Blog
Musings, ramblings, rants, etc.
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Тоска (Toska) (3/Feb/2021)A piece in which I take the classical tremolo guitar technique to the ukulele. Performed here by Donald Bousted.
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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.
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Stompin' at the Savoy (10/Nov/2020)Edgar Sampson's jazz standard, arranged for solo ukulele
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Dinah (1/Nov/2020)A popular standard from 1925, played on solo ukulele by Choan Gálvez.
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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.
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Ernest Kaai's Hone A Ka Wai (18/Jun/2020)Choan's arrangement, apt for both low G and reentrant tuned ukuleles.
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Habanera de Bienvenido (16/May/2020)An original dance tune for solo ukulele, with a dedication to my grandparents.
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Tárrega's Study in E minor (17/Apr/2020)Ukulele arrangement by Choan Gálvez
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Ghiribizzo No. 17 - Le streghe, by Niccolò Paganini (9/Apr/2020)Choan Gálvez's arrangement played on the ukulele.