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Chords:
C: 0003
G: 0232
Am: 2000
F: 2010



Lyrics: http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/showthread.php?42644-The-Way-You-Are-David-Choi-amp-Kina-Grannis-(Have-Picking-need-help-with-Chords)

http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?id=9648

Hmm good question. My violin was bought from my teacher at about 2000. Let me think about the name.

I have recently started naming my things.. I have named my marimo "Mario" and a cactus "Hope". My Pentax Kx also has a name - "Bloody Bumble Bee"

So my violin will be named - Miss Mil

I did my 1st try yesterday from scratch. I didn't play for some time. Wow.. rather yucky.. As i will try to do some overlapping and layering, i think i better be safe and play against a metronome first.

I found it finally - free embedding for audio SoundCloud

Here is my problematic G Chord.



Read more about the buzzing of the Guitar here
http://vivianviolin.blogspot.sg/2012/06/my-first-recording-just-4-chords.html

Some one asked me which guitar i was using... i am using the Classical Guitar.

After trying out a borrowed acoustic guitar for about one month, i realize there was some technical issues. There is this obvious ringing / buzzing especially obvious whenever i play a G chord. I read online and there was so many reasons that it could happen. So i would try to post it online to see if anyone could help. I then decided to do a recording to kill a few birds at one stone.

Used a simple netbook, a normal web USB microphone, with Audacity and MediaFire web hosting.

1. Try the USB (normal Web Conference) microphone to verify the myth of people saying that a normal USB microphone is good enough. (No need to buy any expensive microphones like the Yeti)

2. First try with Audacity recording. Not too bad - previously just fooling around with phone's recorder application or the simple Sound Recorder from the Start button.
Encountered a lot of buzzing sound when i was recording. Tried to lower it by as much as 15 dB, but then i realize the quality is bad. Did a quick search online and found out the cause was my power adapter as i was charging my netbook.

3. First try with audio hosting. Trying out Media Fire at the moment.
Problematic guitar G chord can be downloaded found here
http://www.mediafire.com/?lquo1c91wyacb75

But i am still looking at an alternative whereby readers can just play directly (without any logging in to third party sites). 
Update: I found the free embedded player
http://vivianviolin.blogspot.sg/2012/06/embedded-audio-on-your-site-sound-cloud.html



So... do feel free to let me know what is wrong. (violin@xmail.net)
Thanks!


Update (16 June 2012):
After testing it out on an acoustic guitar, it looks like it is a technique issue.


As mentioned on http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080722125016AATO9F6

"The buzzing is most likely from the strings rattling against the frets when you strum hard; the action on your guitar is set up for gentle fingerpicking, not vigorous folk-rock strumming, so the strings are a bit too close to the fingerboard and that causes the buzzing. You can take your guitar to a repair person and have the action raised; that will solve the buzzing problem.

The wide neck is something you'll just have to get used to, you can't change that.

Eventually you may want to consider buying yourself a new steel-string acoustic in order to get the narrower neck and the sound that you want.The buzzing is most likely from the strings rattling against the frets when you strum hard; the action on your guitar is set up for gentle fingerpicking, not vigorous folk-rock strumming, so the strings are a bit too close to the fingerboard and that causes the buzzing. You can take your guitar to a repair person and have the action raised; that will solve the buzzing problem.

The wide neck is something you'll just have to get used to, you can't change that.

Eventually you may want to consider buying yourself a new steel-string acoustic in order to get the narrower neck and the sound that you want."

Do you know that you now Audacity comes in a so called portable version? It means you do not need to install it on your computer. Just download and play.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows

Try it now!

I think it is finally for me to look into home recording... for some projects.

So before that I need to choose a good microphone. I want it to be USB for ease and i encountered this online. I think the Yeti is quite good, except that it looks a bit clumsy.. What do you think?



FYI, you can get both the Yeti and Snowball from the Apple Store
http://store.apple.com/sg/browse/home/shop_mac/mac_accessories/music_creation

“Possibly Singapore’s only Appalachian dulcimer exponent” - The Straits Times, Dec 2009

I spotted him 1st basking at Clarke Quay on a weekend about 2 years back. I loved the music that he play on that unique instrument of his.

Check out more of him at 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/3-Strings-Music/104048632967806
http://www.youtube.com/user/dulcimerlover

A simple song to be played with a ukulele.
Chords:
C: 0003
G: 0232
Am: 2000
F: 2010

Featuring David Choi and Jason Chen and many more.



Date: 5 May 2012
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Venue: The Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa

Tickets can be bought from sistic.

For more information please visit
http://www.feveravenue.com/the-youtube-stars-live-in-singapore/

I have some plans in mind for 2 projects.. I guess I would be posting more frequently.

As for what they are... I would name them "My 1st Play and Sing Project" and a "Violin Based Project". Let's see how things go. They are suppose to be due first half of 2013. I hope i will seriously look into them and get them ready on time.

Stay tuned for my progress...

Details are as follows:

http://kinagrannissg2012.eventbrite.com/

How to play a ukulele? It is very simple.

1. Buy a soprano ukulele
2. Make sure it is in tune with CGEA
3. Play all 4 strings at a time with your right index finger.
4. Press something on the fret with you left hand to play a chord. I would recommend that you start with a C Major chord. Refer to the following picture.


5. Practice with basic strumming pattern.
6. Practice with change of chords with strumming at 4/4

That's all. Practice and have fun!
For more information you may refer to http://resource.takelessons.com/how-to-play-ukulele-chords/