Ukelele
Sue Patterson
MaryLammies wrote:
us--maybe she'll know. Does dh know? Did he teach the ukulele to any of
your kids that are coming down to the Sacramento conference? Maybe *they*
can teach us!!
Playing the ukulele just sounds like fun!
~Sue
>My dh started out on a ukelele. My MIL taught him starting at age 4 or 5.So Mary, how can the rest of us find ukulele instructors? Ask your MIL for
>He is now in the process of putting together a CD of his original music.
>Singing and playing guitar. Ukelele worked for OUR family!!
us--maybe she'll know. Does dh know? Did he teach the ukulele to any of
your kids that are coming down to the Sacramento conference? Maybe *they*
can teach us!!
Playing the ukulele just sounds like fun!
~Sue
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In a message dated 8/3/99 9:47:54 AM PST, patterson5@... writes:
<<
So Mary, how can the rest of us find ukulele instructors? Ask your MIL for
us--maybe she'll know. Does dh know? Did he teach the ukulele to any of
your kids that are coming down to the Sacramento conference? Maybe *they*
can teach us!!
She had some piano background, and could read music. I would ask at the
local "real" music store (You know, one that hires people who KNOW music!!)
As for Sacramento -- it is looking less likely at this point. We have had a
financial set-back (AGAIN!!) and I'm not sure if I can swing it. <sigh>
But if I can't go for sure, I'll be saving for NEXT YEARS conference, for
sure.
Mary
<<
So Mary, how can the rest of us find ukulele instructors? Ask your MIL for
us--maybe she'll know. Does dh know? Did he teach the ukulele to any of
your kids that are coming down to the Sacramento conference? Maybe *they*
can teach us!!
>>Hmm, my mil just bought some very basic beginner books and went from there.
She had some piano background, and could read music. I would ask at the
local "real" music store (You know, one that hires people who KNOW music!!)
As for Sacramento -- it is looking less likely at this point. We have had a
financial set-back (AGAIN!!) and I'm not sure if I can swing it. <sigh>
But if I can't go for sure, I'll be saving for NEXT YEARS conference, for
sure.
Mary
Monica L. Molinar
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<p>Sue Patterson wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>MaryLammies wrote:
<br>>My dh started out on a ukelele. My MIL taught him starting at
age 4 or 5.
<br>>He is now in the process of putting together a CD of his original
music.
<br>>Singing and playing guitar. Ukelele worked for OUR family!!
<p>So Mary, how can the rest of us find ukulele instructors? Ask
your MIL for
<br>us--maybe she'll know. Does dh know? Did he teach the ukulele to any
of
<br>your kids that are coming down to the Sacramento conference? Maybe
*they*
<br>can teach us!!
<p>Playing the ukulele just sounds like fun!
<p>~Sue</blockquote>
Guess what??!? With this newly rediscovered interest in music at
my home, I remembered that someone mentioned a *long* time ago (not on
this list..) about a terrific catalog for music lovers called <b>Lark in
the Morning</b>. I looked them up on my search engine, and sure enough,
they've got a website.... <A HREF="http://www.larkinthemorning.com">http://www.larkinthemorning.com</A> Even better
than THAT... is they have pictures of *all sorts* of way-kewl instruments..
such as a "rain stick", which is a piece of dried out cactus.. I suppose
the "innards" of it.. seeds or something have shaken loose... ANYWAY..
(I don't know exactly how they make 'em..)... there's a sound sample you
can click on, and hear what a rain stick sounds like! And yes, it
does sound like falling rain!! LOADS of music samples, all sorts of instruments..
I played and played on there for HOURS last night!! Tristan (my **almost**
3yo) was on my lap, playing along.. and it was **soooo cute***... every
time I played a particular steel drum sample (of two that I'd downloaded),
he'd turn around, give me a grin and a huge hug! Then, I'd play different
samples of different instruments, and he'd do something different, or do
nothing, but whenever I played that steel drum segment, here came the smile
and hug! It was KEWL!!!
<p>Also, for those of you with kids who play video games... Y'all familiar
with the Zelda game for N64??? Wellllll.... my kids LOVE that game..
and I haven't paid much attention to it at all, except that Luke (my 9
yo) keeps trying to tell me about it.. and particularly about something
he called "orcachina", and about some neat kind of flute that Zelda (or
someone on that game) plays..... So.. while I was at the Lark in the Morning
website, I came across a flute-"ish" instrument called an Ocarina, which
I thought might be the same thing from Zelda... and SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS!!
