His way



Tav and his Ukulele, it was his Easter present even if he did get it in early March. :)  

He doesn't strum in a conventional manner, but does that really matter? You can decide, but be aware he doesn't care what you think...come on it's Tav did you think he would?  He took a workshop last year (with his cheap beginner ukulele) where he got the basics, but has never had a private lesson or actually spoken to an instructor. He is still learning and I'm sure some private instruction would be great for him, but for now he's happy just playing for himself his way.  He doesn't have the sheet music for anything he plays, everything is by ear. In the video you can see that he's not quite certain of himself, but he really only started picking up this instrument, or any instrument, regularly in January. He's playing a mash up of two of his favorite songs. It sounds like a three songs mash up, but the last 2 sections are the same song; once played strumming and once picking.  If you'd like to hear the original songs for comparison, the first song is Jason Mraz, "I'm Yours" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy0AmZu3xLg), and the second is "The Girl" by City and Color (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS8xDo-qM8w). (That second song makes me cry every time.  I tried to get Ryan to confess to writing it, but he swears he didn't.)  

Hope you all had a great Easter weekend.  Cheers!