mikelz777
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I played this one on the resonator to give it a small suggestion of the sitar sound - Norwegian Wood.
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Season 627 - It's 3/4 Time!
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AlanDP
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"Lazy Lou'siana Moon" by Walter Donaldson from 1930. I was going to do a video-in-video so you could also see me playing the u-bass but my computer takes an awfully long time to render a video like that so I ended up not doing it that way.
Sometimes, all times, Mister Moon
Someone needs you when there's love undying.
Come on, shine on, Mister Moon
Can't you hear a Dixie lover sighing, crying?
(chorus)
Lazy Lou'siana Moon, start shining
Give the ev'ning sky a silver lining.
Lazy Lou'siana Moon take warning
'Cause morning will soon be dawning.
Lazy Lou'siana Moon, say "howdy"
Make believe the skies are not so cloudy
Come from your heavenly hideaway and light the way to love!
When you're missing, Mister Moon
I confess my heart is full of sadness.
Time for kissing, Mister Moon
Light the heaven with your light of love's own gladness!
(chorus)
Sometimes, all times, Mister Moon
Someone needs you when there's love undying.
Come on, shine on, Mister Moon
Can't you hear a Dixie lover sighing, crying?
(chorus)
Lazy Lou'siana Moon, start shining
Give the ev'ning sky a silver lining.
Lazy Lou'siana Moon take warning
'Cause morning will soon be dawning.
Lazy Lou'siana Moon, say "howdy"
Make believe the skies are not so cloudy
Come from your heavenly hideaway and light the way to love!
When you're missing, Mister Moon
I confess my heart is full of sadness.
Time for kissing, Mister Moon
Light the heaven with your light of love's own gladness!
(chorus)
I find 3/4 time a bit difficult for me to feel natural with. I feel as if i need to skip or hop instead of walk naturally.
But there is a song in my song book from 2015 - a Fairground Attraction song called Comedy Waltz, which is in 3/4 time.
For anyone who has recently laughed so hard you cried, you will know why the protagonist wanted that....
But there is a song in my song book from 2015 - a Fairground Attraction song called Comedy Waltz, which is in 3/4 time.
For anyone who has recently laughed so hard you cried, you will know why the protagonist wanted that....
mythinformed
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Another shortish one from me ........
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Good Saturday morning from cloudy southern Finland, where we still have lots of snow and ice. My week has advanced nicely in 3/4 rhythm and it has been great to hear your submissions - to meet old favorite songs and to get to know some brilliant new ones. Thank you all for playing, singing and for listening to each others' renditions.
The playlist is up to date with 65 songs and the weekend is still ahead. Thank you again, and let's rock & roll, waltz and skip in 3/4 time some more!
The playlist is up to date with 65 songs and the weekend is still ahead. Thank you again, and let's rock & roll, waltz and skip in 3/4 time some more!
UkeCan1
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Lots of great waltzes from musicals. Here's a particularly iconic one - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins.
A fantastic theme, Ylle! Thanks for hosting.
Ernest Tubb needs a bit of love, even if it’s earlier in the day than I prefer.
Ernest Tubb needs a bit of love, even if it’s earlier in the day than I prefer.
Ms Bean
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I opted for a guitar piece by UU member Jürg Hochweber this week. I've neglected my guitalele since autumn, so it's time to put some effort in. The piece needs more work, but I want to move on for now.
good_uke_boy
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Here's an instrumental with two ukuleles. Arrangement for the background ukulele was by UU's Seeso. Thanks.
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Ms Bean
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A second piece from Guitar Magic (or Gitarren-Zauber) by Jürg Hochweber: Small Talk.
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Lumpy Wafflesquirt
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Not sure if I've done this one before for a season, but this is a new recording with an ad-lib kazoo solo that I didn't know I was going to do till I played it 
AZChris
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Fun theme! Here's a 3/4 piece from Neil Young. Along with uke, I added bass, drum loops and lots of extra vocals.
DelGriff
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Thanks for hosting, Ylle.
I thought I’d venture well outside my comfort zone this week and write a waltz. But what makes a waltz a waltz? Obviously the time signature, but is there any other definitive characteristic that qualifies a 3/4 song as a waltz? Anyway, what I ended up with here sounds like a waltz, but I hedged my bets a bit with the title!
So as well as baritone uke, there’s some digital wind instrument, synth piano, bass, music box and strings, and a homemade (simple) drumtrack.
I thought I’d venture well outside my comfort zone this week and write a waltz. But what makes a waltz a waltz? Obviously the time signature, but is there any other definitive characteristic that qualifies a 3/4 song as a waltz? Anyway, what I ended up with here sounds like a waltz, but I hedged my bets a bit with the title!
So as well as baritone uke, there’s some digital wind instrument, synth piano, bass, music box and strings, and a homemade (simple) drumtrack.
AlanDP
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I came across this one by chance a few weeks ago and it caught my attention because of the title, and because it was from 1922 I knew it couldn't be THE "Moon River," which is also a 3/4 song, I think. The composer, Lee David, is the one who also wrote "Tonight You Belong To Me." I took the sopranino challenge on this one.
Sing to me a song,
A melody of love;
As we float along,
The whippoorwill sweetly trills above.
The moon rolls on its way,
Low across the stream;
While waters laugh and play
With each silv'ry beam.
Dream with me, love's rev'rie.
Comes a music strange, a sweet refrain,
On the gentle breeze a woodland strain.
Close to me, peacefully,
All the world around us seems to know
When I whisper that I love you so.
Sing to me a song,
A melody of love.
As we float along,
The whippoorwill sweetly trills above.
The moon rolls on its way
Low across the stream;
While waters laugh and play
With each silv'ry beam.
Sing to me a song,
A melody of love;
As we float along,
The whippoorwill sweetly trills above.
The moon rolls on its way,
Low across the stream;
While waters laugh and play
With each silv'ry beam.
Dream with me, love's rev'rie.
Comes a music strange, a sweet refrain,
On the gentle breeze a woodland strain.
Close to me, peacefully,
All the world around us seems to know
When I whisper that I love you so.
Sing to me a song,
A melody of love.
As we float along,
The whippoorwill sweetly trills above.
The moon rolls on its way
Low across the stream;
While waters laugh and play
With each silv'ry beam.
Timm_S
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I’ve only had my uke for two weeks and a day now, and the class I’m in is pretty basic, strummed songs with only 2-4 simple chords so far. Then I saw you do this one, which seemed approachable… So in the last hour I got busy, printed out the score and figured out my first picking piece in tablature and learned to play this Nuance, not with the same finesse as you but I can get through it. Thank you for sharing this piece and giving me a real head start in this new direction.
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ukukeguy
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Written by Harry Dacre, who died in 1922, so in theory it is out of copyright, yet YouTube put a content ID on it not once, but twice! Deliberately lo-fi/low definition.
Thanks for hosting, Ylle!
more Gaspar Sanz, warts and all. It kind of fits my mood, lately.
more Gaspar Sanz, warts and all. It kind of fits my mood, lately.
TCK
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Shane McGowan (RIP) taught me this song when I was a kid. Kinda had a few mistakes in their but it is longer than I am used to keeping it together for.
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