Silent Night (composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr)

Learning some chords in the key of G.

Silent Night

Jingle Bells (James Pierpont)

 Tabbed out my fingerstyle arrangement of the song, Jingle Bells.  You can download the arrangement here.

Also using the song to practise the 3 draw bend and single high notes on the diatonic harp - I found it really challenging.

Also learning piano......

Jingle Bells

Amazing Grace, My Chains Are Gone

 Learning some piano playing.....

Amazing Grace, My Chains Are Gone

Strolling (Jody Fisher), Walking With Jodi (Mark Leong)

Enjoyed playing Strolling.

You can download my composition, Walking With Jodi (Mark Leong), here.

Always Love

 Always Love - An original composition.

Always Love

沉默是金 Chen Mo Shi Jin by Leslie Cheung

 A popular Cantonese tune by Leslie Cheung - 沉默是金 Chen Mo Shi Jin

Grandfathering

It has been a long time since I sketched.  Here is one which I named "Grandfathering".

Grandfathering

Long Distance Call, Slippery Slope Blues, Camino Blues

 2 fingerstyle blues tune played over Camino Blues.

Download scores for Long Distance Call here.

Download scores for Slippery Slope Blues here.  (Oops.  Song was wrongly named Slippery Road Blues in the video.  Slippery Road Blues was posted on 13th Sep 2021).

Camino Blues

Setting up a Raspberry Pi Wifi Access Point using DietPi

 In one of my previous post, I posted about setting up an access point using the Raspberry Pi (post dated Sept 28, 2013).  Yes, it was about 8 years ago.

That was my venture into the Raspberry Pi and I did not really use the access point.

However this time, I made an access point for my home automation project so that I could connect devices using the Pi access point and not overload the main router.

This post describes the steps I took (eg. additional software I had to install since I am only using the basic DietPi os) and I hope it helps someone who is trying the set up an access point.

My reference is from a wonderful guide by garyexplains which can be found at  https://github.com/garyexplains/examples/blob/master/raspberry_pi_router.md

As I only have one LAN point, I ignored settings for eth1 in the above article.

However my os is Dietpi which can be obtained from https://dietpi.com.  I used a headless setup (no GUI) with the OpenSSH server installed.

After I got DietPi installed, I connected it to my router using the LAN cable (eth0).

Using dietpi-config, I set the a static IP for eth0 (leave the wlan as it is for the moment).

My suggestion is to install all the software listed (hostapd, dnsmasq) by garyexplains and stop the services as described.

I then installed dhcp5, iptables:- sudo apt install dhcp5 iptables

I then change the settings as described by garyexplains.  For files that are not there, I created them (eg. hostapd.conf).

The rc.local file was not present in my system and I created it to contain the following 2 lines:-

iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.ipv4.nat

exit 0

I then edited the /etc/network/interface file to give wlan a static ip.  This ip is like the gateway ip of the router where all network traffic will travel through.  The gateway ip would be the ip address of eth0.

After everything is set up, like garyexplains adviced, reboot the Raspberry Pi.  

To view ip leases, cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases  

Good luck.September 28, 2013

Note:  I found that the pi can only manage a limited number of connetions (using the on-board wifi).  I think it is 7 max (I limit mine to 6).

Say Love You Today

 An original composition of mine - Say Love You Today

Say Love You Today

朋友 Peng You - Alan Tam

 My cover of this very nice Cantonese song - 朋友 Peng You by Alan Tam.

朋友 Peng You

Slippery Road Blues, Jumping Blues

2 original Delta fingerstyle blues.  

Download score for Slippery Road Blues here.

Download score for Jumping Blues here.

Five In A Flat, Constant Hammering In My Head

Two original blues.  

You can download Five In A Flat here.

You can download Constant Hammering In My Head here.

Five In A Flat

Constant Hammering In My Head

浪子心声 (Lang Zi Xin Sheng) - Sam Hui

My cover of a very popular oldies by Sam Hui.

