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@bibilele and @jbmills07 both beautiful takes of SOSilence. Just love that. On my list to learn.
@the_bumble_bard you made me laugh. I was enjoying the beginning and then “honk”. Very sorry you’re having a tough month. Life struggles are difficult, sure hope things change quickly. I enjoy when you post. I was waiting too…
@robinboyd you got through it! Sure hope the healing continues
@leihali that was lovely
@otzepeng nice job on chord memory
@rgillof sometimes the simplest are a challenge but I liked it. Love the song.
@nelsonlin2021 beautiful song. Appropriate for our time of year… but it will end soon 😊
Hopefully it got everyone on this page. Hard to do on small phone screen
Excited about September!What great entries from everyone this month, and I’m continually inspired by the talent evident in this community. A couple of great whistlers, some original songs/arrangements, great information about mics, and we were introduced to a few new instruments:
The canjo by @katazumiri, complete with slide – really nice! Did you make that yourself?
@johanna2509: Thanks for showing us what lovely sounds a kalimba can make. I never knew it could be more than a toy, and now that’s another instrument to put on my wish list.And the guitalele – @akukes73: the moment I picked up my ukulele, I developed a greater respect for those who play any stringed instrument. The thought of adding two more strings to the four I already have is more than I can think about at the moment! Beautiful playing.
And I got some real giggles watching @The_Bumble_Bard play the otamatone, an instrument I could never even have imagined! Well done on the background arrangement, and it was worth the anticipation, since you promised us something different. Sorry you’ve had another rough month, and I hope things pick up for you soon.
Thanks, everyone.
Thanks @grannieannie, @dianna, @karenj and @otzepeng! Everyone is sounding so wonderful! proud to be part of this lovely musical group
@leb397 Thank you so much! It’s a great song, and a great arrangement.
Thank you @dianna and @otzepeng! 😊
@The_Bumble_Bard It was so much fun with the otamatone! 👏👏👏@grannieannie I’ve only made the diddley bow myself, which has three knots. I don’t find it that difficult.
As for the canjo: My husband and I made it together. I took the lead, found the individual parts, and roughly figured out where and how many holes should be. My husband then drilled all the holes and soldered the wires.@leb397 Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m really looking forward to the fall colors and cooler, pleasant days ahead — hopefully they’ll inspire a new melody to welcome the season.
Hello friends of the uke!
Sorry this is very late (sadly still struggling with my health most days – today I was feeling somewhat better), but I wanted to reply to some of the entries in this challenge, but then ended up replying to everyone once again, lol. This is just the first “chunk” of replies. I want to reply to the rest later, but it may not be until this weekend! I also wanted to reply to those who commented on my entry, but that will be in Part 2 (normally, I literally take smilies from a different source on my laptop because the ones that appear with the “typed” smilies are weird and kind of creepy, but I don’t have the energy tonight to put in the non-creepy ones, so just accept it, LOL!)
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Here are some replies! 😀
@henri0, that was such a magical cover of Frolic! Really a flawless performance! You really captured the whimsy of the tune so well! 😀 The M*A*S*H theme was also so lovely. You played with such beautiful expression and control! 🙂
@malku2603, so cool that you are tackling such a tricky technique! Sounds so lovely after watching even the first take! Definite improvement into the second take, especially in speed! By the third take, you seemed a lot more comfortable and confident, not having to look at what you were doing the whole time (not that that matters, but I think not looking at what you’re doing can show that you don’t have to think about it as much – in my opinion, lol). The end take was sooo good!! It’s so hard to do those kinda quick “instant” motions with those type of techniques. It’s basically like a tremolo, it seems like. I hope you keep working on that technique, it sounds really amazing! 🙂 Very beautiful keyboard playing later, too! 🙂
@otzepeng, I really love that little olivewood uke!! I really love tiny uke things, I am a sucker for that!! So cute!! (Ha, I won’t get to your entry until part 2.)
@leihali, even the very first take sounded so lovely!! Such a peaceful and elegant tune! Loved hearing that so much! 🙂
@johanna2509, You Are My Sunshine sounds so gorgeous on the kalimba! You played it so beautifully! No one would ever know you struggled with memorization! Oh my, your Moon River was also sooo beautiful!! You had such feeling behind it, too. Really beautiful, friend! 🙂
@misterbones, that was so amazing!! That is some crazy good improvisation! That turned out really amazingly, especially with apparently not that much practice! It’s like a magic trick, really. Just genuinely great music to listen to, truly a pleasure! Okay, professional! 😉 🙂
@anyon1, that was absolutely amazing!! Sounded so lovely!! I think I’ve actually heard that song before because I immediately recognized it! I’m really bad at knowing artist’s names / song titles. Anyway, really lovely playing! 🙂
@rw1950merritt, beautiful first take of Fly Me To The Moon! Chord melody is one of the more beautiful ways uke can be played and it suits this tune so perfectly and your performance was very lovely!
