Bathrobe Sessions #15 - Magic Ukulele Waltz - Roy Smeck Cover

I first heard this song a couple of years ago and set out to learn it. Found the music for it and have been playing it every day since. It's much easier on my larger tenor ukes, but since this new soprano doesn't always work well for the jazzy stuff I usually do, I thought I'd just give it a go.

If you YouTube this song, you'll hear nearly everyone play it a little differently. I'd love to find an original Smeck recording so I can see what it's REALLY supposed to sound like...

This is a RipTide soprano (US-5NS) from Boulder Creek. My wife got it as a souvenir from me during her recent trip to Hawaii. For a low cost uke, it sounds pretty good, though I have some intonation problems with it - and the strings still may be stretching, so I decided not to get too worked up about the tuning issues (like I normally do...)

The sound hole configuration is different for sure, but I like it - and it's a great little addition my collection and it's fun to play!

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• waltz
• roy
• smeck
• riptide
• soprano
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• bathrobe
• sessions
• bob
• doyle
• cover

[wininboy]

Good job!

I tried to videotape Roy Smeck's original recordings of this waltz. You can check 'em out on my channel, if you like.

Cheers!

[boundless]

@wininboy Hooray! Thanks for this! You probably remember that it was your YouTube video that got me going on this song in the first place. Great to hear from you on this!

[CaptainUkehandles]

Very cool. I could listen to this o'er 'n' o'er.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Really nice.