***Boy*** were MY kids impressed with **THAT**... (cuz their daddy is always
telling them "those games have nothing to do with real life... and so on..)...
So, we listened to the various samples for the different sizes and shapes
of Ocarinas, then the boys wanted me to see Zelda's.. so I went off with
them... And on Zelda, there are certain codes the kids can learn
to play the various songs that Zelda (or maybe it's a different character
on that game, I don't know..) can play... and the kids knew them all..
and played them all.. and hummed along.. and watched the "notes" on the
staff that displayed on the screen (which I thought was super-kewl).. and
so on.. and *then* we played with our recorder.. and on and on and
on... a total "music night" at our house, until the wee small hours of
the morning..
<p>FUN!
<p>~Monica</html>
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<p>Sue Patterson wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>MaryLammies wrote:
<br>>My dh started out on a ukelele. My MIL taught him starting at
age 4 or 5.
<br>>He is now in the process of putting together a CD of his original
music.
<br>>Singing and playing guitar. Ukelele worked for OUR family!!
<p>So Mary, how can the rest of us find ukulele instructors? Ask
your MIL for
<br>us--maybe she'll know. Does dh know? Did he teach the ukulele to any
of
<br>your kids that are coming down to the Sacramento conference? Maybe
*they*
<br>can teach us!!
<p>Playing the ukulele just sounds like fun!
<p>~Sue</blockquote>
Guess what??!? With this newly rediscovered interest in music at
my home, I remembered that someone mentioned a *long* time ago (not on
this list..) about a terrific catalog for music lovers called <b>Lark in
the Morning</b>. I looked them up on my search engine, and sure enough,
they've got a website.... <A HREF="http://www.larkinthemorning.com">http://www.larkinthemorning.com</A> Even better
than THAT... is they have pictures of *all sorts* of way-kewl instruments..
such as a "rain stick", which is a piece of dried out cactus.. I suppose
the "innards" of it.. seeds or something have shaken loose... ANYWAY..
(I don't know exactly how they make 'em..)... there's a sound sample you
can click on, and hear what a rain stick sounds like! And yes, it
does sound like falling rain!! LOADS of music samples, all sorts of instruments..
I played and played on there for HOURS last night!! Tristan (my **almost**
3yo) was on my lap, playing along.. and it was **soooo cute***... every
time I played a particular steel drum sample (of two that I'd downloaded),
he'd turn around, give me a grin and a huge hug! Then, I'd play different
samples of different instruments, and he'd do something different, or do
nothing, but whenever I played that steel drum segment, here came the smile
and hug! It was KEWL!!!
<p>Also, for those of you with kids who play video games... Y'all familiar
with the Zelda game for N64??? Wellllll.... my kids LOVE that game..
and I haven't paid much attention to it at all, except that Luke (my 9
yo) keeps trying to tell me about it.. and particularly about something
he called "orcachina", and about some neat kind of flute that Zelda (or
someone on that game) plays..... So.. while I was at the Lark in the Morning
website, I came across a flute-"ish" instrument called an Ocarina, which
I thought might be the same thing from Zelda... and SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS!!
***Boy*** were MY kids impressed with **THAT**... (cuz their daddy is always
telling them "those games have nothing to do with real life... and so on..)...
So, we listened to the various samples for the different sizes and shapes
of Ocarinas, then the boys wanted me to see Zelda's.. so I went off with
them... And on Zelda, there are certain codes the kids can learn
to play the various songs that Zelda (or maybe it's a different character
on that game, I don't know..) can play... and the kids knew them all..
and played them all.. and hummed along.. and watched the "notes" on the
staff that displayed on the screen (which I thought was super-kewl).. and
so on.. and *then* we played with our recorder.. and on and on and
on... a total "music night" at our house, until the wee small hours of
the morning..
<p>FUN!
<p>~Monica</html>
Monica L. Molinar
Oh yeah... I forgot to mention.. that there's also a Ukelele sample on the Lark
in the Morning website... and I agree, Sue, it *does* sound like it would be
fun to play!
There's also a mandolin sample, and when comparing the two sound samples, I
also think the Ukelele would be **much** easier for a beginner... but the
mandolin has a very lovely sound... relaxing to my ears.. but the U. sounded
like a *blast* of fun...
~Monica
in the Morning website... and I agree, Sue, it *does* sound like it would be
fun to play!
There's also a mandolin sample, and when comparing the two sound samples, I
also think the Ukelele would be **much** easier for a beginner... but the
mandolin has a very lovely sound... relaxing to my ears.. but the U. sounded
like a *blast* of fun...
