Blog
Musings, ramblings, rants, etc.
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Waltz for Alira (16/Feb/2021)
A jazz-waltz lullaby for solo ukulele, written and performed by Choan Gálvez -
Sitting by the Fountain (6/Feb/2021)
Add my fondness for waltzes, my passion for the guitar music from the 19th century, my tendency to use unexpected dissonances, sit by a fountain, and you'll get just this. -
Тоска (Toska) (3/Feb/2021)
A piece in which I take the classical tremolo guitar technique to the ukulele. Performed here by Donald Bousted. -
A look back at 2020 (31/Dec/2020)What did I do, musically, along 2020? No live presentations, but I've written a lot of original music for ukulele, I've made some good friends and recorded many videos.
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Speak Low (15/Nov/2020)
A Kurt Weill's tune that has reached the status of jazz standard. -
Stompin' at the Savoy (10/Nov/2020)
Edgar Sampson's jazz standard, arranged for solo ukulele -
Dinah (1/Nov/2020)
A popular standard from 1925, played on solo ukulele by Choan Gálvez. -
Ernest Kaai's El recuerdo (9/Aug/2020)
Arrangement by Choan Gálvez of one of the pieces included in the 1916 edition of The Ukulele and How It's played. Thought for low G, also apt for reentrant tuning. -
Ernest Kaai's Hone A Ka Wai (18/Jun/2020)
Choan's arrangement, apt for both low G and reentrant tuned ukuleles. -
Habanera de Bienvenido (16/May/2020)
An original dance tune for solo ukulele, with a dedication to my grandparents.