blue christmas, a uke arrangement by me 🥲
Sage Harrington
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singer, songwriter, ukulele player and teacher
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@BigJackBrass the art is the main reason i'm interested! i also love the uke arrangements of course, although i think we've talked before about how weird they are to play sometimes 😅
@BigJackBrass nice! Thanks for the reminder about Sheet Music Consortium -- it's so annoying wading through a bunch of digital sheet music sales pages and ebay listings hahaha
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@BigJackBrass fuck yeah!! i'll go poking around over there ... are you sourcing them from general googling?
@BigJackBrass It's so fun!! <3
@BigJackBrass I love that you're posting these! <3
get out your ukulele and strum "yearning just for you" along with me
yearning just for you ✨ sheet music strum along
Jon HancockAnother song with many optional additional verses published, along with numerous alternatives across the many different recordings, this one appears to have been a big success while still being regarded as a minor novelty. I don't know why Ralph Butler chose to publish under a pen name, but perhaps he didn't feel it fitted with his usual compositions.
Regardless, it's a light and jaunty piece that basically takes all of the things usually extolled in songs of the time and notes that they're not as much fun on your own. Whispering Jack Smith's popular recording showcases his trademark soft crooning, but it's not a song that requires any unusual style or spoken verses.
here's a podcast episode that morphs into a full-on songwriting workshop at the 16 minute mark. are you up for some songwriting homework? https://youtu.be/A8xO9cHCbww
Ep 12 - the one that's a full on songwriting workshop
i was inspired to write a 2015 style blog post with my suggestions of 5 v. easy things you can do like right now to be playing more ukulele and having more funnnnn
#ukulele #ukulelelesson #strumalong #goldenerajazz #greatamericansongbook #music