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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      speaking of Earl, Willie, and that entire classic echelon (I suppose Waylon should be included), my favorite story involves Chet Atkins...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      I caught the Bach bug, so I was just playing around. Back in the day I always play "jesu joy of man's desiring" in D, so I just...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      Arrived home from my day job but didn't go to bed 'til 2 a.m. What was I doing? I had to make a batch of beans as I had run out. The...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      I understand you never asked me to do all that, but it is what I would have to do personally. That's just me; if I'm going to do it...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      I saw a silly statement saying the soprano is the purest form of the uke. That's like saying an amoeba is the purest form of a dog...
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      ripock replied to the thread Barring seems impossible :(.
      I can barre without using the thumb whatsoever. I do this by using "heavy hand" technique. instead of pressing more and more...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      yeah. I know what it takes to efficaciously present material. In my teaching days I learned html, xml and cascading style sheets to...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      It is funny how our conversations influence our behavior. I contributed to a thread about cowboy chords. That, to me, is an insulting...
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      ripock replied to the thread The Tenor is King.
      By a strange twist of fate, I have always had tenors. When I first got into ukuleles, I "did my own research" and you know what that...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      This may come as no shock, but I am having the most success in mixing scales by mixing bigger chunks. Switching too quickly seems to...
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      I'll be honest. I think it is derogatory. 'First position chords' is a neutral descriptive term (although you could say it with a...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      The mustard turned out fine. I added 3 tsp of mustard powder to thicken it up. The lime wasn't really present while the mustard's in...
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      ripock replied to the thread my ukulele progress.
      Wife brought home some leftover potatoes from a restaurant she went to. I expended my mustard on them. So I had to make more. I...
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      ripock replied to the thread Finding riffs while noodling.
      I never use the term noodling. I have always used wanking or wankery as the abstract noun
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      Hey Rob, Remember this beauty: It is still the love of my life. I recently bought a custom uke for 5X the obscenely low price you...
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