A Song-Filled Week

This week has been a little crazy with schoolwork. So, to distract myself, I picked up my ukulele more than usual. This playing has lead to a slight loss of feeling on my left hand (which I’m used to but, I haven’t gotten used to the metal strings of the baritone yet).

I decided this would be a good time to revisit some old songs that I never quite mastered and to my surprise, I could actually play them. One song that I managed to master was Everything Stays from Steven Universe. It uses seven chords plus a bar chord that I don’t like playing. Although I think I managed quite well.

Here is a memo of me playing one part of the song:

I also took this time to revisit some songs I adore playing. Here is a list of some of my favourites that I practiced this week:

My Anthem by Christina Grimmie

All is Found from Frozen II

Edelweiss from the Sound of Music

Send this to Your Sad Friend by Blanks

and

A Non-Love Song From Nashville and Dear Happy by dodie

There are still some chords I find rather difficult, this includes the E chord. Although I will not give up just yet, I will keep trying to master it throughout the term.

As for my own song, I would like to include a B7 and an Em somewhere because I think they both have a melancholy sound that I would like to include in my song.