Sunday, December 13, 2015

Did You Miss The Uke Meeting?

You would have loved it!

It's true the photo was taken before all the participants had showed up...  I thought our group singing was especially wonderful this time.

Here's the Songfest:
GCD Christmas in Prison
Mama Mia
NoWhere Man (v= G/D/C/G/C/Cm/G
Ch=Bm C Bm C Bm C D
Love Call
(key of A) Don't Worry Baby
C Am Dm E7 F Dm C F C Cruel War X2 or 3
Hobo's Lullaby
D A Bm F#m G D G A warm up, 8 strums each
Pachelbale's Canon in D (instrumental) (also with the Monty Python lyrics "Decomposing Composers)
Late John Garfield Blues
Blue Umbrella
In My Life (v=C Em7 Am C7/ F Fm/ C X2
Ch= Am F Bb C Am D Fm C)
Miss Ohio
Red Wood Trees
Across The Universe (key learning = G6=Em7)
D Dmaj7 F#m Em7 A A7
D Dmaj7 F#m Em7 Gm
3/4 Time Silver Bells (V= GCDD7 G
Ch=GCD7G)
End of The Line (DAGDAD)
Forever Young - 1 verse only
Lion Sleeps


Saturday, December 12, 2015

More Notes from Uke Club etc.

You know our venue has changed to the Red Papaya right?  Our weekly gatherings still happen Sundays from 7-9pm.  And yes, we're recruiting new participants and wondering if/what we should plan for Culture Days 2016.

Here's a list of what we recently played:
Christmas Don't Be Late (x2)
Imagine
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Walking After Midnight
Dancing In The Dark
Jolene (key of Dm)
All The Younger Girls
War Is Over
Mama Mia
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Song Sung Blue
500 Miles
5"2"
The Lion Sleeps
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I liked going out to the T-jam, and I liked that we started riffing on a new tune "Winter, I'm just not that into you...  can't deny that you're beautiful when you first come" blah blah blah, and we all rejoiced in the forecast revealed in a lack of walnuts to harvest this season