W. Welti's Classical "Ribbbbbbiiiiitttttttt!

Haven't posted any classical ukulele for a while. Wwelti feels like an old friend though we have never met. This ukulele obsession has created a bond between so many people from all over the world. So YouTube is now 5 years old and I have been all around the world searching for musical knowledge on the humble instrument. Alistair Wood of Ukulele Hunt just had his site's 3rd anniversary so I went back and saw that I started Humble Uker on 8/28/08, I am getting close to two years in August.

I have been playing with the idea of anti-blogging, that is removing some posts, a finding posted videos that were taken down (and now blank) for some infringement. I heard from Ukulele Bartt that the Disney Corporation had him take down his "When You Wish Upon A Star" video. Seemed crazy to me, in my Humble opinion (IMHO), Bartt was stirring up nostalgia for Disney.

FINGERS DANCING

WS64 is an exellent musician and a prolific poster of music on YouTube. His fingers and chord changes move so eloquently that I probably will never get anywhere near handling any of his arrangements. Each time I see his videos I always wish that he also tablature for the song. The Cheers and Raindrops below both have closeups due to his artistic placement of the video camera. I posted the "I believe in Father Christmas" because I grew up listening to my older (step) brother Douglas Lindroos' favorite groups. He lived in San Gabriel, near LA, the center of his musical world, and gave me a love for his favorites: Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Then watch wwelti's (Wilfried Welti from Germany) fingers on La Vie En Rose. I asked Wilfried how long he's been playing the uke. He said 3 years and 4 months and the guitar a couple of years before that. I also asked him about counting out the timing of each bar (when there's a variety of notes, including dotted notes.) He said that there's always counting but as you become more familiar with the tune the counting takes less attention (coming more naturally with the flow of the song.)

At the end I have Jonathan K Millers version of Mr. Grinch, it is a wonderful version

YouTube WS64 Cheers Theme


YouTube WS64 I believe in Father Christmas
(Emerson Lake & Palmer)


YouTube WS64 Auld Lang Syne – Cavaquinho solo


YT WS64 - Raindrops


wwelti - la vie en rose


YT JonathonKMiller – Mr. Grinch
(Note to Self: Use Woodshed’s pdf to add some of the transition chords shown in this video)

Wilfried Welti / A CLASSICAL GIFT

On a recent post I told you about this generous gift to the ukulele playing world... Wilfried Welti is known as wwelti on YouTube and has provided numerous classical arrangements free to the ukulele world. He's a member of the German Ukulele Club.

If you double click on the video here it will take you directly into YouTube. Then click "more info" (in blue) for his direct message.

Here's the German Ukulele Club "clubhymme"
http://www.ukulelenclub.de/index.php?page=210



Thank you so much Wilfried. I am really enjoying each song I try.

Jeff / Humble Uker