First meeting recap

Thanks to everybody who came to our first meeting. I think a good time was had by all -- certainly by me. A special thanks to Dave and Mary for hosting.

I have a small list of suggestions for next time. Feel free to email me or leave comments here if you have any more ideas, or if you don't agree with these ones.

• Printed music for everybody; at least a dozen songs, with as many as possible available in advance on the web site. Suggestions are most welcome. Anything formatted with chord diagrams right on the page would be ideal, but not absolutely necessary.
• One music stand for at least every two people. We were OK tonight, but if we get more recruits, we'll have to make sure we're covered.
• The first bit (15 minutes?) devoted to basics. We can get tuned up and go over some of the chords we'll be playing.

Here are a few web sites with lots of uke songs. Check them out, and if anything catches your eye, let me know and I'll start making a list for next month here on the blog.

• Richard G's Ukulele Songbook - tons of songs, nicely formatted with chord charts for GCEA tuning on each one. He has a link to a nifty transposing web site.
• Doctor Uke's Songs - incorporates the chord charts right into each line; many with baritone in addition to GCEA.
• ukulele-tabs.com - huge selection, but annoying obfuscated song lyrics.

That's but a small sample of the uke resources out on the net. Google and ye shall find. And of course, if you'd like to come up with your own arrangements, that'd be even better.

Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to next month -- Tuesday, December 6.