
3 Chord Thursday World Ukulele Day January 3, 2023.3 Chord Thursday Hawaiian Love Songs January 3, 2023.3 Chord Thursday RIP Burt January 3, 2023.3 Chord Thursday Irish Theme January 3, 2023.3 Chord Thursday HARMONICA class January 10, 2023.Ukulele Crossword Puzzles January 10, 2023.Piano Harmonisation (Harmonization) February 6, 2023.Ukulele Play Along Video February 8, 2023.I transposed my own version from the guitar score in a one-page PDF landscape for readability on screen, before I discovered the version by Roger Ruthen, who retitled it as “Valse Allegretto” ( 2-page PDF). Carulli’s Waltz in E minor for guitar transposes to A minor for ukulele. Why is such a catalogue important? It would save time and effort in transposing and transcribing. I’d like to see a one-to-one mapping of pieces for guitar, transcribed, transposed, and arranged for another instrument, such as the ukulele. But an Opus could refer to a collection of pieces, such as in a guitar method book. Should we now call it Waltz in A minor? How do we know it’s the same piece? That’s where Opus comes in. The Waltz in E minor for classical guitar transposes well on the ukulele in a different key. It seems wrong or even confusing to keep the same title for a transposition. I am the newest of the lot, for my fingers remember a waltz I played on my first nylon string guitar when I was a teenager on Okinawa. How many waltzes did Ferdinando Carulli write? I keep discovering new waltzes arranged for the ukulele by those who have played them on the guitar.
