Harfoot Song - Patreon post Feb 2023

Mar 3 is basically Feb 31, right?!

Finally got around to developing a lesson on Nori's song, 'This Wandering Day,' from the Rings of Power series on Amazon, prequel to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Song composed by Bear McCreary.

There's sheet music available out there for piano with guitar chords and piano melody. But not specifically for guitar. Or that break down strum, fingerings etc. for guitar.

My Patreon study has links to sheet music marked up for guitar, audio strum & melody jam tracks, short demo videos for guitar and soprano uke.

Also the usual performance notes, tips and list of gear, apps.

One thing I discovered while working this up is that the chord fingerings in this Bb major key signature is probably easier on uke than on guitar. 

The background on this song is that it's a working song to provide motivation for these tiny denizens of 2nd age Middle Earth, progenitors of the Hobbits, for loading up their belongings & migrating by push or pull cart. So a small portable instrument like a uke works well.  Even tho the song is an a cappella solo, for some reason I'm hearing a small ukulele orchestra in my head. Maybe a few around a Harfoot campfire at end of a travel day. Or perhaps a tribute in later generations to the endurance of their ancestors.

Here's the link to the Patreon post: 

Harfoot Song lesson, LTG Patreon

I've put a stylized variation up on YouTube as a playalong:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGOxPUnl7W0&t=3s

Playalong this week - 042620 - Raindrops

This selection just seemed to fit the season, the times - everything!

Arrangement is picked out melody on guitar with strumming on uke.

So 3 tracks: 1. pick + strum, 2. pick only, 3 strum only.

I sketched out my own lyric sheet with uke chords - jpg linked in  HERE. Hope you can read them. These aren't full chords. They're just the basics to allow for changes in time with the tune.

I sound a bit spastic but i'll leave the wonkiness in. Shows some spasticity can still sound ok.

Remember to turn your volume down. I do mix these low, but the end result sounds really loud to me.

"Did me some talking to the sun, said that I didnt like the way he got things done, sleeping on the job..."

Track Links

1. Pick + Strum

2. Melody only

3. Strum only.