On the last Thursday in November, 30th November 2023, let’s appreciate songs from Musicals – musicial productions in 3 Chord Thursday, the thematic song session in Zoom. Check this list of 50 broadway hits of all time and 101 Greatest Showtunes of All Time. Scroll down to see some suggestions. Join us in Zoom or in-person at the Walter Baker Building in Boston, Massachusetts. As usual, set-up starts at 2:30 PM EST. If you can’t join, you can always play along and follow our publicly livestreamed YouTube recording. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel to get instant e-mail notification of the URL, which works even after the video is unlisted.
Our warm-up lesson will be strumming exercises to support the line-up, including alternating bass.
The Line-Up
- I Have a Dream [4] from “Mamma Mia” – Maureen (MA)
- Any Dream Will Do in G [5] from “Joseph and the Amazing Color Dreamcoat” – Boni-esther (MA) (1-page PDF)
- Do Re Mi in C [9] from “The Sound of Music” – Debbie (HI) (2-page PDF during session)
- Ol’ Man River in C [9] from “Showboat” – Paul (GA) (2-page PDF) (play-along video)
- Til There Was You in C [14] from “The Music Man” – Sheridan (CA) (1-page PDF)
Song Suggestions
There are many three chord songs but 3 Chord Thursday is not limited to 3 chords!! We always start with a warm up at 3 pm EST followed by two poses for a group photo with our sunglasses and ukuleles. Then we announce our line-up. If there’s no request beforehand, we take impromptu requests and line them up. We aim to end an hour later at 4 pm EST.
- Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music (1959) in C and in G – Anne (MA) blog post
- Edelweiss from The Sound of Music (1959)
- If I Only Had A Brain from The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- songs from The Lion King (1994) the highest grossing Broadway show of all time
- Theme from The Addams Family
- You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel (1945)
What time do we meet?
- 21:00 CET (Venice, Italy)
- 20:00 GMT (UK)
- 3:00 PM EST (East Coast USA)
- Noon PST (West Coast USA)
- 10:00 AM HST (Hawaii) – there’s no daylight savings in Hawai’i
Don’t forget your sunglasses!
- Register in Zoom for the Zoom link.
- Request a song to perform in advance to get in the line-up.
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