Musicing

Yesterday we participated in Kristin’s grandma’s funeral. I accompanied a couple of songs on piano, one song with guitar, and played the organ for a congregational hymn and for the postlude. I also played a medley of a few of Grandma’s favorite songs that she used to play using what she called the “chord method.” For […]

We were visiting friends the other day and their 8-year-old daughter was playing tunes on a lap harp. It was sorely out of tune, so I offered to tune it for her. It took about five minutes to tune it to the piano. Then I noticed that some of her playing cards were in G […]

I was invited to spend half an hour with the kindergarten class today as part of their luau–end of year activity. They wanted some island-themed musical activities. So, I learned Lovely Hula Hands on the ukulele (following some uTube clips) and made up some hula-type movements to go along with the words of just the […]