage where I knew a lot of chords and I could play recognizable bits of songs, but I couldn’t play even the simplest song (Wild Thing?) without flubbing chord changes all the way through. It felt like I hadn’t ...
‘It’ll Shine When It Shines’ with my beautiful girl every day. I’m not a very good ukulele player and we forget the words and we’re out of tune and don’t always know which chord to play. But, as my brother might have said, it’s all in the experience of living, loving ...
I had to sort of cock my neck and peer around that Dude all damn night! Oh well, Merle still was fantastic, and how could He not be? Here is the set. I wrote them all down on my ticket envelope! (I am wearing My cool concert T-shirt and showing my sticker)!
It definitely has Kelzmer chord progression and kind of like standard gypsy, Klezmer chords and structure. I recognized that about the song and played it a few times and people have recognized it. One woman called it “Moishas Candy Store”, so ...
Jeff- I am trying to figure out if my action might be too high. To avoid string buzz, I need to get all my fingers really close to the fret but not touching. Playing an AM chord involves using a 2 1 3 rather than 123 fingering with my 1st finger jammed in at an angle to get ...
‘It’ll Shine When It Shines’ with my beautiful girl every day. I’m not a very good ukulele player and we forget the words and we’re out of tune and don’t always know which chord to play. But, as my brother might have said, it’s all in the experience of living, loving ...