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So, I had several takes at 42 bpm (that’s about 40%) on the baritone ukulele. From them, I selected all the best passages and sped them up to 75% on the computer. Bass and drums were added to this.
Here’s what I came up with.

Have a nice day! 🙂

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Hello everyone!

In April, I learned Etude 39. It’s a tough nut to crack for me. It’s the end of the month now. This etude is definitely not at a tempo close to the original. Only at 42 bpm did I manage to get it more or less in time. Here’s one of several takes.

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@The_Bumble_Bard, @anyon1, @grannieannie – Thank you all so much for the kind words 🙂

@leihali – Beautifully played and sung! Well done!  👏👏👏

@Misterbones – Thanks for the advice (Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Ukulele Bossa Nova). An interesting selection of pieces. I’m something of a sheet music collector. However, I rarely manage to bring everything written in sheet music to life. (I dug through the treasure trove of sheet music in my stash and discovered two entire notebooks of “Gypsy Jazz.” One notebook contains very simplified pieces, the other more complex.) The fingerpicking in the bossa nova notebook is impressive. The notebook also features a “One-Note Samba.” Oh, I’d love to be a girl in the audience at a MozARTgroup concert, like in this video

One spring photo for @grannieannie (the January fog has cleared and we sometimes get sunshine). And a couple of close-up photos of flowers for @The_Bumble_Bard. Maybe they’ll become the inspiration for a watercolor?

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And another option. My computer helped me with the ukulele solo and added the missing 30%.

Have a nice day! 🌸🐦🌸

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Hi everyone!

In March, I was working on “I Fall in Love Too Easily.” What can I say? It was quite tricky. I lack both concentration and patience for the ukulele solo… I’m currently at 70%.

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@The_bumble_bard, @misterbones I don’t know much about jazz. And the way Chet Baker sings (softly, quietly, serenely) reminds me more of Bossa Nova than jazz.
But I don’t know much about Bossa Nova either. I went to Wikipedia. And it says that Bossa Nova originated from the fusion of samba (or the slower Samba Canção) and “cool jazz.” Okay, I thought, what is “cool jazz”? It turns out it’s a genre of jazz where: “vibrato-free, often muted to breathy tone intonation”.

So who do you think is a typical representative of “cool jazz”? It’s Chet-Baker.
Now I understand where I got the Bossa Nova association. 😂

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For further experiments, I used Matt Carlson’s recording (I hope he’s not offended, since I shifted the last A.H. by two bars).

Besides, I was in a dreamy, nostalgic mood and longed for railroad romance, so I browsed through photos with some connection to Tennessee.

And this is what came out.

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So, folks, here’s my Tennessee waltz.

It was a bit too difficult for me; a whole month without a few days of practice wasn’t enough… Here’s what worked.

Please exclude me from the prize drawing this month.

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Thank you all so much! I really appreciate your support! And I’m already looking forward to my 1 on 1 lesson with Stephen ☺🎶🎵🎶

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@Andrew, @marianne, @leb397 Thank you very much! I’m very glad you liked it 😊

@the_bumble_bard  Ha ha. I only know this song from the radio. It’s Latin pop (Colombian) in Spanish, and it was a hit in the summer of 2005 in Germany. But you’re absolutely right about this song having great dance potential. It’s a popular choice for Zumba classes (a combination of aerobics and Latin dance elements).
I really like your arrangement of “Pathétique” 👍

@nat-uke  I enjoyed your performance!
And yes, working with a video editor can be stressful 😅 My video editor tends to shut down on its own (mostly when I get impatient and rushed). Then it’s interesting to know when I last saved my work. And how much do I need to redo?

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Hi everyone!

Here’s my result.
The original version was about 100 beats per minute, my version is 70, so significantly slower.

Lead uke – there were double stop, slides, and pull-offs.
Rhythm uke – there were staccato eighth notes off-beat. I don’t know how good they work…
C-Recorder – the original key of F-sharp minor in the verse and F-sharp major in the chorus wasn’t very comfortable, so I transposed everything to E minor / E major.

Have a nice day! 🙂

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@The_Bumble_Bard – I’m glad you liked it.

I think the guys used the “Hall” sound effect when recording the banjo and other string instruments.

Coffee (or its component caffeine) is quite an interesting thing. On the one hand, it’s credited with many positive properties. On the other hand, if there are contraindications, the negative effects may outweigh the positive expectations. So sometimes it’s easier to give up coffee or find a substitute.

Good luck with mastering watercolors. Would you like to use your drawings for videos in the member chalenges?

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Happy New Year!

1) Implementation – I’m working on song “La Camisa Negra” by Juanes.
2) Application – I will be partially guided by this sheet music from MuseScore ( https://musescore.com/user/29889857/scores/10957468 ). The piece is in F# minor 😅 … I’m not sure I want to stay here
3) Evaluation – I’ll post a video of me playing the song before the deadline 🙂

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And finally, a bass guitar, a cement mixer and flip-flops!

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For variety, a banjo and beard trimmer…

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