Sofa No. 1 - Frank Zappa

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• Jun 11, 2015

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Here's Zappa's Sofa No. 1. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/QwmfQBveu_4

 

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• Jun 11, 2015

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That was more laid back than I'd imagined. Admittedly I don't know all of Zappa though. Well played Erik, I enjoyed it.

 

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Thank you! Yes it is one of his calmer songs, I thought it would translate well to ukulele.

 

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• Jun 11, 2015

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9/10 for the performance + 99/10 for the comfy dog that can't wait for you to stop so he (she?) can go to sleep.

 

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• Jun 12, 2015

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Haha oh she sleeps enough!

 

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• Jun 13, 2015

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Ich bin pup's sofa !

Great vid and your dog seems to enjoy it too.

Thanks for sharing.

 

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• Jun 14, 2015

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fantastic! well done , Ive always wanted to play zappa on the ukulele, but its always a touch too challenging for me

 

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• Jun 15, 2015

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kwall said:

fantastic! well done , Ive always wanted to play zappa on the ukulele, but its always a touch too challenging for me

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Thanks! I have a couple more Zappa tunes on my youtube channel if you want to check them out. (Peaches En Regalia, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance/ What's The Ugliest Part of Your Body?)

 

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• Jun 16, 2015

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Very nice!

 

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• Jun 17, 2015

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ItsEman said:

Thanks! I have a couple more Zappa tunes on my youtube channel if you want to check them out. (Peaches En Regalia, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance/ What's The Ugliest Part of Your Body?)

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Where did you get the music for it, just curious

 

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Where did you get the music for it, just curious

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Sofa and TYCOWYD/WTUPOYB I did by ear from the originals. For Peaches I used Pollo Del Mar's cover of the song to figure most of the chords out, and then a combination of that version and the original to figure out the lead lines I used. And for Peaches, once I had the chords figured out I played the song a step down from the original key to give me more open chords to work with.