electrauke
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I am going to be hosting a season of the ukulele and am torn between having the theme be instrumentals or folk music. I really want to have a lot of people submit. Thanks.
Instrumental or Folk?
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They've both got a lot of breadth, people can find plenty of songs to play.
Chris Tarman
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I voted for instrumental, because I can't recall seeing an instrumental season yet. Although, I will admit that I didn't follow them for a long time, so maybe I just missed it (them).
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Hippie Dribble
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Two great themes Andre.
I think we've had several folk-related weeks so far but I can't remember a strictly 'instrumental' week yet either...man, that would sure be a challenge.
Either one will be a winner mate, looking forward to it. All the best.
I think we've had several folk-related weeks so far but I can't remember a strictly 'instrumental' week yet either...man, that would sure be a challenge.
Either one will be a winner mate, looking forward to it. All the best.
Which theme do you know better Andre? What theme do you want to listen to cuz you will be the judge!!
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electrauke
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You know what, I read the list and there has never been an instrumental season, and I WANT to hear instrumentals.
Tootler
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Both good themes. I went for instrumental.
If it was instrumental, would you allow ukulele accompanying another instrument?
If it was instrumental, would you allow ukulele accompanying another instrument?
chrimess
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With a voice like mine, all you can hope for is instrumentals.
drbekken
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Instrumentals are wonderful. No need to learn all those lyrics!
frisbee fred
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If you want to have the most people submit it would probably be folk - players like me aren't quite up to instrumentals yet. However, I would gladly sit back and watch the videos of those who submit for an instrumental season.
BlueLatitude
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It would be nice for those who can't or don't sing to have a chance to enter a season.
frisbee fred
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Good point, Blue, I hadn't thought of it that way.
What Frisbee Fred said. I'm almost exclsuively a strummer, and while I don't sing well, singing is really the only way I can add melody to a song's chords, and I'm not sure how I'd perform a song as an instrumental without the melody. On the other hand, I too would sit back and watch a week's worth of instrumental videos. For what it's worth, I haven't participated yet in the Seasons (I'm still looking for enough free time to make a video and jump in), so feel free to take my opinion with a grain of salt.
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electrauke
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Yeah, I will be going with instrumentals. I love hearing them and people that cannot or do not want to sing will have a chance to enter. And yes I would let other instruments accompany the uke.
barefootgypsy
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I think instrumentals would be great, and people have already made the relevant points about that so I won't repeat them. I love folk music, but we have had a couple. I'm voting for instrumentals!
Instrumentals are fine; in fact, no Season has ever banned them! IMS, they have featured fairly often. On the other hand, a lot of us strummers and pickers will probably choose to sit this one out. But hey, that's OK too. 
TheOnlyUkeThatMatters
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Great ideas!
We've never had an all-instrumental Season; it would be a blast. That being said, folk music is one of the great gifts humanity has given itself. Specifying a certain era/area as a folk music source is a great way to focus a Season.
But why not use both of your ideas?! Challenge: Play an instrumental arrangement of a folk song. (An arrangement could be as simple as a melody plucked out as individual notes---that's a great challenge for beginners. For players that have developed some confidence with instrumental playing, the challenge could be as difficult as the player likes.)
I haven't noticed a common thread in the themes that have drawn the most participants---I wouldn't worry too much about how many entries your Season will get---you'll have fun hosting whether you have 15 entries or 50. Looking forward to your Season, electrauke!
We've never had an all-instrumental Season; it would be a blast. That being said, folk music is one of the great gifts humanity has given itself. Specifying a certain era/area as a folk music source is a great way to focus a Season.
But why not use both of your ideas?! Challenge: Play an instrumental arrangement of a folk song. (An arrangement could be as simple as a melody plucked out as individual notes---that's a great challenge for beginners. For players that have developed some confidence with instrumental playing, the challenge could be as difficult as the player likes.)
I haven't noticed a common thread in the themes that have drawn the most participants---I wouldn't worry too much about how many entries your Season will get---you'll have fun hosting whether you have 15 entries or 50. Looking forward to your Season, electrauke!
BlueLatitude
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That could be a lot of fun indeed!
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electrauke
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Yeah, I think I might have 2 categories, one for instrumentals and one for folk
All I know is that this is going to be fun Similar threads
