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BigJackBrass
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Tabs/Chords
The Cliff Edwards Project
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My latest songsheet, for Way Down Yonder in New Orleans by Layton and Creamer. Cliff recorded this one a couple of times in the forties...
Today at 3:57 PM
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Great show last night in Scottsdale, AZ. Laura was playing a Revelator! :cool: (y)
Yesterday at 5:11 PM
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This is not strictly relevant to your query, but twenty years ago a friend showed me a picture of a 'Northern' uke and it inspired me to...
Yesterday at 9:57 AM
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Bishaw's Method?
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It probably doesn't help that I avoid using Google.
Monday at 8:28 PM
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I'm wondering if it's this: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-175375374/view?partId=nla.obj-175375382#page/n0/mode/1up Henry Peelua Bishaw's book.
Monday at 6:27 PM
BigJackBrass
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Bishaw's Method?
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Ah, that looks possible. I wondered whether it was a specific method for adapting piano music to chords for the ukulele, but it could...
Monday at 6:27 PM
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During my frequent hunts for sheet music I found this library entry: Jealous [music] / words by Tommie Malie & Dick Finch ; music by...
Monday at 5:44 PM
BigJackBrass
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rechargeable electronic clip-on tuners
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My only concern with the rechargeable tuners is that, as with most wireless earbuds, the batteries cannot be replaced and will degrade...
Monday at 2:52 PM
BigJackBrass
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Tabs/Chords
The Cliff Edwards Project
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Taking advantage of my temporarily rejigged work schedule, I typed up a sheet for Dinah earlier. There's a lovely sequence in the...
Monday at 2:46 PM
BigJackBrass
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Tabs/Chords
The Cliff Edwards Project
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Something that surprised me when I was looking into these songs is that Am I Blue? was used in four movies in the year it was written...
Sunday at 4:29 PM
BigJackBrass
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Tabs/Chords
The Cliff Edwards Project
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Two more for the pot! Am I Blue? went smoothly, but working out the lyrics Cliff sings to Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! was not so...
Sunday at 4:12 PM
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And yet the name "frunk" (front + trunk) has somehow become the norm for the storage space at the front of electric cars, when the far...
Saturday at 10:05 AM
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All this reminds me of a bloke I used to work with. He was fanatically keen on riding his pedal bicycle. One year he rode it from the...
Friday at 3:38 PM
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My mahogany Timms is by far the loudest soprano I've ever played. It's on par with my banjo uke, which gives you a rough idea. The koa...
Apr 10, 2024
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In light of so many spot-on replies, the only thing I’ll add (much the same as noted by @ripock) is to not dismiss early jazz and Tin...
Apr 10, 2024
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