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  • Rosella

    Rosella (or the Rosella Waltz) is just a gentle waltz recorded with 2 tenor guitar tracks and organ (using Organteq 2).

  • Cubic Triads

    Cubic Triads is just an exploration of a curiosity. I saw a video by ‪@12tone‬ explaining the music theory concept of Cube Dance by Jack Douthett. This explores that concept using just triads to move through the 12 major, 12 minor and 4 augmented triads. Moving between triads only one note changes by one semitone. Through the layering that occurs with organ stops these three notes are fleshed out to a fuller sound. Organteq 2 is used for the organ.

  • Droplets

    Droplets is a piece for high G ukulele.

  • Waiting (Twiddling Thumbs)

    Waiting (Twiddling Thumbs) is a piece for high G ukulele.

  • Reflections

    Reflections is a piece for classical guitar.

  • Wallaby in the Chook Pen

    Wallaby in the Chook Pen was written in response to a call for Tasmanian jigs for a collation by Steve Gadd. This is one of three tunes I contributed.

    abc text (abc is a form of text based notation very common in folk music) the above image is a render from abc and the text for this is:

    X:3
    T:Wallaby in the Chook Pen
    C:A Charman-Williams
    M:6/8
    L:1/8
    Q:3/8=105
    K:D
    B/c/|:”D” AFA “Bm” BGF | “Em” EFD “A”E2A | “G” GAB “Em” edB | “A” c2d ece |
    “D” fdB “Bm” AFA | “Em” BdB “D” AFA | “Em” BGB “A” cde |1 “D” d3 fdB :|2 “D” fdB “A” d2B/c/ |
    |: “D” def afa | “Em” bab “A” afe | “D” dfe B2d | “A” ced cde |
    “D” fga “Bm” fdf | “Em” efg “A” ece | “D” dAd “A” fge | “D” d3 d2B/c/ 😐

  • Pademelon in the Bracken

    Pademelon in the Bracken was written in response to a call for Tasmanian jigs for a collation by Steve Gadd. This is one of three tunes I contributed.

    abc text (abc is a form of text based notation very common in folk music) the above image is a render from abc and the text for this is:

    X:2
    T:Pademelon in the Bracken
    C:A Charman-Williams
    M:6/8
    L:1/8
    Q:3/8=95
    K:Am
    |: “Am” cAc edc | “G” BGB cBG | “F” F2A BcA | “E” BA^G E3 |
    “Am” cAc ede | “G” ged BcG | “F” AcA “E” ^GEG |1 “Am” A3 Acd :|2 “Am” A3 Ace |
    |: “Dm” f2f fed | “Am” ecB Ace | “Dm” f2a fed | “Am” e3 edc |
    “G” d2d dcB | “F” c2A FAc | “E” BE^G BcB |1 “Am” A3 Ace :|2 “Am” A6 |]

  • Roses are Blue, Violets are Red

    Roses are Blue, Violets are Red was written in response to a call for Tasmanian jigs for a collation by Steve Gadd. This is one of three tunes I contributed.

    abc text (abc is a form of text based notation very common in folk music) the above image is a render from abc and the text for this is:

    X:1
    T:Roses are Blue, Violets are Red
    C:A Charman-Williams
    M:6/8
    L:1/8
    Q:3/8=95
    K:Am
    Ace|:”Am” a2e fed | “Em” e3 A2E | “Am” A2A cBA | “E” ^G3 Ace |
    “Am” a2e fed | “E”e3 A2^G | “Am”ABc “E”A2^G |1 “Am”A3 Ace :|2 “Am”A3 AFE |
    |:”Dm”D2F “E”E^GB | “Am”cBc A2c | “Em”e2e fed | “Am”ecB A2E |
    “Dm”D2F “E”E^GB | “Am”cec a2b | “Am”aec “E”E^F^G |1 “Am”A3 AFE :|2 “Am”A3 c2d |
    |: “Am”e2c “G”d2B | “Am”cBA “E”E2^G | “Am”A2A cBA | “E”^G3 Ecd |
    “Am”e2c “Dm”f2d | “E”^g2e “Am”a2e | “Dm”ded “E”c2^G |1 “Am”A3 c2d :|2 “Am”A6 |]

  • Yes or No – Yes and No

    A song written for a ukulele forum.

    Lyrics: Yes or No – Yes and No

    They wanted Yes or No 
    as the only answers 
    but what if it’s Yes and No 
    or neither with no firm answer. 

    So many things aren’t simply black or white, 
    wrong or right. 
    Left or right
    day or night

    Yes or No
    Yes and No
    Yes or No
    Yes and No

    Where are the shades of grey and the central ground
    Why expect a simple answer to a complex question
    Why is the complex answer never found
    What if it’s both, what if it’s none

    Yes or No
    Yes and No
    Yes or No
    Yes and No
    or neither

  • I Thought of You

    I Thought of You is a song recorded with vocals and Irish Bouzouki.

    Lyrics: I Thought of You

    I still hear your laughter, soft as the breeze  
    It whispers through the trees, brings me to my knees  
    The way we used to dance, under starlit skies  
    Now the echoes of your voice are where my heart lies  
     
    I thought of you yesterday  
    I thought of you today  
    I’ll think of you tomorrow  
    The memories never fade  

    I see your shadow in the morning light  
    It lingers in the silence of the quiet night  
    Though time moves forward, leaving us behind  
    In every passing moment, you’re still on my mind  

    I thought of you yesterday  
    I thought of you today  
    I’ll think of you tomorrow  
    The memories never fade  

    And I hold on to every piece of you  
    The moments we shared, the things we knew  
    They live on forever, deep in my soul  
    Your memory’s a fire, it keeps me whole  

    I thought of you yesterday  
    I thought of you today  
    I’ll think of you tomorrow  
    The memories never fade