[lhamilton]

Thanks @Andrew! It felt a lot better this time. My son helped me set up the mic on the uke.

Linda

[lhamilton]

Thanks, @Stephen! I’ve really enjoyed this challenge. As I age and gradually lose friends and relatives, this particular piece of music has increased meaning for me.

Linda

[lhamilton]

And here is the last recording of the Farewell to Music (Farewell!) this month. A bit smoother especially at the start and I’ve gotten in some dynamics.

Linda

[lhamilton]

Thanks, Andrew.

I am fairly happy with the second half of the recording. The rhythm feels right to me there, but the first part is choppy and scattered. I’m hoping to record again since I’ve had a bit more time to be comfortable with it.

It has been fun working on this. And it gave me a chance to play on my new ukulele.

I designed the arrangement to be playable on high G and did the score for that but definitely prefer the low G for it. It’s interesting that the key is F but it’s Gm — so I’m presuming it’s in a specific scale mode but not sure which.

Linda

[lhamilton]

Wow! Thanks, @gi_gi_ !

[lhamilton]

Hi,

And I’ve finished the score for my arrangement of Carolan’s Farewell to Music. Probably not perfect 🙂 but I’ll be able to use it to recall it if I forget parts in future. My performance was posted yesterday.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y8uti0ymdldw8pkwf0o3k/Farewell_to_Music_jan28_2024.pdf?rlkey=ha02b1azxsf1elnsa639ziseq&dl=0

Linda

[lhamilton]

Hi,

I’ve memorized and worked on the playing of Carolan’s Farewell to Music and here it is.

Linda
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[lhamilton]

Hi,

I’ve got the arrangement of Farewell to Music relatively figured out and updated the score on MuseScore (mostly) and am concentrating on playing the piece smoothly and comfortably playing a few of the more difficult sections. Memorization is also mostly complete, with occasional pauses. I’m hoping to record late next week.

With respect to the right hand style, I’ve opted for thumb. I managed to damage the third finger on my right hand, piercing the lower part of the nail and it just doesn’t feel stable enough to use for playing — and I like the sound of the thumb playing anyway (luckily).

I’m hoping to use a pickup to mic my low-G uke. I found the leather parts of the strap were creaking too much and think using strap locks may help stop that.

Linda

[lhamilton]

Second update:

I’ve basically got the arrangement done and transcribed (with minor changes still occurring) and am working on the incidentals and getting comfortable playing the piece. I’ll soon update the score with the changes I’ve made. I seem to be using a lot of hammers onto different strings and drones but it seems to suit this piece.

Linda

• This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by lhamilton.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by lhamilton.

[lhamilton]

Hi,

Here is my first update.

I hunted up a few traditional versions of Farewell to Music and entered the basic notes into my Notion iPad app and then transposed it to the key of F which I like the sound of for this.

Then I worked with my uke and the app to decide a basic tab that might work. Then, once I had something at least reasonably playable, I pencilled in the extra notes for the doublestops and chords on the printed score as I worked out what sounded good, adding the changes to Notion periodically and reprinting.

By that time it was clear that I’d over-stretched Notion — it began to put the doublestop and chord notes far from where I was trying to enter them. So I exported the score to musicXML and imported it into Musescore on my PC. I hadn’t used this program recently so I updated it first. The XML imported the treble clef and tab beautifully. It took a couple of evenings of fiddling but I figured out how to update both the tab and notes and even got the note stems to show in my tab.

Now, I’m working with the score I’ve printed out, learning to play the music and pencilling in changes as I go which I’ll add periodically into the Musescore program, reprint and continue.

I’m finding the piece works well on both high and low G as I’d hoped.

Linda

[lhamilton]

Hi,

This is what I’m planning to do.

1) Execution – I’d like to pull together a ukulele arrangement of Carolan’s Farewell to Music and learn to play it comfortably. I’m a high intermediate level player. Using Notion on the iPad, I’ll pull together a bare-bones version of the sheetmusic and work out best string and fingering to use as well as chording and ornamentation etc. plus the uke fingering style to use. I’d prefer if it could be played passably in both low and high G ukuleles. I’ll work on it daily for anywhere from half an hour to an hour. Once the arrangement is basically completed, I’ll work more on my playing of it, tweaking as I go.

By end of month I’d like to have an arrangement I like and be able to play it comfortably from memory.

2) Application – I’ll be reviewing similar pieces I’ve liked to determine chording, fingering, etc.

3) Evaluation – I’ll be keeping track of the arrangement and hope to have it mostly completed within a week and then work on the playing and tweaking, with memorization coming at least by a week before the end of the month.

Linda

[lhamilton]

Down by the River — Baldur’s Gate 3

[lhamilton]

Thanks, @leb397!

[lhamilton]

Thanks, Andrew! It’s a lovely piece. The rhythm issues toward the end were me remembering a bit late what came next but should smooth out soon.

Linda

[lhamilton]

Hi,

This month I played Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. What a lovely arrangement!

Linda
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