Category: Common
Coventry Carol
| 10. December 2019 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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A 16th century English Christmas Carol. Somehow adapting the old-world harmonization to the ukulele was quite an interesting challenge. Played on my good old Brüko No.6, which turns out to be a great fit for early music!
Tedesca dita l’Austria
| 25. November 2019 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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A wonderful harpsichord piece of the Renaissance composer Marco Facoli. Amazing how nicely it plays with the ukulele.
Chaconne in A minor (Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer)
| 14. November 2019 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, Links , New Videos |
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It took a while, but finally I managed to make a new recording. The challenge to make an ukulele arrangement for this piece had an overwhelming appeal to me! This is the Chaconne in A minor by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer — originally a piece for piano or harpsichord. I played it with the excellent…
Ihr Kinderlein, kommet
| 23. December 2018 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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Another solo arrangement of an old German Christmas carol. A simple version of it is available in the free e-book “Solo Ukulele für Einsteiger”.
Dances from Terpsichore: 268: Ballet
| 9. December 2018 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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One of the many pieces from Michael Praetorius’ collection called Terpsichore.
Seikilos’ tune
| 7. December 2018 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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One of the oldest tunes known to mankind. It was found on an ancient greek stele. Wikipedia: Seikilos epitaph Works nicely with the ukulele IMHO.
Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen
| 4. December 2018 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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A little solo arrangement of an old German Christmas carol. A simple version of it is available in the free e-book “Solo Ukulele für Einsteiger”.
Choan Gálvez: Lullabies for astronauts — Nana para Eva
| 3. December 2018 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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The pieces from Choan Gálvez’ e-book are fun to play, and the musical typesetting is really nice too!
Captain O’Kane
| 1. November 2018 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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Another wonderful celtic harp piece, composed by the blind irish harp player Turlough O’Carolan. His unique melodic style has a very renaissance-like feel to me! So I hid a little bit of renaissance music within this arrangement. Do you recognize it?
The Seas Are Deep
| 29. October 2018 | Posted by Wilfried Welti under Common, New Videos, Ukulele |
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A fascinating piece from the blind harp player Turlough O’Carolan. Played on my Brüko No.6.
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