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REVIEW: Discovering Fingerstyle Ukulele Songbook by Colin Tribe
Colin Tribe’s new book offers new possibilities for ukulele players who aspire to fingerpick their way through thirty of the most popular songs of all time. These chord melody arrangements show a variety of ways the high G ukulele can be used for instrumental solo or duet (such as chord accompaniment and melodic fingerpicking) . […]
REVIEW: Piano Animals (duet) by Heleen Verleur
This 31-page book of four hand piano music is sheer FUN with a capital F. The composer Heleen Verleur knows just what pianists love playing: music that is easy to read, sounds hard to play, but is so much fun that you don’t want to stop until it ends.
REVIEW: Ukulele Picking Tunes Classical Gems by Paul Mansell
This 40-page book is the latest contribution to the ukulele repertoire by the UK-based ukulele and guitar composer Paul Mansell. Guitarists who play the ukulele are few and far between, for many adult learners pick up the ukulele without knowing the guitar. Yet it takes a guitarist who understands the possibilities of the re-entrant tuned […]
REVIEW: Modern Pieces for Ukulele by Paul Mansell
Review of first three pieces from the new book Modern Pieces for Ukulele by Paul Mansell
Group piano class in Zoom
Introducing my group piano class online: Group Piano Class in Zoom. The first series of seven weekly one-hour class started in June 2021. The second (continuation of the first) started in October 2021 at alternating weeks, until end of December (seven sessions). The third series of 16 consecutive weeks started at the beginning of 2022. […]
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Three Chord Thursday Irish Songs
In anticipation of St Patrick’s Day, we will celebrate well-known Irish songs, many of which require only three chords. Please join us at our Three Chord Thursday session on March 11th, 2021 at 3 pm ET. Wear a solid GREEN of any shade!
Three Chord Thursday Make It Count (World Maths Day)
For World Maths Day, we celebrate songs about counting, numbers, arithmetic, and mathematics. Please join us at our Three Chord Thursday session on March 4th, 2021 at 3 pm ET. Wear something with a number or numbers or mathematics on it!
Three Chord Thursday: Word painting, a musical technique
Word painting is a musical technique using musical concepts to illustrate or re-enforce the lyrics. Continue reading
Three Chord Thursday Year of the Ox
To celebrate the lunar new year, we will wear RED to welcome happiness, good luck and fortune, as well as share three chord songs about ox, oxen, cows, and other bovine creatures on Thursday February 18th, 2021.
Three Chord Thursday Timeless Love Songs
In the run up to Valentine’s Day, we invite you to choose love songs that can be strummed, plucked, or arranged as chord melody for instrumental ukulele in my online classes. On Thursday 11th February 2021, we will sing and … Continue reading
Three Chord Thursday: Weather
Whither, whether, weather? It’s that time of the year when we’re tired of staying indoors because of the cold weather, though we’re probably used it by now. In any case, despite the days growing longer (in the northern hemisphere), we … Continue reading
Three Chord Thursday Full Moon
The next full moon is on 24th June 2021 which is already scheduled for Cars & Driving. We will reschedule the Full Moon theme on a future date (part 2 to the first celebration in late January 2021). We will … Continue reading
Three Chord Thursday 1920’s
1920’s songs accompanied by the ukulele Continue reading
Three Chord Thursday 2021: Wishin’ and Hopin’
Welcome to the first song session of the new year on 14th January 2021 at 3 pm Eastern Time! Three Chord Thursday themes for 2021 begins with your wishes, hopes, dreams, goals, plans, wants, and desires. Wear something NEW!