30 Days of Sound, Series Review

It’s review time! I’d say it went well overall. I didn’t exactly follow the original premise of “make something musical each day”, but I did explore music and that was the point. Two of my favorite things about doing series are knowing what I’m doing each day and that I don’t have to uniquely title…

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30 Days of Sound, #30

It’s the last day! I wasn’t sure what to make today and I was absentmindedly tapping the fretboard when I came up with this:

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30 Days of Sound, #29

I’ve discovered harmonics! They’re a very delicate sound, especially on ukulele.

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30 Days of Sound, #28

Today I tried to wrap my brain around a new strumming pattern: DDU UDU. I spent like 30 minutes struggling and then it sort of clicked. Although, I have to maintain the perfect amount of concentration. It’s easy while my mind’s partially on auto pilot, but as soon as I start thinking about it, I…

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30 Days of Sound, #27

It was rainy today, so of course I sampled some. Then I played some ukulele chords and drenched them in delay and reverb.

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30 Days of Sound, #26

Today I was playing with barre chords and I found a cool sequence (frets 5, 7, and 10).

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30 Days of Sound, #25

More playing with chords! I repurposed the picking pattern from “No Surprises” and played it on F#m and Gm add 9. I think it sounds a little mysterious.

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30 Days of Sound, #23

Today I practiced the infamous ukulele barre E chord. It’s definitely harder than other chords I’ve learned so far, but also easier than I expected.

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30 Days of Sound, #22

More ukulele practice! I continued practicing “No Surprises”, but most of my practice is just random chords, so here’s that:

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30 Days of Sound, #21

Ukulele practice! Today I started playing “No Surprises” by Radiohead, tab by ukulelehunt.com. It’s probably not a good beginner song, but I’m trying it anyway.

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30 Days of Sound, #20

Today I got a ukulele and I’ve never loved an instrument more.

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30 Days of Sound, #19

I played some guitar today. Full barre on the 9th and 5th frets sounds cool.

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30 Days of Sound, #18

Today I made a pop drum beat with my Apple Pro keyboard and a book (English Literature by William J. Long). Thanks to drummingtips.com for their beginner drum beat article.

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30 Days of Sound, #16

I call this piece “An Overloaded Washing Machine in a Snow Storm”.

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30 Days of Sound, #15

I was playing some guitar today and I noticed that the ii-V-I chord progression doesn’t sound as resolving as it does on piano.

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30 Days of Sound, #14

Today I didn’t sample anything, I just used the sounds in Flip.

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