Category: Music (Page 5 of 6)

Yay! We’re finally back to our regularly scheduled night and location.

Tuesday, November 3
7 pm
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue, Regina

I’ve prepared three songs:  a Joni Mitchell classic, a song that helped bring ukulele into the mainstream and the title track from the Beatles’ first movie.

• Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell (1970) video
• Hey, Soul Sister, Train (2009) video
• A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles (1964) video

PDFs: Just the new music

• November 2015: GCEA (soprano, concert, tenor)
• November 2015: DGBE (baritone)

PDFs: Complete QCU Songbook

• QCU Songbook: GCEA (soprano, concert, tenor)
• QCU Songbook: DGBE (baritone) (Mostly complete – a few older songs are still missing)

Summer is winding down, but there’s still time for one more circle away from our home at Sawchyn Guitars. A huge thank you to Laura, who has invited us to play on her deck (or inside if the weather takes a turn)!

September 1, 2015
7 p.m.
134 Rink Avenue, Regina

Music

• Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett (1977) video
• Yellow Submarine, The Beatles (1966) video
• Stand By Me, Ben E. King (1961) video
• From Me To You, The Beatles (1963) video

PDFs: Just the new music

• September’s music: soprano, concert and tenor (GCEA)
• September’s music: baritone (DGBE)

PDFs: Complete QCU Songbook

Here’s all the music in one big PDF for those who want to print out their own binder or save it to a tablet or computer.

• QCU Songbook: soprano, conert and tenor (GCEA)
• QCU Songbook: baritone (DGBE)

I’ve updated the music page on the website. It now lists all the music we’ve played at the monthly circles so you don’t have to search through all 664 songs in the complete library. For those who might be just starting out, the songs with easier chords are marked with an asterisk (*).

Aloha! It’s time for another circle!

Tuesday, August 4
7 PM
Connaught Library’s back yard, 3435 13th Avenue at Elphinstone Street

We’re going to be outside again so bring your lawn chairs or blankets. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, the library has room for us. Three cheers to Kaiti for the location!

We had two song requests; one country, the other jazz:

• Toes, Zac Brown Band: original video, ukulele version
• Don’t Get Around Much, Anymore, Duke Ellington: video

The ukulele version of Toes is in the same key as our music; just C, F, G and G7.

I linked to Nat King Cole’s version of Don’t Get Around Much, Anymore but there are lots more. The music is the same as the version in the 365 book. There are a couple of new chords, but your fingers won’t end up in knots.

It’s summer! Let’s play outside!

Tuesday, July 7
7 PM
Rotary Park, Regina Avenue and Angus Street (one block west of Albert)

For July’s circle, we’ll meet at Rotary Park. It’s just north of Regina Avenue and west of the Victoria Bridge. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. There is parking on the street and along the alley that takes you to the park.

My parents house backs onto the park and they have offered us a roof in case it rains.

We’ve got three new songs lined up:

• Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival) video
• I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song) (Disney’s The Jungle Book) video
• 1234 (Feist) video

You can download all the music in a single PDF:

• Standard tuning (GCEA)
• Baritone tuning (DGBE)

Tuesday, June 2
7 PM
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue

We’re going to start collecting fee this month. It’s $10 for the year for individuals and $20 for families.

Update: I’m so sorry. I originally said $15 for families. It should have been $20. My apologies.

I’ve prepared four new songs for this month; two easier ones for the first half and two slightly trickier ones for the second half. Telia did such a great job with “Count On Me” in May that I wanted to add it to our repertoire.

• Act Naturally (Buck Owens/The Beatles) video
• The Hockey Song (Stompin’ Tom) video
• Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (The Beatles) video
• Count On Me (Bruno Mars) video

It’s time for our 12th Tuesday Night Ukulele circle. I can’t believe how quickly the last year has flown by. In May we’re going to celebrate our first anniversary, but for now, let’s do what we do best: sing a few songs with friends and have some laughs!

7 pm Tuesday, April 7 at Sawchyn Guitars (2132 Dewdney Avenue, Regina)

Here are the songs for Tuesday night. Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions and thanks to Gary and Laura for The Hukilau Song and Swinging on a Star.

All the songs in a single PDF:

• April 2015 – GCEA (soprano, concert and tenor)
• April 2015 – DGBE (baritone)

I’ve included YouTube links so you can hear what they sound like and play along. Most are in the same key but if not, I’ve indicated the capo position.

• The Hukilau Song, Jack Owens (YouTube – the original has a nasty key change for the last verse, but we’ll ignore that)
• Cupid, Sam Cooke (YouTube)
• These Boots Are Made for Walking, Nancy Sinatra (YouTube)
• I Bet My Life, Imagine Dragons (YouTube – capo on 1st fret)
• Jolene, Dolly Parton (YouTube – we’ll try to keep the tempo down)
• Hotel California, The Eagles (YouTube – capo on 2nd fret)
• Sleeping By Myself, Eddie Veddar (YouTube)
• Swinging on a Star, Bing Crosby (YouTube)

Remember, next month I’m turning the tables and asking group members to try leading a song or performing a solo or group piece. Performing is a great way to push yourself to improve and where better to dip your toe in the water than among friends!

The Queen City Ukes next circle is 7pm Tuesday, March 3, at Sawchyn Guitars (2132 Dewdney Avenue).

We’re going to finish off the music from November’s “Ukulele Right Hand” workshop.

The single file with all of March’s music will be ready soon, but in the mean time, here are the links to the individual songs.

• Faith
• Ho Hey
• Freight Train
• Dance Me to the End of Love
• Hush, Little Baby
• Blowin’ In the Wind
• Hallelujah

If there’s time, I also want to touch on James Hill’s “Chord Twins” workshop from earlier this month:

• Sway
• St. James’ Infirmary

For those who ordered the Daily Ukulele, the books are in! Don’t forget to bring $35.

Tuesday, February 3
7 PM
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue

We’re going to continue the introduction to strumming patterns.

All the music in one file: (GCEA) (DGBE)

Songs include:

• You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Bob Dylan)
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwo`ole)
• Under the Boardwalk (The Drifters)
• Ticket to Ride (The Beatles)
• Stuck In the Middle With You (Stealers Wheel)
• We’re Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister)
• Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
• Faith (George Michael)
• Ho Hey (The Lumineers)

That’s a lot, so if we don’t get through them all, we’ll finish them off in March. Joel also taught some finger-picking techniques. We’ll look at those in March, too.

Happy new year, everyone! It’s time to work off all that turkey with another ukulele circle.

Tuesday, January 6
7 PM
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue

It’s almost 2015 and that means it’s time to work on those ukulele resolutions!

We’ve started to build up a pretty good collection of chords over this first year. For 2015, my resolution is to concentrate more on what my right hand is doing. For the next few circles, I’m going to work through the strumming patterns that Joel introduced us to at the his “Ukulele Right Hand” workshop in November.

We’ll spend an hour or so introducing some patterns and try them out on some new songs. The songs have been added below and on the music page.

See you in the new year!

Music for the January 6 circle

[Update] All in one file: (GCEA) (DGBE)

• That’s All Right, Mama [A] (GCEA) (DGBE)
• Five Foot Two [C] (GCEA) (DGBE)
• Brand New Key [C] (GCEA) (DGBE)
• Wagon Wheel [C] (GCEA) (DGBE)
• Goodnight, Irene [C] (GCEA) (DGBE)
• Little Boxes [A] (GCEA) (DGBE)