Hi again,
I installed a SKYPE phone on my computer recently, and have had some interesting phone and online typed conversations with members of my whistling community. Several times three of us have had a 3-way conversation. Other whistlers, including some from India, have given me their SKYPE info. As soon as we can find a time compatible with most of our time zones, we will try to do some group whistling in SKYPE.
My SKYPE whistling friend in Japan advised me today about getting some sound clips added to my http://www.handmelodies.com/ Website, which I will try to have ready for people to hear soon.
July 4th found me and my household and some friends at a neighborhood block party held in a blocked-off three-way intersection. We hauled over our potluck food, lawn furniture, and music instruments. Our family band had a fiddle, guitar, ukulele, my assorted recorders and tin whistles, and, of course, my hands. Mostly I just used the uke and my hands, and we warmed up with "I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy," and if the pitch was too low, I just switched from my cupped hands to the uke. Good news about the uke. Arthritis has limited my uke-playing in recent years, but on July 4, 2009, most of the arthritis in my hands vanished while we were making music. I had such a good time and now feel encouraged to do more with the ukulele.
Time to quit now and see if I can figure out how to get set up to put a few ads on here.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Introducing Myself
Hi There,
I'm a Pacific Northwest retiree who likes to listen to and make music. Most people know me as a handwhistler, but I also play the recorder, tin whistle, ukulele and washtub string bass, also known as the "gutbucket." I'm a fumbling beginner on the autoharp, and my current one is too big and causes carpal tunnel symptoms. So my plan is to get it fixed up, sell it, and get a smaller one.
Most of the music I perform is Celtic, folk, classical, and liturgical, meaning the wide variety of hymns in the Oregon Catholic Press Breaking Bread. There's a broad variety of melodies in that paperback hymnal. It includes Gregorian chant, of course, but also has lots of good old Protestant standards, plus Celtic tunes, folk hymns, African American, Spanish hymns, and contemporary hymns(from the Sixties up to now).
I enjoy listening to ragtime, Dixieland, Big Band Swing, Bluegrass, and early Rock. Any Rock music beyond early Beatles music and that of their contemporaries nauseates me.
I love to surf the Net and find other handwhistlers like myself, and they are multiplying like jackrabbits on www.YouTube.com . There are also two videos of my handwhistling. I'll provide more links after I learn how; I'm a newbie at creating blogs. .
I also love to write, and I privately published a book of memoirs several years ago. E-mail me at dunsidhe1@msn.com if you'd like more info. Lots of other writing projects reside inside my computer awaiting completion, and I may share some of it on this blog.
I do a variety of things to supplement retirement income, like word-processing college term papers. (Students' computers sometimes crash and lines for the computer lab get too long).
Time to knock off for the day and get some snooze time,
Sally
Check out www.handmelodies.com if you'd like to see some photos. Some areas of that Website are still under construction, but that will change soon.
I'm a Pacific Northwest retiree who likes to listen to and make music. Most people know me as a handwhistler, but I also play the recorder, tin whistle, ukulele and washtub string bass, also known as the "gutbucket." I'm a fumbling beginner on the autoharp, and my current one is too big and causes carpal tunnel symptoms. So my plan is to get it fixed up, sell it, and get a smaller one.
Most of the music I perform is Celtic, folk, classical, and liturgical, meaning the wide variety of hymns in the Oregon Catholic Press Breaking Bread. There's a broad variety of melodies in that paperback hymnal. It includes Gregorian chant, of course, but also has lots of good old Protestant standards, plus Celtic tunes, folk hymns, African American, Spanish hymns, and contemporary hymns(from the Sixties up to now).
I enjoy listening to ragtime, Dixieland, Big Band Swing, Bluegrass, and early Rock. Any Rock music beyond early Beatles music and that of their contemporaries nauseates me.
I love to surf the Net and find other handwhistlers like myself, and they are multiplying like jackrabbits on www.YouTube.com . There are also two videos of my handwhistling. I'll provide more links after I learn how; I'm a newbie at creating blogs. .
I also love to write, and I privately published a book of memoirs several years ago. E-mail me at dunsidhe1@msn.com if you'd like more info. Lots of other writing projects reside inside my computer awaiting completion, and I may share some of it on this blog.
I do a variety of things to supplement retirement income, like word-processing college term papers. (Students' computers sometimes crash and lines for the computer lab get too long).
Time to knock off for the day and get some snooze time,
Sally
Check out www.handmelodies.com if you'd like to see some photos. Some areas of that Website are still under construction, but that will change soon.
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