My New Ukulele!

I’ve been hearing more and more about people getting ukuleles. I’ve never thought much about getting one but recently several friends have been talking them up. I started looking on line to buy one new and at the same time thought I’d start looking at Craig's List.
I setup an agent to email me if any ukuleles were put up for sale on Craig's List. About the same time Wednesday that my agent emailed me about one for sale, my friend Steve emailed me also with the same info.
The ukulele was an Hawaiian hand make with and amazing zebra wood body. When I got to see it for real, it looked brand new. I high gloss finish and a thin body style. I got it for a good price and I’m loving it.

I’ve started learning come cords on it, not so hard.   This weekend when I was at my Shakuhachi group gathering my friend Steve was showing a song called “Hey, Soul Sister”. I’ve got the notation for it now and it’s coming along well.
Here’s a video of the song.

My Shakuhachi Flute Performance

On May 4th at the Japanese Friendship Garden playing shakuhachi. Here's the  finalized as my program I’m did. There was a Japanese anime group that wanted some Japanese music.

* Choshi “Original Searching”
Performed to re-establish the relationship between the player and the shakuhachi, that is most conducive to the state of mind necessary in meditation.
* Sanya “Three Valleys”
Sanya is a traditional piece that has survived in several versions. When a komuso (wandering priest) begged for alms at a home where a child was soon to be born, he would play Sanya as a prayer for a safe birth.
* Azuma Jishi “Lion of the East”
Eighteenth century Song depicts primarily the lion (shishi) dancing in a wild delirium of joy. Hence the title Azuma-jishi, 'Lion of the East.’
* Tsukikusa No Yune “Dream of Moon Flower”
This like composer 'Rando Fukuda's other shakuhachi works, are tinged with sweetness and nostalgia for the romanticism of the Taisho era (1912-1926). Written in 1929. Many of Rando's shakuhachi works are based on themes of childhood days or heart-rending memories, and amidst the shakuhachi repertoire this shines brightly.
Azuma Jishi (Lion of the East) by chuckpeck56