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Migaloo the White Whale Speaks

songlinesofthewhales.org We present to you the voice of Migaloo, the White Whale. We thought it appropriate that Migaloo be granted the opportunity to speak before the meeting of the International Whaling Commission. As speakers are allowed only a few minutes to present their case, we extracted only the most poignant statements from our 1998 recording of Migaloo’s two hour discourse. ‘Migaloo’ means ‘White Fella’. He was named by Australian Aboriginal Elders. The images are highlights from close extended pod encounters between 1988 and 2008. For images of Migaloo, please view the encounter as narrated by our intern Dave Williams youtube.com ”One of the great thrills of my life was hearing and feeling Migaloo’s voice pass through my body as he swam past The Oceania Project’s research vessel on October 2, 1998.” ~Dave Williams The song is clearly audible through the hull of the research vessel. Depending on the proximity of the singer, the song is also audible standing on the deck. The sound pressure level of their song is reduced significantly once it passes into the air. Whales speak to each other constantly. The cadence and syncopation of their normal conversations are much different from that of their songs. They often make sounds above water through their nostrils. Because water is denser than air it is a much better conduit for sound. If a singer is close you can hear him or her in much the same way standing on the deck as our recordings sound on YouTube. Of course

Tuning Ukulele, GCEA with a tuner, tutorial, piano guide

This video uses a Mc Crypt eNote nano Tune up Device. But look around for a brand that you might like. In this video, you could tune your ukulele to it if you do not have your own tuner. But the main object is to show you an easy way to keep your ukulele in-tune with the clip on tuner if you are first-time ukulele player looking for some help. You do not have to be able to read musical notation with this video. I have included a one-octave piano picture from C,D,E,F,G,A,B so that you could follow with your tuner to guide you along. In the German notation the B that we are use to, is actually called H, but for our purpose we will stay with B. Signs: # (the pound sign) is actually in musical notation called sharp. It means to raise the tone half a step up. If you were on the G note (on the white keys of the piano chart here) and you wanted to move half a step higher it would be called G# or G-sharp (on the piano guide it would be on the black notes). Sign: b (looks almost like a small b) is actually in musical notation called a flat. It means to lower the note half a step down. if you were on the A note (on the white keys of the piano chart here in the video) and you wanted to move half a step down it would be called an Ab or A-flat (on the piano guide it would be on the black note between G and A – with the blue writing here on the piano chart guide as Ab). As you will notice on the chart (included again at the end of video), that the black notes have 2 different writing