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To everyone that has done Can’t Help Falling in Love so far, thank you. I’ve been taking notes on the the comments you have received. @Lyndallk – that was awesome. I think that’s what I’ll be aiming for.
Hi Rickey. Are you a bit of a handyman? If so, try making one yourself. Tiffany made mine with my dad using a spare floorboard and some dowel.
Here are the instructions.
1) Measure your uke necks to see how wide you need the rack to be. Somewhere between the minimum width of the neck and the maximum width of the headstock should be right.
2) Drill holes in the board that distance apart. Slot some dowel in the holes.
3) Put some padding over the dowels (we used pipe insulation).
4) Attach some sort of cap on the end of the dowel to stop the uke from sliding out.@rickeymike – I don’t think memorization was ever a requirement for the challenges. It was just a recommendation to help with learning.
Also, here is a quote from Wikipedia:
Only three candidates that use the name Rising Sun have historical evidence—from old city directories and newspapers. The first was a small, short-lived hotel on Conti Street in the French Quarter in the 1820s. It burned down in 1822. An excavation and document search in early 2005 found evidence that supported this claim, including an advertisement with language that may have euphemistically indicated prostitution. Archaeologists found an unusually large number of pots of rouge and cosmetics at the site.[50][51]
The second possibility was a “Rising Sun Hall” listed in late 19th-century city directories on what is now Cherokee Street, at the riverfront in the uptown Carrollton neighborhood, which seems to have been a building owned and used for meetings of a Social Aid and Pleasure Club, commonly rented out for dances and functions. It also is no longer extant. Definite links to gambling or prostitution (if any) are undocumented for either of these buildings.
A third was “The Rising Sun”, which advertised in several local newspapers in the 1860s, located on what is now the lake side of the 100 block of Decatur Street.[52] In various advertisements it is described as a “Restaurant”, a “Lager Beer Salon”, and a “Coffee House”. At the time, New Orleans businesses listed as coffee houses often also sold alcoholic beverages.
Dave Van Ronk claimed in his biography “The Mayor of MacDougal Street” that at one time when he was in New Orleans someone approached him with a number of old photos of the city from the turn of the century. Among them “was a picture of a foreboding stone doorway with a carving on the lintel of a stylized rising sun… It was the Orleans Parish women’s prison”.[53]
Bizarre New Orleans, a guidebook on New Orleans, asserts that the real house was at 1614 Esplanade Avenue between 1862 and 1874 and was said to have been named after its madam, Marianne LeSoleil Levant, whose surname means “the rising sun” in French.[16]
Another guidebook, Offbeat New Orleans, asserts that the real House of the Rising Sun was at 826–830 St. Louis St. between 1862 and 1874, also purportedly named for Marianne LeSoleil Levant. The building still stands, and Eric Burdon, after visiting at the behest of the owner, said, “The house was talking to me”.[54]
There is a contemporary B&B called the House of the Rising Sun, decorated in brothel style. The owners are fans of the song, but there is no connection with the original place.
Going from a month where I was excited to try 3 of the 4 options to a month where the only one that really appeals to me is Bohemian Rhapsody, which I don’t think I’ll manage in a month. I think I might have to try one of the easier options and move on.
Well, I didn’t make any resolutions but I have managed to keep a number of songs memorised. I’ve actually surprised myself lately. Here is the list I can play without referring to tabs.
1. Moon
2. Purple rain (including lyrics)
3. Sakura Sakura (not RC101 version)
3. GoT Theme (not RC101 version)
4. Zelda’s Lullaby
5. Nausicaa Requiem (half arranged by me)
6. Path of the Wind
7. Blackbird (on guitalele, including lyrics)
8. Jenny of Oldstones (on guitalele)
9. Creep (including lyrics)
10. Sleepwalk
11. Stranger things themeWow @cauer2. You NAILED that!
@rickeymike – I love the slide used to start the piece. I might incorporate that in mine.
@lyndallk – Your ukulele sounds awesome! I think the low G suits it.
Hi @rickeymike – I also have no problem with the pinky stretch at the end.
@Andrew – I agree that the transition from Dm to Asus4 to A in bar 22 is really pretty. Saying that is probably a bit of a giveaway that I have more or less memorised theme 3. I think I want to keep going to the end now. I’ve already worked out the fingering for the tricky chords in bars 23 and 24.
