Monday, December 1, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Song: Hallelujah
Artist: Leonard Cohen
Mode of Consumption: Practicing songs on my ukulele.
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I haven’t been as faithful at practicing the uke over the last several months. I still do it, but it’s more likely to be once a week rather than five or six times a week.
Some of the reason is that I’ve been busy. Another is that I’ve reached a point where if I am ever going to get better I probably need someone who knows what they are doing to break bad habits that I sure I have and to really school me on things like strum patterns and other basic music things that I know about but don’t really understand.
Tonight, I practiced my religious/holiday song mix.
The first was “Silent Night.” I can finger pick this song relatively well (I’d be better if I was practicing more often). The strum pattern version isn’t bad either, as I keep it pretty simple with a down-down-up-down pattern that seems to fit OK.
Next came “Auld Lang Syne.” Again, I can finger pick this one, and I think I do OK with a similar strum patter to “Silent Night.”
After that came “Hallelujah.” I always like the first verse of this song the best about David playing a secret chord that pleased the lord. As I stated above, there’s a secret to playing music, and I just haven’t completely found it yet. I think it’s a secret that can be shared, but maybe some people are born with it.
“Country Roads” followed that, which might not be the outlier for the mix, but it feels like it belongs.
I finished with Tom Petty’s “Angel Dreams.” That one didn’t feel quite right tonight, but it is one I like to play.
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