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@gi_gi_ hahaha!!! I also was waiting for you to see it. 😹😹😹😂😂😅😅 Anyone who’s had cats knows this is exactly how they fight at times. An absolute death match for no reason whatsoever. Ten minutes later, they’re cuddling. 😂😂😅
@leb397, thank you so much, friend! 😂💕 That’s a really good idea. I might just have to do that. With the song they released last week, “Don’t Know Why,” I immediately thought that could have a cat version, but it’s so beautiful the way Ashley created it, it almost seems wrong to malign it with cats… almost. Meowlign it. 😉😅
Hehe I love that though! I think I should do that. Also I cracked myself up big time with those drawings, that’s how I know I “succeeded” in my own mind. 😂😂😅😅😻😸😹😸
Helllooooo! So, I thought I’d share the few missing stills from the video I made for last month of the Fur-iends (“Friends” with Cats). I’m quite pleased with these, frankly. 😅😂😅😂
I forgot the color of the orange cat, though (I mean the shade of orange; also I have my screen warm shifted almost always because I get migraines, so that threw things off) so he accidentally was gold in these missing slides. I also was going to make a still of the cats “ying-yanging” as in, sleeping in a ying-yang shape (as cats do), as the ending slide, maybe I’ll share that later. I tried to upload them in the order they’d appear in the video. Hope you enjoy! 😅😂😅
These images are rated PG-13, though, for slight cat-related violence. ;)😅
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Hey… I’m just saying, the cat version would also have cartoons that go with it. 😉😂
@katazumiri, after thinking about it a bit, this is what I think I would do: I think I would figure out / create a melody by ear, then maybe try to write it down and reverse it, if I can. Then, overlay the two. At first I thought I’d figure out the melody, then note-by-note reverse it, but I already know that would take so long to do (to figure out what the reversed version is because it would just be reversing whatever pattern I play). I think I would have to write it down to remember the reversed version. Theoretically I could memorize the reversed version and that also would work. I actually may do that because I don’t love writing down music. 😂😅 But then it probably would be easier to share it if I wrote it down and would be good to do. Sorry just thinking out loud, lol.
I’ll have to let you know which approach I actually do. 😅
I think I also prefer one canon but that video talking about Bach and Mozart and how classical musician use it made me interested to try it. That also will show if I fully understand it because you’ll be able to tell me if I did it right, I’m sure. 😊
@katazumiri, thank you so much! 😊 When I hear something like that, it’s just so exciting that I want to try it at least. 😅 Couldn’t it be as simple as creating a melody, then reversing the melody, and playing them at the same time?
Ha, I really want to try that now! If I can come up with something, I’ll share it with you here, if you don’t mind. 😊
Hahaha nice! When it comes to concepts like this and certain kinds of techniques on uke, I always at least like to try it to see what happens. There are definitely times it doesn’t work but it’s fun to try. In so many other contexts I’m far less brave. 😂
Oh my, this is such a great topic… I don’t even know the answer though. 😅
I guess I am more of a “by ear” player, but I didn’t even realize fully what that was in the context of the music world until I started playing uke. Just that my childhood piano teacher didn’t want me to do it and therefore I wanted to do it more. 😂 So I feel like I honed that skill much more than reading music well or understanding theory.
To me it boils down to what you love to do with regard to music. I love creating by ear and I don’t love theory as much, but you can create both ways. I can see how having limited theory knowledge makes certain aspects of creating harder though, especially with things like rhythm and creating harmonies. Also, it can be much harder to communicate what you’ve created to other people without the written music. But for me I’ve just enjoyed organically learning things like chords and rhythm as I learn songs, along with the courses here on RC101 and on Matt’s Patreon. And *very slowly* learning how to write down songs with Matt’s help. 😅
I don’t know if you can be a great ukulele player without theory, but maybe you can be a pretty okay one. 😅😂
I hope other people chime in on this topic! Thank you for these great lessons! 😊
@rickkhan, really cool! Very unique sounding version of that song! I think it definitely captures the song very beautifully! 😊
I mean, if you’re interested in someone who can make cat sounds vaguely on the beat, I could duet with you. 😂 Not really though. I know there are some people on here who can sing. Besides that, I’ve never tried to duet or play uke actually with anyone before. 😳😅