Using the song to practise playing the higher register of the diatonic harp.

Melodic Voyages (Frank Vignola)

Another jazz tune by Frank Vignola.

Also composed my own song, A Song For Your Journey which you can download the song sheet here.

Melodic Voyages

A Song For Your Journey

Bop Top Blues (Jody Fisher)

Play a bebop jazz tune by Jody Fisher - Bop Top Blues.

Wrote my own Bobby Blues tune which you can download the score sheet here.

Also did some improvisation.

Come Share In The Banquet (Sebastian Temple)

 I re-harmonized (in chord melody style) this popular song commonly sung in the Catholic Mass.  Also accompanied myself playing rhythm guitar and drum.

Also wrong my own song, At The Banquet, based on the chord progression.

Come To The Banquet, At The Banquet

You can download my transcription of Come To The Banquet here.

Score sheet for At The Banquet can be downloaded here.

Did You Hear, Did You See, Did You Say

 3 original pieces - 1 song and 2 fingerstyle blues.

Fingerstyle blues pieces:-

Tall Man Blues

Being Pulled Down

Did You Hear, Did You See, Did You Say

This Is My Home

 An original composition - This Is My Home (sung as Tis My Home).

This Is My Home

Third Of Autumn

 Improvising over a Jazz tune by Frank Vignola, Third of Autumn.

Third of Autumn

pyBean

Besides music, I am also interested in Python programming.  Here, I am posting some videos on a pyBean program where I programmed text-to-speech and speech-to-text functionalities using Python - a very small 'Hey Google'.

pyBean also works on the Raspberry Pi.

Fingerstyle guitar, blues harp

Accompanying myself in 4 original songs. You can download the tabs at:-

At The Top, Going Down (guitar)

I Am With You (guitar)

Bend A Little (harp)

Bailey Blues (harp)

For the guitar parts, I put a capo at the 3rd fret to change the key to G in this video.

Red River Valley, When The Saints Go Marching In

 Medley of 2 songs played fingerstyle.

You can download my transcription here.

Red River Valley, When The Saints Go Marching In

Happy The Man

 Happy The Man - an original (happy) blues song.

Happy The Man

Priscilla Chan: 千千闕歌 (Qian Qian Que Ge)

 Accompanying myself on the drum machine.

Priscilla Chan: 千千闕歌 (Qian Qian Que Ge)

纸船(Zhi Chuan)

 纸船(Zhi Chuan), by Sam Hui

Attempted to sing this popular cantonese song by Sam Hui.  Accompanied myself on the Yamaha DD65 drum machine later in the song.

 纸船(Zhi Chuan)

Fingerstyle Blues

 5 original fingerstyle blues in the key of E.

Tabs are available below:

2 Stops Away

2 Stops Blues

Seven Storey High

Travelling Train Blues

Triple Nine Blues

Thank You For Our Priests

 An original composition in honour of priests of the Catholic church.

Thank You For Our Priests

月亮代表我的心 (Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin), Teresa Teng

 Covering a very popular mandarin song by Teresa Teng.

Did some improvisation and soloing later in the song.

月亮代表我的心 (Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin)

Shang Hai Tan (上海滩）（Frances Yip)

 A popular cantonese song: Shanghai Beach (上海滩）.

Shanghai Beach (上海滩)

贺新年 (He Xin Nian)

 My arrangement of a very popular song for the Lunar New Year - 贺新年 (He Xin Nian)

You can download my transcription here.

贺新年 (He Xin Nian)

You Raised Me Up (Josh Groban)

 My arrangement of You Raised Me Up.

You can download the transcription here.

You Raised Me Up

3 original fingerstyle blues

My arrangement of 3 fingerstyle blues:-

You can download the arrangments here:-

Delta Girl

Snakes For Breakfast

Missing Mississippi

My School Life

 An original composition:  My School Life

My School Life