Tuesday’s A to Z challenge: “O”
Event Type: General Blogging
Start Date: Tuesdays, recurring weekly
Description: Every Tuesday I offer the “A to Z challenge”, walking step by step through the alphabet.
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Since 2011, I’m walking with my readers every Tuesday from A to Z, last week we had “N”, so this week let’s put the focus on “O” – I’m sure you’ll also find a story, photo or a music title tagged with “O”: Feel free to add in the comments below the link to your personal interpretation of the letter “O”!!! Myself I’ll focus on “Orpheus”:
Orpheus
https://soundcloud.com/fingerstyle_guitar/dream-of-orpheus
With two steps I tried to make a tribute to the great composition of Luiz Bonfa, “Manha de Carnival” featured in the movie ORFEO NEGRO = BLACK ORPHEUS in the sixties when I was young. P.S.: At first I played the chord progression, then, in a second step, some single note improvisations…
read all the comments and links to other contributions:
related: my O-photo-gallery on flickr
Flickr Comments 
Thanks for another great challenge. ‘O’ is for One Village. http://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/jakes-sunday-post-one-village/
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thank you Naomi, for this wonderful gallery; you made me smile with the old man, trying a dialogue with the swan…
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Ah. Another endless source of delight. Jobim and the world of Brazilian music.
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Here’s an O song. Oh Had I A Golden Thread, a Pete Seeger song. http://bumbastories.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/oh-had-i-a-golden-thread/
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“In it I’d weave the bravery
Of women giving birth:”
https://soundcloud.com/fingerstyle_guitar/st-james-infirmary-memories
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Not many words have 5 ‘O’s in them, but here’s one: http://wp.me/pKVAM-Zf
Thank you as ever, Frizz for your challenge and keeping us on our toes. And thanks, as they say, for the music.
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good, that you have the gift of storytelling – so your experiences are never lost …
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Thank you, Frizz. I keep working at it, and I have you to thank too. Your challenges help to focus my wandering mind 🙂
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My O is Overload! I’ll listen to your music later Frizz, I’m sitting in a conference right now and I don’t want to wake everyone 😉
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love the music. O is for Orb http://dailymusing57.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/tuesdays-a-to-z-challenge-o/
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a new word for me ORB = star; I once visited the town Bad Orb (Germany)
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Here’s the definition from the dictionary 🙂
orb
ôrb/
noun
1.a spherical body; a globe.
synonyms:sphere, globe, ball;
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Enjoyed the song. It’s lovely. 🙂
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Great tribute, congratulations ! You made me travel
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Another style of music I enjoy as I love all types of music.
http://insidethemindofisadora.com/2014/10/16/o-sole-mia/
I’ve enjoyed Luiz Bonfa “Manha de Carnival” many times. You did him justice with your tribute.
Isadora ☺
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