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Thank you @Andrew! 😀
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This month I chose “Whiskey Before Breakfast “; I wanted something lighthearted and not too serious. I decided this was just the thing. Andrew, please forgive me—I turned the duet into a quartet. I recently saw someone playing a washboard with a bicycle horn attached to it, and I wanted to use one too. The problem is, real horns are huge and very loud… Anyway, now I have a child’s bicycle horn—a “little bee” model—which is compact and relatively “quiet.” So, I allowed myself a bit of playful mischief.As it turned out, the song touches on a complex, “socially significant” issue. And if you really think about it, it’s not all that cheerful. But if you don’t overthink it, you can simply join in on the final verse and chorus:
One by one everybody in town
Heard our ruckus and they all came down
Pretty soon all the streets were a-ringin’
With the sound of the whole town laughin’ and singin’
Lord protect us, Saints preserve us
We been drinkin’ whiskey ‘fore breakfast
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@takuan – Well done!
Kanilea giveaways usually don’t take place in the summer — that’s for sure.
However, the challenges themselves continue. Sometimes the format or prizes change (you can check the forum to see what was offered last year). In any case, if you have the time and interest, keep an eye out for announcements regarding the summer challenges 🙂We’re experiencing an unusual heatwave right now. I decided to go with Dalida’s version (it’s slower and required less practice), though I still had to sweat it out—literally, like in a sauna—while working on it.
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Well then, dear friends!
Earlier this month, I mentioned that I liked the versions of “La Vie en Rose” by Grace Jones and Dalida. Grace’s version has a tempo of 88 BPM (disco), while Dalida’s is 46 BPM (easy listening).
As for the harmony, Dalida’s version stays closer to the original, whereas Grace’s would require some changes.
Neither Dalida nor Grace used an intro like the one Édith Piaf did.
So, I recorded Matt’s version to a metronome — since neither Dalida nor Grace used rubato — and used part of that recording for my subsequent experiments.I invite you to join me for a stroll through the rose garden in our city park 🙂
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Haha! Truly the agony of choice!😂 I know that I want to learn “La Vie en Rose.” I’ve decided on the ukulele part, but…Edith Piaf’s version didn’t have drums. I really like Dalida’s version (1967) and Grace Jones’s disco version (1977). So, I still haven’t decided which of those two versions I’ll use as my basis. I’m not sure I’ll have the time to do both versions…
@misterbones – Fun fact: The first recordings of “Tonight You Belong To Me” from the 1920s were composed as a slow ballad in 3/4 time 🙂
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I haven’t seen “The Jerk”. The link Andrew provided leads to a very romantic scene 🎺👄
On YouTube, I found a version of the song performed by Patience and Prudence, dating back to the mid-50s. Judging by the YouTube comments, this version of the song also made it to television screens. The TV series was titled “American Horror Story”
I borrowed several ideas from the Patience and Prudence performance, and I also played a “solo” on a tenor ocarina in D. My version is slower than the original (about 80% of the speed).I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER
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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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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 videoOne 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?
And another option. My computer helped me with the ukulele solo and added the missing 30%.
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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%.
@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. 😂