@nat-uke, that was so stinkin’ adorable in every way! Off the charts cuteness!! Really amazing work on all the video editing and production, those things are so hard! Beautiful job with the song and I agree with @dianna that it’s so touching! 🙂 <3
@lhamilton, so majestic!! You are the Whistling Queen, no question! That was so elegantly performed, so beautiful – so much feeling behind it! I never thought that whistling could give me chills, but here we are! Get yourself onto AGT right now! Really stunning and moving to listen to, thank you for sharing! 🙂
@jasdel, so beautiful! I love listening to other people playing the blues (haven’t tried a lot myself), but love that style! Very chill and well played!! 🙂
@marianne, your playing truly has a “transporting” quality – as when you listen, everything around seems to stop except for the song. Not sure if that makes sense. Oh my, so majestic! I kind of want to try that one, but it’s also that you make it sound so good, lol. Beautiful, as always! <3
@karenj, that was so stinkin’ lovely! I really love that tune by Matt – that’s one of my favorites of his, Crossing Hemispheres, but I haven’t been bold (or skilled) enough to try it! You did such great job with it!! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
@katazumiri, okay, we believe you, okay?! You’re a musical magician! When I read the list of instruments for your tune, I was so pumped going in and you did not disappoint! That was an amazing musical journey of crazy unique sounds! I wish I knew which was which, though, for the instruments. Was the canjo the xylophone-esque one? The metallophone looks like…………….. or is it a harmonica? Don’t worry, I know what’s happening (no I don’t, lol). Either way, that was so magical, so many props for regaling us with your cornucopia of instruments! <3 🙂
@leb397, your take on Cripple Creek made me smile so much and filled my heart with joy! Just so stinkin’ magical! Girl, you are officially part of the Clawhammer Club (not that I have the authority to say so, maybe?). But we already knew that! Amazing playing, friend! 🙂
@grannieannie, such a beautiful performance of Spanish Romance! Oh, how I love that version of that song, Steven’s version, so elegant and a “palate” for expressive playing. That was one of the most inspiring RC101 tunes I ever learned, for creating my own arr’s even. LOL!!!!! The dog’s nails clacking diffused some of the emotional tension. Nonetheless, your playing was so beautiful. Now I really want to revisit that one. Beautiful! 🙂 <3
@brettboy, oh my word!! That delighted me to my core to hear. I think it sounds perfect just the way it is, honestly – I don’t think it needs to be faster (unless you want it to be). I don’t know why, but to my ears it sounds much more expressive the way you played it – as incredible as Sam Muir’s original take is, at the pace you play it, I think it sounds more like you and has a lot of character to the sound. The way Sam Muir plays it is maybe more accurate to the original (I’m guessing) and just as amazing in a different way. I hope you see what I’m saying, my brain is still not good! Amazing playing! 🙂
@akukes73, the guitarlele sounds sooooooo lovely! Very beautiful performance! That instrument is interesting – I can see the advantages of it, having sort of the “spirit” of a guitar with a ukulele size and of course a semi-ish-hybrid of the two instrument’s sounds. It’d be cool to see more of that one! Very warm and lovely sound with your playing! 🙂 The song you shared by Sam Muir was also so stinkin’ lovely! <3
@taylor22jane, so glad you got back into playing!! That can happen that you kind of drift away from playing uke. I kind of had that happen in the last couple months. I hope we get to hear more of your playing ’round here, very, very lovely!! 🙂
@dianna, that sounded so stinkin’ good, friend!! Amazing work with that! That piece seems so daunting and technically tricky, but you played it amazingly and with a lot of spirit!! 😀 I also love your videos, they’re always super fun! 🙂
@janaq1, wow, that was really amazing!! I absolutely love that style of ukulele playing, but it’s beyond me because my strumming game is so weak! You honestly played that perfectly! So much fun to listen to!! 🙂…
So many incredible, incredible entries!! I am feeling too tired to continue now, but I’ll come back for the final “chunk” of entries later! I know @dianna, @leb397, and others already left lovely feedback for everyone, but as always I started replying to a few, then ended up replying to everyone! My health still isn’t in the best place, and it’s a daily struggle right now most days, but hopefully I’ll know what’s going on soon. Thank you all so much just for being amazing humans!! 🙂 <3
@The_Bumble_Bard Thanks a lot, that’s very kind.
Omg @The_bumble_bard …. sooo diligent again!
I think i got something for your obsession 🤗@The_Bumble_Bard Thank you so much for such a sweet feedback you made my day!!! 😊❤️❤️💕💕💕😇😇
Thanks, @The_Bumble_Bard! I’ve been a member of the international whistling community for many years and have often performed. I really enjoy arranging my own accompaniment. I’ve tried various accompaniment instruments over the years, but have found ukulele or autoharp so far the best. One thing though is that when I start learning an instrument, I fall in love with playing melody on the instrument rather than just accompaniment.
Linda
@otzepeng, haha, that is so magical!! That’s almost as tiny of a uke as one could create! Almost! 😂
@malku2603, awww yay, that makes me so happy!! 🙂
@lhamilton, okay, that really makes sense! I was just thinking, whistling that good needs to be heard by many! Thankfully it already is and has been! 🙂 I can see what you mean about falling in love with playing the melody on an instrument – that’s also how I love to play instruments, as not “just” an accompaniment, but it also shows how lovely that can be when you do play an instrument that way, too.I still have more replies “bottled up” that I’m going to write out this weekend at some point. 😂
@The_Bumble_Bard Thank-you for your supportive review……to know someone is listening out there in the big giant Ukie-verse means a lot. I know what a slippery slope it is to start commenting on a handful, when you know everyone has been working so hard to make a monthly posting. I also feel there are certain months where I felt compelled to comment. This was definitely one of those months. That said….OMG Eggenezzer!!! I was laughing so hard….He’s a star! I loved the transition from your beautiful finger-style to your personified otamatone….hilarious! It was a hit! (The fingerstyle was quiet…..but I turned up the volume and that made a difference)
As far as your health is concerned, there are times in our lives where we must focus on our own well-being…..this must be your time. My thoughts and prayers are with you as you navigate thru diagnosis. Na Zdrowie – (to your health)
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