2017 Town Day

2017 Town Day - at the Sanborn House starting with warm up - if I had a hammer...




https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ocrE0tlpoBPkWyH0mRLo1PR6tW47kmA

Music from ...

Music can be found anywhere and everywhere, sometimes just have to look for it.

Practice with a plan

This is geared to more traditional music practice, but the general idea carries through to any level of "deliberate practice":

http://www.businessinsider.com/my-11-year-old-son-auditioned-at-juilliard-2017-5 

Ukulele in 20 hours

Josh Kaufman below mentions at least twice, the phrase "deliberate practice."
That is, not just watching the clock and practicing with specific objective in mind.

Sing (dont stop)

http://upliftconnect.com/neuroscience-of-singing/
Singing:  makes our hearts beat together?  What else do you need to know?

The neuroscience of singing shows that when we sing our neurotransmitters connect in new and different ways. It fires up the right temporal lobe of our brain, releasing endorphins that make us smarter, healthier, happier and more creative. When we sing with other people this effect is amplified.

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The Neuroscience of Singing
By Cassandra Sheppard on Sunday December 11th, 2016

Singing Together Brings Heartbeats Into Harmony
The neuroscience of singing shows that when we sing our neurotransmitters connect in new and different ways. It fires up the right temporal lobe of our brain, releasing endorphins that make us smarter, healthier, happier and more creative. When we sing with other people this effect is amplified.
The science is in. Singing is really, really good for you and the most recent research suggests that group singing is the most exhilarating and transformative of all.
The good feelings we get from singing in a group are a kind of evolutionary reward for coming together cooperatively.
The research suggests that creating music together evolved as a tool of social living. Groups and tribes sang and danced together to build loyalty, transmit vital information and ward off enemies.

Stand By Me - Four Strings

Four strings can appear in many styles.

First day the bass came out of the bag!  (Thanks Denise, one more way to fill my day and night!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ZJBLA90jg



Wonder how the lower notes seem to drift so far from what someone might have expected to hear.  Have to get the tuner working.  Lots of things to work on, including the noisy moving around on the bumpy strings (bumps from the windings).   The little microphone on the phone seems easily overwhelmed, need a real mic ...

You Never Can Tell

Springsteen plays a song for the first time with band.   It's a two-chord song.  Below, switching between G and D7.   If that's not to your liking, alternate combinations (to suit your voice range) are:

C - G7
D - A7
F - C7
A - E7

Try  it out and see what key Bruce is playing in..

http://en.newsner.com/crowd-asks-springsteen-to-play-another-singer-s-song-his-response-leaves-them-speechless/about/music

You Never Can Tell


You Never Can Tell
recorded by Emmylou Harris
written by Chuck Berry

G
It was a teenage wedding

And the old folks wished them well

You could see that Pierre
D7
Did truly love the mademoiselle


And now the young monsieur and Madame

Have rung the chapel bell

Cest la vie say the old folks
G
It goes to show you never can tell


They furnished off an apartment

With a two room Roebuck sale

The coolerator was crammed
D7
With TV dinners and gingerale


But when Pierre found work

The little money coming worked out well

Cest la vie say the old folks
G
It goes to show you never can tell


They had a hi fi phono

Boy did they let it blast

Seven hundred little records
D7
All rock rhythm and jazz


But when the sun went down

The rapid tempo of the music fell

Cest la vie say the old folks
G
It goes to show you never can tell


They bought a souped up jitney

T'was a cherry red fifty three

They drove it down to New Orleans
D7
To celebrate their anniversary


It was there that Pierre

Was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle

Cest la vie say the old folks
G
It goes to show you never can tell

Repeat #1