Update: Chords/Arrangement available on Patreon: / 103776494
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I was revising some Taylor Swift arrangements that I’d made for my beginner student, to give some more advanced picking and strumming options to Patrons, and I ran across the one I’d made for “Forever and Always” (2008) from Fearless - and I didn’t like the chords I had given at all! I checked several other chord sources online and they all had this same “D” chord that just sounded intensely wrong to my ear when singing along. Once I changed that D, other things sounded wrong.
Ultimately, I completely rewrote the thing (it still probably has a few errors, but is closer, I think), and then I thought I’d just “quickly” record it to test it - except I forgot that’s it’s really fast and high (in parts), and not that easy to sing. So what you’ve got here is me running through it at about 90% Taylor’s speed trying to see if I’ve at least got the chords mostly right and mostly in the right place. Whew. This one will take some polishing! I think I might try transposing and singing more of it down the octave… we’ll see. But it’s fun to play.
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Played in 2021: “Little Cloud” (original) • “Little Cloud” - 100 D...
Played in 2020: "Free To Be... You And Me" • 100 Days of Ukulele 20...
Played in 2019: “I Will Survive” • 100 Days of Ukulele 20...
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Project Notes and Reflection: For the seventh year in a row, I’m sharing 100 ukulele practice sessions as 100 posts in 100 Days, for the #100DaysUke2024 (formerly 100 Days of Ukulele Songs) offshoot of #the100DayProject. Over the past few years, I’ve been focusing more on songwriting and arranging, as well as technique - and less on full covers of songs. My goal this year is to complete as many of my current unfinished lyrical drafts as possible.
The point is not perfection; the point is to make a habit of creativity and practice. See IG for shorter daily practice videos: / newukenewyork d practice. See IG for shorter daily practice videos: / newukenewyork
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