3 Chord Thurs ART

Thursday 18th April 2024 is World Art Day. Join us in Zoom to celebrate the power of imagery in music in 3 Chord Thursday. Bring your “Fun with Uke” Book if you have one (owners get free entry to this session). Check out the YouTube Playlist.

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Birthday Bash

Celebrating songs of 1964!

Here’s a list with links to transposable song sheets. Thanks, Betty Lou.

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Leap Year Special 2024

Do something unusual and extraordinary on Thursday 29th February 2024. Leap year occurs once every four years, even less frequently than a blue moon. Tune into my YouTube Channel to see livestream videos of the sunset on Maui and jam session.

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3 Chord Thursday 4th Anniversary

Our 4th anniversary falls on Thursday 4/4/24 which has a nice ring to it and is easy to remember as we end at 4 PM EDT. We will focus on four chord songs with common chord progressions (here’s a list).

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Workshop: Happy Birthday

Can you play “Happy Birthday” without following a song sheet or score? It can be as easy and as few as three chords to accompany yourself singing. This one hour workshop will show you how to memorize and make it interesting and personal.

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Arrangements for easy piano

I am organizing ALL my piano arrangements on one page so that I can categorize them for easier access. Here’s my YouTube Playlist of recordings of my piano arrangements by others who stumble upon my pieces online.

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Guitar orchestra concert in Boston – free

Once upon a time, I played the piano daily and performed regularly with a guitarist in a piano guitar duo. When the guitarist moved to Boston to pursue his doctorate in music, I got replaced by a string quartet and an orchestra.

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Chinese tea dyed eggs or marbled tea eggs

At first sight, it looks a bit scary. The lines on the hard-boiled egg are formed by the cracks in the egg shells, thus absorbing the tea liquid. What does a tea dyed egg taste like? Is it healthy? When do you eat a marbled tea egg?

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Ukulele Accompaniment Course in Zoom

What’s the strum pattern? If you’re asking this question, you’d be interested in the new Ukulele Accompaniment Course in Zoom. Get introduced to rhythmic patterns for different kinds of songs and occasions.

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Workshop: Ode to Joy

To celebrate the bicentennial of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the only one that uses the human voice, we will play the Ode to Joy for the ukulele. Watch the documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth.

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