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Schubert — Die Forelle (The Trout), Op. 32
Tamás GállThis wonderful Schubert piece is one of the best-known classical compositions and one that many people may remember from school. This year marks exactly 205 years since Schubert wrote down the song that later provided the basis for the Trout Quintet two years afterwards. It has an exceptionally beau…
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Report from the 10th ukulele course
Tamás GállYesterday we held the 10th ukulele course in the heart of Budapest, at the Aranytíz Cultural Centre in District V. That day at the end of March when I arranged the dates of yesterday's Course I and the Course II taking place next Sunday with the venue now seems quite distant. And yet those few weeks…
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Community ukulele production II
Tamás GállUpdate:thank you for the videos — they turned out really well . Over the next few days I will edit and cut the recordings, and I will be back soon with the finished production. It is always a great pleasure to announce another community play-along project. I hope you will take part in creating the n…
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Nemzeti dal — reloaded
Tamás GállYou could say this post is a case of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, since 15 March was already a few weeks ago — incidentally, the day my third child was born — and I am only now publishing a post about this song, which is literally a “National Song” . What happened was that onl…
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Ukulele courses in May 2022
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! Over the past few weeks I have posted less frequently on the blog. There is a simple and wonderful reason for that: my third child was born last week, so I have not had time to make videos or write blog posts. I will be “back” soon . In the meantime, I would like to dr…
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Give Peace a Chance
Tamás GállThis song has a sadly topical relevance. I hope the war between Ukraine and Russia ends as soon as possible — a war that perhaps no one truly believed would happen . According to Wikipedia, “Give Peace a Chance” is one of John Lennon's best-known songs. It was recorded on 31 May 1969 in room 1742 of…
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Folsom Prison Blues
Tamás GállI have been planning for a long time to write a blog post about Johnny Cash and arrange one of his songs — and perhaps I will eventually do several. In my view he is one of those songwriters and performers everyone must have heard of, whether they like his music or not. His life would deserve a sepa…
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February Ukulele Course II — 2022
Tamás GállYesterday's Course II was fantastic. I had such a good time, and I hope you did too, dear Participants ! We reviewed picking techniques, practised rhythm, learned the notes along the ukulele neck and memorised a great many chords, then applied all of that in songs. In the afternoon we had a spontane…
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February Ukulele Course I — 2022
Tamás GállYesterday, 6 February 2022, I woke to unusually pleasant weather. Despite the season it was not cold — not that I had had much snow to shovel this winter anyway . I quickly packed the ukuleles, laptop and projector into the car and headed to the Aranytíz Cultural Centre. I would like to take this op…
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Money Heist
Tamás GállThe hugely successful series Money Heist — La casa de papel — swept me up as well. But that phase is over now , because only a few days ago we watched the final episode of season five at home. Some people praise or criticise the series season by season. Overall I enjoyed all five: it was exciting, f…
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Imagine — our community production
Tamás GállTo celebrate World Ukulele Day, our latest community production is finished. I published the call for participants a little over two weeks ago. World Ukulele Day itself will only be on 2 February, so I am posting the video slightly ahead of the occasion, but I hope you do not mind. I cannot thank my…
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Ukulele courses in February 2022
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! Over the past few months a great many of you have asked about ukulele courses. I am happy to let you know that we will be holding two courses in the near future: Ukulele Course I — Sunday, 6 February 2022, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Ukulele Course II — Sunday, 13 February 202…
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