Like Richardo said, "I can't wait until sweet ukelele music fills my home."

[Call Me Wesley]

It may hit me sooner as I thought. The sweet husband I am, I just ordered this one for Heidi:



Oh my ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP90DuJZ22c

I'll send every sound file to Richardo to play at 11!!!!!11!!!! :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Call Me Wesley!

You are a very sweet husband, and ordering Heidi the ukelele is just part of it!

It looks great, too!

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

2. It does go with the color of our new fridge.

Which was very important. :rofl:

I have to google 'earplugs' now ...

:hi:

[Bunny]

3. Every woman should have a man like you.

:spray: :rofl: :hi: CMW!

[Call Me Wesley]

4. So, what you're saying is ...

you want an Ukulele too? Ohhh, let me have it, let meeee grab your sou-oou-l!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmBaE7ozWow&feature=related

:pals: Bunny!

[Bunny]

5. Actually, what I really want is a banjo.

Think you can find one? :D

[Call Me Wesley]

15. Uh-Oh ...

Yes, I found some. You want the one for $ 3,000 or the one for $ 17,000?

But they don't have bananas printed on them, which is a big no-no. :scared:

[Bunny]

16. I want the $17,000 one.

Nothing but the finest will do for me. I can paint the bananas on by hand. :D

[Richardo]

6. Make sure they're .wmv files!

Luddite that I am, I do not own an mp3 player. Better yet, send a CD! Or a cassette! Or a 78! :crazy:

:plinka plinka plinka plinka: <---- "Over The Rainbow" by Iz Kamakawiwo'ole



You're a model husband, CMW, and the rest of us are getting pretty sick of it :grr:

:D :pals:

[Call Me Wesley]

8. A CD, of course,

and one of these:

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/memory-vinyl-cds/index.html

Geeks have no boundaries ... ;)

[Richardo]

10. Damn those are GREAT

I had to bookmark that. :hi:

[guitar man]

7. shhhh!!!

nobody tell Heidi, it's a surprise :hide:





:)That's a really nice thing to do for her

[Call Me Wesley]

9. Thank you!

"That's one small buy for a man, one giant hole in my eardrums!"

The really bad thing is, now I want one, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGEhAVdmMr8&feature=related

:hi:

[guitar man]

11. that's really good

I knew you could get music out of them, I just can't do it. I've got one sitting around somewhere but I was always too ham fisted to get it to sound good,been playing electric guitar too long :)

[Call Me Wesley]

12. I really think you have to sing along,

otherwise it's just 'tweep-tweep-tweep.' But I dunno, all I ever played, years and years ago was the recorder and the jaw harp. And not even good. ;)

[guitar man]

24. Jaw Harp

The jaw harp seems the perfect instrument to play along with the ukelele ;)

[Call Me Wesley]

29. You're the Pro,

you know what goes together. ;) Unfortunately, I was the one playing this in high school:

[guitar man]

36. I played it too

In grade school "rhythm band". It was actually the first instrument I ever stepped on stage with :rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

37. LOL!

There was another thing, a percussion thing, two wooden sticks you banged together in the rhythm. Unless you had no feeling for any rhythm, nothing could go wrong with these. I don't know its name, two thick sticks. One you hold in your hand (kind of on top of your fingers,) and the other one to bang on it.

[guitar man]

38. I remember them

But I don't remember what they're called either.

The teacher gave us all different kinds of percussion instruments, triangles, tambourines, wood blocks, bells etc. Then she dressed us in organ grinder monkey costumes and we proceeded to make an awful racket at the school talent program. It was perfectly awful! :rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

40. Claves (clah' vays)

.
When I sang with the band, I would sometimes play them -- one of mine
was hollow, and it not only amplified the sound (like a guitar sounding
hole), but I could cover/uncover it and produce two different tones --
if I amember correctly, I could slowly cover and uncover the hole while
playing them and create a subtle rising and/or falling scale).
.
I could not sing AND play them at the same time though -- not even a
simple 4-count beat.
.
Sing.
.
Claves.
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Sing.
.
Claves.
.
Repeat as needed.
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claves
.

[Call Me Wesley]

41. Thank you! That's it!

My 'clock-clock-clock' was most famous. I never get to use the cow bell, though. These were restricted for the masters ...

;)

[Crabby Appleton]

17. I like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZjnFZvCNc&feature=related

[arcadian]

13. Start playing some Bruddah Iz

[Call Me Wesley]

14. May he rest in peace.

Yes, that's what we're going for. It'll take some time I fear.

On edit: Here's 'Ukulele Underground' say a farewell to one of its members with the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZknGc7eDmI

:hi:

[Eyerish]

18. Oh my that was beautiful....

I don't even know the young man and I'm tearing up....

IZ's version has always been my favorite of that song.

Thanks for sharing! :hi:

[arcadian]

22. Wow, Captain Google touched a great many lives

He was a Virginia boy too. RIP Captain Google

[Blue-Jay]

19. If she's gonna learn to play ukulele, you should insist on learning how to play bagpipes.

A truly beautiful yet much maligned instrument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPlWlO-ncKM

[Call Me Wesley]

28. I'd totally learn to play the bagpipe!

Always liked it. :hi:

[hippywife]

20. Tres kitsch!

She's gonna love it! You are a fabulous husband, D. :hug:

It's gonna be great! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mEqEe-PIC8

Did she remember to ask you what I PM'd her about today? :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

30. Not sure if I would attend a solo Ukulele live gig. ;)

But this guy's good.

And yes, she asked me. :hug:

[AllenVanAllen]

21. Ask her to learn this little ditty.

Paint The Town Red

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pMLPRcOoNU


It's one of the themes from the now canceled Lucy The Daughter of the Devil.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahJhOm2wtBk

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

31. Great!

Sounds like her singing voice, too! :hide:

;)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. You can tell it's authentic by the picture of the pineapple right below the bridge

Don't send Richardo the sound file of "Tiny Bubbles" right away...make him ask for it. Better yet, make him beg for it, preferably in writing, so you can copy and paste it here for our enjoyment.

:rofl:

:toast:

[Call Me Wesley]

32. I'll make him crawl on all four,

begging for the beauty of ethereal sounds! :rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

25. THAT'S...

.
.
.
.
SPONGEBOB SQUAREUKELELE!!!!!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
(actually, that's a "Spongebob Junior Guitar", but DARN IT... I was SO close!!!)
.

[Call Me Wesley]

33. LOL!

My niece has a lifesize Spongebob-thingie, and her boyfriend, who plays the guitar, has this one:



:hi:

[Rob H.]

26. She should be sure to check out Jake Shimabukuro

He plays a tenor ukulele, but still.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k

Let's Dance (not a cover of the David Bowie song): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqaYmQZgrB4

[Call Me Wesley]

34. Thanks for the vids!

hippywife posted one above, too. Great talent there! :hi:

[pokerfan]

27. If only the most talented birds sang, the forest would be pretty quiet

"For centuries, music was an integral part of our lives. All of us played music or knew someone who did," Coleman says. "Then, at the beginning of the 20th century, the record player came along and all of a sudden we weren't good enough. We were encouraged to listen, to be passive listeners. And I think that we lost something very fundamental to our souls: making music together."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127116452

[Call Me Wesley]

35. Great link!

Thank you! And yes, there was this thing called 'House music,' here in the last century, where the family gathered and played music together. Now we have the iPods and iTunes.

[Lorien]

39. I prefer this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k

[Call Me Wesley]

42. Nice one!

I'll have to watch some videos about the guy now. :hi: