JackLuis
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I've only been playing since March of '15 and really enjoy it. I am fortunate to have a neighbor who is an old rhythm guitar player.:music:ld:
When I got my first Uke, I showed it to him and he said he had some music that he'd share with me. Since then he's gotten 'some Ukuleles' including a baritone and I have 'some ukuleles' too, including a baritone and now we are practicing a couple of times a week and sharing lead sheets. He got me to go with him to his gym and so we go 3x a week to the gym and keep up each others momentum. We're both retired, or just plain tired, it's hard to tell.
However, Gary plays so he can sing, so for a couple of years he would sing and we'd play mostly his "cowboy" music, just strumming chords and him singing. He also plays guitar and sings in a gig band at rest homes and the like a few times a month so it gives him a chance to break in new material and keeps me from going stale on the same old music. I'd probably end up playing things I could already play without Gary around.
I contribute to him by introducing him to music he wouldn't ordinarily play, Lenard Cohen, Beatles, Paul Simon... But about 9 months ago he convinced me to start singing. It was pretty brutal, I needed two five gallon buckets to carry off Red River Valley or Tennessee Waltz. I have improved however and joined the Seasons of the Ukulele off and on again. I got Gary hooked on the Seasons too and he's more motivated or probably less self conscious than I am. My singing has gotten a lot better but still is less than good.
I started out just wanting to learn to play an instrument well enough to motivate my daughter and granddaughter to learn about music. Since then I've increased my aspirations to learning to sing too!
Today Gary gave me 4-5 new songs he wants to break in and I gave him Pachebel's "Cannon in D" with staff and tabs for baritone and "Imagine" in staff only so we can work on reading the staff, learning the fret board and picking notes to broaden our playing.
Even though I enjoy singing, I actually prefer instrumental music, but Gary plays so he can sing.
How about you?
When I got my first Uke, I showed it to him and he said he had some music that he'd share with me. Since then he's gotten 'some Ukuleles' including a baritone and I have 'some ukuleles' too, including a baritone and now we are practicing a couple of times a week and sharing lead sheets. He got me to go with him to his gym and so we go 3x a week to the gym and keep up each others momentum. We're both retired, or just plain tired, it's hard to tell.
However, Gary plays so he can sing, so for a couple of years he would sing and we'd play mostly his "cowboy" music, just strumming chords and him singing. He also plays guitar and sings in a gig band at rest homes and the like a few times a month so it gives him a chance to break in new material and keeps me from going stale on the same old music. I'd probably end up playing things I could already play without Gary around.
I contribute to him by introducing him to music he wouldn't ordinarily play, Lenard Cohen, Beatles, Paul Simon... But about 9 months ago he convinced me to start singing. It was pretty brutal, I needed two five gallon buckets to carry off Red River Valley or Tennessee Waltz. I have improved however and joined the Seasons of the Ukulele off and on again. I got Gary hooked on the Seasons too and he's more motivated or probably less self conscious than I am. My singing has gotten a lot better but still is less than good.
I started out just wanting to learn to play an instrument well enough to motivate my daughter and granddaughter to learn about music. Since then I've increased my aspirations to learning to sing too!
Today Gary gave me 4-5 new songs he wants to break in and I gave him Pachebel's "Cannon in D" with staff and tabs for baritone and "Imagine" in staff only so we can work on reading the staff, learning the fret board and picking notes to broaden our playing.
Even though I enjoy singing, I actually prefer instrumental music, but Gary plays so he can sing.
How about you?