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( from artist's site ) - Both in England and in Germany he modeled his skills on great masters and pedagogues. Ancient plucked instruments are a specialty of his: the classical guitar, the theorbo-lute, the Neapolitan mandolin and the recently also the ukulele. His fascination for instrumental virtuosity, dynamism and emotion made for the development of his personal technique. Since 1973, Herman Vandecauter has given solos on plucked instruments and has accompanied poems and songs,not only in his native country but also in England, France, Germany, Malaysia and Spain, amongst others during the International Festival for Plectrum Instruments in Logroño. He has also been a freelance co-operator on the mandolin and the theorbo-lute both of the baroque orchestra Il Fondamento in their musical productions for the Festival of Flanders and of the opera of the Munt-schouwburg in Brussels. Creativeness stems from the discovery of an unhoped for richness of sound, a sound quality in which new frontiers are being explored. This is music, which, because of its dynamism and emotion, should be savored live. www.guitarra.be www.ukulelebelgium.be
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A Gathering To Sit, Strum And Spread the Ukulele Love
By Shearon Roberts, Washington Post Staff Writer, Sunday, June 25, 2006
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The couple watched yesterday as a veteran ukulele couple, Gordon and Debi Velasco of Laurel, part of the group Hoaloha, showed onlookers strumming techniques and led them in Hawaiian songs.
"People ask me, 'Who's in the group?' " said Gordon Velasco, an architect and planner for the Army Corps of Engineers.
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( from artist's site ) - Tricity Vogue took up the ukelele in 2007 in an attempt to recreate the Big Band sound single-handed after her musicians stood her up for a gig. She fell in love with the small pink instrument and has since become a wandering troubadour, appearing with her ukelele everywhere from Paris to Portlaoise, and from Edinburgh to Ealing.
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OBUS Music / Victoria Vox
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Baltimore, MD 21239
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( January 15, 2008) Victoria has a new CD out titled Chameleon. There are samples available online on her web site and MySpace page.
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(From web site bio) - Victoria Vox made her big debut at 6 years old, singing ÒGirls Just Want to Have FunÓ in her babysitterÕs garage in Algoma, WI. Through twenty-some years of experience, she has also tackled a Casio keyboard, violin, oboe, trumpet, guitar, bass and ukulele.
Enchanted by chord progressions and song structure, Vox continued her higher education at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music. A degree in songwriting was right up her alley, plus, the male-to-female ratio was 11-1! Meticulous about honing her craft, the pink-haired conservative punk-rocker worked on tweaking her songs, and eventually collaborated other talented Berklee students to record Victoria Vox and the Ultra Pink Bicycle Incident, a full-band album released in 2000. Her hard work and dedication later thanked her in the form of a Berklee Achievement Scholarship and the Vince Gill Songwriting Award. top
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“A strum is the execution of a rhythmic pattern — in a specific style”
A Guide to Ukulele Strums
One of the first skills a ukulele player learns is the art and craft of strumming, playing rhythm. This refers to an accompaniment technique suitable for the singer, singer - songwriter or someone who plays a support role for another instrument.
Strumming requires a specific set of skills. They are: 1) Memorization of chords 2) The ability to switch chords smoothly and 3) The ability to choose and execute a suitable rhythmic strum. It is this 3rd skill that is our focus in “A Guide to Ukulele Strums & Rhythmic Patterns”.
Though strumming looks natural to the casual observer, it is anything but natural to the beginning ukulele player. Even experienced players have difficulty in identifying and executing certain strums. Though this is one of those topics that is typically taken for granted, there is much to learn about rhythmic feels, accents, dynamics, strum direction, feel, percussive accents, idiomatic styles and tempo variation.
First and foremost, the subject of strumming is inseparably linked to rhythm. Though an ability to read rhythm is helpful, it’s not necessary to profit from this material.
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