~Monica
Monica L. Molinar
> As for Sacramento -- it is looking less likely at this point. We have had aWishing you prosperity, Mary!
> financial set-back (AGAIN!!) and I'm not sure if I can swing it. <sigh>
> But if I can't go for sure, I'll be saving for NEXT YEARS conference, for
> sure.
>
> Mary
And... for anyone who cares to... **PLEASE** hold good thoughts, or say prayers,
or *whatever* so that my home sells SOOOOON!!! We *really* need to get out from
under this mortgage... and **soon**! Thanks... Monica
Michele Moss
> HREF="http://www.larkinthemorning.com"Even better than THAT... is they have pictures of *all
> sorts* of way-kewl instruments.. such as a "rain stick", which is aHello Monica!
> piece of dried out cactus.. I suppose the "innards" of it.. seeds or
> something have shaken loose... ANYWAY.. (I don't know exactly how
> they make 'em..)... there's a sound sample you can click on, and
> hear what a rain stick sounds like! And yes, it does sound
> like falling rain!!
well, i just spent over an hour at this site. i was going to
pop in for a second, add it to my bookmarks for later, and then go
get some other stuff accomplished. HA! i should know better by now.
i got hooked! been there for well over an hour looking at some of
the neatest instruments and playing sound clips. i was fascinated by
the simplicity of a lot of them. although i saw a lot for
$1.00-$10.00 that i'm sure any little (or big) kid would LOVE, i
thought it would be fun to take it one step further if the kids could
make some of them - great musical instrument, cultural, sound,
rhythm lesson! well a visit to one of my recent favorite sites
quickly got me to this site:
Recycled Rythms
http://www.discover.net/~jarjetb/
the first instrument on the list is a RAIN STICK! this one is made
with a bamboo stick (i would imagine the garden shops would carry
those!) but the cactus version is probably made the same. there's
also a pan flute made out of straws!
The site i started out at is:
http://craftsforkids.about.com/mbody.htm
Go down to "Musical Crafts" for lots more instrument ideas!
Enjoy!
Michele Moss
Infinity Computer Solutions
Great Falls, MT
406-727-5609
http://www.icstech.net
Monica L. Molinar
Hi Michelle,
Thanks! I'll be sure to check out those links! Also, I *think* DK publishes
a book on making instruments.. I think we even may own a copy (many books
around here are in boxes as we are planning a move soon)... but I'll see if
I can find it and let you know!
~Monica
Michele Moss wrote:
Thanks! I'll be sure to check out those links! Also, I *think* DK publishes
a book on making instruments.. I think we even may own a copy (many books
around here are in boxes as we are planning a move soon)... but I'll see if
I can find it and let you know!
~Monica
Michele Moss wrote:
> From: "Michele Moss" <michele@...>
>
> > HREF="http://www.larkinthemorning.com"
>
> Even better than THAT... is they have pictures of *all
> > sorts* of way-kewl instruments.. such as a "rain stick", which is a
> > piece of dried out cactus.. I suppose the "innards" of it.. seeds or
> > something have shaken loose... ANYWAY.. (I don't know exactly how
> > they make 'em..)... there's a sound sample you can click on, and
> > hear what a rain stick sounds like! And yes, it does sound
> > like falling rain!!
>
> Hello Monica!
> well, i just spent over an hour at this site. i was going to
> pop in for a second, add it to my bookmarks for later, and then go
> get some other stuff accomplished. HA! i should know better by now.
> i got hooked! been there for well over an hour looking at some of
> the neatest instruments and playing sound clips. i was fascinated by
> the simplicity of a lot of them. although i saw a lot for
> $1.00-$10.00 that i'm sure any little (or big) kid would LOVE, i
> thought it would be fun to take it one step further if the kids could
> make some of them - great musical instrument, cultural, sound,
> rhythm lesson! well a visit to one of my recent favorite sites
> quickly got me to this site:
>
> Recycled Rythms
> http://www.discover.net/~jarjetb/
> the first instrument on the list is a RAIN STICK! this one is made
> with a bamboo stick (i would imagine the garden shops would carry
> those!) but the cactus version is probably made the same. there's
> also a pan flute made out of straws!
>
> The site i started out at is:
> http://craftsforkids.about.com/mbody.htm
> Go down to "Musical Crafts" for lots more instrument ideas!
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Michele Moss
> Infinity Computer Solutions
> Great Falls, MT
> 406-727-5609
> http://www.icstech.net
>
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