Paganini’s Ghiribizzo 17 played on the ukulele by Choan Gálvez

You may know Niccolò Paganini as a virtuoso violinist. Did you know he also mastered on the guitar? He performed with it and he composed many pieces for it –solo or in duet with violin. Circa 1829 he wrote a set of miniatures for guitar he called 43 Ghiribizzi (43 whims, or caprices). No. 17 - Le streghe is based in a melody he already used in a previous piece for violin and orchestra ( common theme starts at 3’03“). The guitar version is simple, no virtuosism involved. Just as the rest of the ghiribizzi collection, it’s enjoyable to play and easy on the ears. My ukulele arrangement (free tabs at ) required some creative adjustments, though. For starters, a tonality change to keep the ’basses’ on open strings (original is in D major, I shifted to C major). Then, melody on the second section had to be modified to stay on the ukulele range (while being true to the harmony arpeggios).