tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post7473401248533303268..comments2024-01-06T08:38:28.019+00:00Comments on Blaugustine's Other Blog: UPDATE ON THE UKULELE STORYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-16843231527253868062017-02-22T16:14:45.351+00:002017-02-22T16:14:45.351+00:00Leah, glad you have a laptop screen now. I always ...Leah, glad you have a laptop screen now. I always forget that a lot of people only look at stuff on the internet on the tiny screens of their phones. This really renders obsolete all my efforts to design my website and blog pages for full-screen viewing. <br /><br />I'll definitely mention over here whenever I do any updating on my autobio. Thanks for reminding me to get on with it!<br /><br />Howdydoody!! Wow, that really goes way back into pre-prehistory...when I was in kid-school in New York. I guess you're in the USA...where?Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-35168695332593827422017-02-22T14:32:20.954+00:002017-02-22T14:32:20.954+00:00Just being silly again. :) I will leave you be. ...Just being silly again. :) I will leave you be. I only had a cell phone and it doesn't show your entire page,so I missed the link to memoir but now have a lap top to connect to phone. So, I will check back from time to time to see <br />your memoir edits and additions. :)))<br />prehistoric note...yes, she and howdy duty/doody both had freckles. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311790681522528530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-54350196287651736962017-02-22T00:28:46.495+00:002017-02-22T00:28:46.495+00:00Leah, Arthur Godfrey? That goes way way back to pr...Leah, Arthur Godfrey? That goes way way back to prehistoric times! Unfortunately,I remember those times. Did he have freckles? Can't remember that.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-17586847372781961132017-02-21T13:12:37.142+00:002017-02-21T13:12:37.142+00:00Authur Godfry? Don't you just love freckles......Authur Godfry? Don't you just love freckles......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311790681522528530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-58593382818982998102017-02-21T01:57:59.700+00:002017-02-21T01:57:59.700+00:00Bruce, same story with me. Had piano lessons as a ...Bruce, same story with me. Had piano lessons as a child, didn't do badly. Forgot it all as years went by. Took it up again at beginner keyboard classes about 10 years ago, started reading music again but had no time to practice and forgot it all. Now that I really truly don't care about being good at it (by the way, this doesn't apply to my artwork) I might actually keep on with the uke.<br /><br />Get another keyboard - or a ukulele?Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-70121557723396807272017-02-20T20:45:54.225+00:002017-02-20T20:45:54.225+00:00I took piano lessons for 7 years as a youngster bu...I took piano lessons for 7 years as a youngster but hadn't touched a piano in scores of years. The BRD gave me her old electronic keyboard a few years ago to mess with and I found that I had forgotten everything I ever learned. She got it back.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-80676974859087917242017-02-20T20:35:52.365+00:002017-02-20T20:35:52.365+00:00FM, I've just followed those links and heard K...FM, I've just followed those links and heard Ken - wonderful! I love his unpretentious style and obvious enjoyment.He's playing a top quality tenor-size uke, not a tiny soprano one. It would take me many years to do even a quarter as well but am certainly glad to see and hear him, thank you. Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-90108690003066207492017-02-20T20:10:46.276+00:002017-02-20T20:10:46.276+00:00There's a lovely ukelele man, Ken Middleton, o...There's a lovely ukelele man, Ken Middleton, on YouTube, Nathalie, who won't solve any of your problems, but may inspire/amuse you. He's just an average singer, but he enjoys himself. His smile at the end of his version of the Beach Boys' 'A Day In The LIfe Of A Tree' is especially good.<br /><br />He's at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCatmQJG3bTB7eiwgydUr-7Q<br /><br />'A Day In The…' is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTMouQA9nwUAllan Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841668091720591745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-69526629006753710562017-02-20T15:34:11.027+00:002017-02-20T15:34:11.027+00:00Tom, I'm taking this whole ukulele enterprise ...Tom, I'm taking this whole ukulele enterprise with much more than one grain of salt. As I've mentioned before, all I want to do is to strum the most basic chords to go with singing (for my own pleasure) some of my French, Spanish, English chansons. <br /><br />I will enjoy it indeed when I overcome the difficulties of reaching this very humble aim. I didn't hesitate to perform DIY operations on the body of this uke since it's one of the lowest priced (around £20). The next one will be somewhat better quality but nowhere near a 'proper'instrument costing hundreds. I well understand your horror at my bridge repairs if I had acquired one of the top quality ones - lovely, but completely wasted on me.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-62778624007258788862017-02-20T08:28:09.177+00:002017-02-20T08:28:09.177+00:00I'm sorry that you're having such difficul...I'm sorry that you're having such difficulties with the dreaded 'uke'. On the other hand, I couldn't help smiling at your DIY attempts to keep said uke functioning. As a one-time player of the violin [my son does the same professionally] I was filled with a sense of amused horror at your bridge repairs! I did, however, find it of interest that the uke bridge appears to be fixed to the sound-box/body. On orchestral stringed instruments this is not the case, the bridges [far more fragile] are movable. It all sounds quite a fun exercise; hope you continue to enjoy it. You ARE enjoying it, are you not?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.com