Tom
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Our ukulele band reconvened for the weekly Fall practice practice sessions on Tuesday this week, following our Summer hiatus. Our roster lists 41 members, and an additional 16 folks signed up for our beginners class that also started on Tuesday. There'll be no-shows and dropouts from the class, but Tuesday's class revealed some prior uke players and a few fast learners; We expect that 6-8 of them will graduate to the main band in another 4 weeks.
We have four performances scheduled for November-December, including a joint concert with our Music Director's 85-strong chorus. I published 18 new/rearranged songs a week ago, so we have some learning and a lot of practice to do in the next couple of months.
A challenge I expected was from the fact that I spent the last couple of months learning to play banjo (tuned differently, and therefore requiring different fingering). Surprisingly, when I picked up a ukulele to prep for our first practice, muscle memory kicked in and I was playing just fine. I occasionally hit a clunker as I switch between the two instruments daily :-[
We have four performances scheduled for November-December, including a joint concert with our Music Director's 85-strong chorus. I published 18 new/rearranged songs a week ago, so we have some learning and a lot of practice to do in the next couple of months.
A challenge I expected was from the fact that I spent the last couple of months learning to play banjo (tuned differently, and therefore requiring different fingering). Surprisingly, when I picked up a ukulele to prep for our first practice, muscle memory kicked in and I was playing just fine. I occasionally hit a clunker as I switch between the two instruments daily :-[