@leb397, thank you so much, my friend! I’m so happy you liked it! 😊💕 This sounds really strange, maybe, but I feel like I’m way better at turning a non-clawhammer song into clawhammer than playing an existing clawhammer song. 😂 I may be wrong, but I think it’s because everyone has things they intuitively do when they play or create a song, so you’re basically trying to learn someone else’s way of playing when you learn a tab as much as the written notes. Maybe that’s really obvious, or maybe I’m a weirdo for thinking of it that way. Hard to say. 😂 So, I know I’m going to find C-Davy Shan’s arrangement of Wildwood really challenging, too, even though I can play the technique. He just creates really good, complex and challenging songs. 😂
Anyway, I’m so excited that you’re learning that! That does make it extra hard to memorize when you don’t have as many repeating patterns, agreed. I felt that way learning “Always With Me” by British Steven. 😂😅 That’s a lovely tune, too. Anyway, extra kudos to you for learning Wildwood, it’s tricky, but I’m so looking forward to hearing it! 😊💕
Haha!! I love and accept this title! 😂😊💕🌻🦖🦕💗😥😉🥺😳👻🎃🪕😤😎😠☘️🐝🐝🐊🐊🎀🦩🍪😭😭🍕😕🎂🎉🎉 (Those are all my most recently used smilies) 😂
@dianna, thank you so much, clawhammer sister!! 😅 I really appreciate that because I love to try to bring out that quality with clawhammer, a softer quality, contrary to the “hammer.” I also do love the twangy, brash sound it has too; that’s what makes it fun. 😂🪕💗😊@johanna2509, I look forward to that! 😂😸😻😹 Meow? Sometimes it’s a question… 😅
@leb397, thank you so much, my friend!! Haha! I’m so glad you found it funny. 😂 I think I actually might draw out the last few panels that I didn’t include in the end because (in my mind) they’re hilarious. 😅😂 Thank you… It’s true, I feel a lot of people are like that, really shy but still wanting to do silly, ridiculous things. 😂 I know I am definitely like that. I’m looking forward to your clawhammer, too, so exciting that you’re trying it out!! 😁💕@katazumiri, yes, they loved it! Like I said there’s a game that goes with that where you pass the cup in a circle using that beat and it keeps getting faster and whoever messes up is out. My sister and I are lightning fast and pros at it so we were pretty much always the last two standing, but the kids loved it. 😅😂
That video was fascinating! I loved that so much, especially how that concept applies to Bach, Pachabel, and Mozart (that song at the end was so beautiful). That’s really interesting though, I didn’t know that was a thing, but now I’m definitely going to pay more attention with that! I immediately want to experiment with that on the uke now too. 😂 Besides the cup beat (which now I understand, thank you, and how the concept of a canon applies), have you ever created something using that concept?
Thank you again for explaining that and sharing that video! So useful. 😊
@rickkhan, really, really beautiful! Well done! 🙂
@otzepeng and @deadbuggy, really beautiful takes on that one! You both brought out the spirit of that song so beautifully (or at least what I perceive to be the spirit of that song, lol). Really lovely! 😊
@jbmills07, really glad to hear you share again! 🙂 Such a beautiful take on that, really well put together. The ending is great. That moment of satisfaction when you nailed a take! 😂 I know that feeling very rarely, lol. Really well played! 😊
@johanna2509, very, very beautiful! The chord melody edition you made is so perfect! When I first saw that video, I had the exact same thought, that those parts were destined to be combined, but you did it really perfectly! 😊❤️Oh, I was going to say, for “A Duet From the Heart,” when I first heard it, I thought it had high clawhammer potential, and I still do think that, but I guess it would be silly to try to turn that into a clawhammer version when there’s already a clawhammer song this month. That’d be so silly to do that………… Who would do that? 😉 😂
@katazumiri, slight delay in filming this, but I finally got to film my version of the “cup beat.” Hopefully it’s clear enough what I’m doing. I maybe should’ve slowed it down a bit to illustrate. I think it’s pretty clear, though.
Okay, here ’tis:
Sorry about T.S. Eliot’s face (the book I did the cup beat on). I hope I don’t get haunted now, LOL. 😉
@katazumiri, ha, that’s true. There’s no rush with these things. I like these kind of more in depth conversations about music, a lot. So thank you for that! 😊
I didn’t realize the different cups in Eastern Duo’s video were playing different beats. That’s an interesting approach. I’m now realizing that my version of the cup beat that I learned as a kid is definitely more like Anna’s; though maybe not exactly the same hand motions, I think it’s the exact same rhythm. Side note, that game has since blown up out of control at my family gatherings. 😅 My niece and nephew are obsessed with it now which is pretty magical. Now we all play it pretty often, so thank you for bringing that up. 😂😅
So, with your version, it still seems like you’re doing different beats with the three-split screen. At least one of them seems different. I’m so sorry if I’m not understanding. Did you have three layers of the same thing just to increase the sound of the cup beat?
I’ll try to record me doing my cup beat later today when I’m filming some other musics. Thank you for this great conversation! 😊💕
