It's been a looooong time since I've posted. I got a new and better uke, but I hardly practiced piano in between lessons and barely passed, and I haven't touched the mandolin like I was planning to. Oh well. Anyway, there is some good news. I found this video of Classical Gas on the ukulele, arranged by sanfordandsong. I thought it was sweet, but there's no tab for it online. So I took a deep breath and decided to make my own.
I believe I mentioned before that I made a tab for Jake Shimabukuro's version of Ave Maria. I did it entirely by ear from his Gently Weeps album, but it's not a very fast song, so it was a little easier than most. Classical Gas, however, is fast, but it's a video, so I can always look at what his fingers are doing if I'm lost.
I am also learning to use Power Tab. It's no longer under development, but it's free and I like the way the finished product looks. Plus, it's actually really easy. I don't know why I insisted on using notepad for tabs in the past. I'm never going back.
I'm halfway done with the song now. When I am finished, I will email sanfordandsong for permission to put it up on the web for anyone interested, like Dominator does. Hopefully he lets me. There are already a number of people asking for it.
It's sort of exciting to be making a contribution to the ukulele community, even as small as a simple tab for a song I didn't even write. Even if only one person appreciates it, I'll be a happy man.
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