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Recent Posts: Concert Blog
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. […]
Daily Archives: October 11, 2021
3 Chord Thurs Ukulele Jeopardy Game with prizes
To conclude the year 2021 on Thursday 30th December, we will celebrate with a Ukulele Jeopardy Game with five categories including Beatles and chords. Promptly at 3 pm EST we will warm up with a short tutorial on how to … Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs classical ukulele
Thursday 16th December 2021 is reserved for classical music on the ukulele, in line to conclude the two 7-week classes that have taken place in Zoom. The sheet music that have been uploaded will have chord names so that everyone … Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs Beatles lesser known songs
For the love of Beatles, in the second consecutive session, we explore and share the lesser known songs in Zoom. Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs Beatles better known songs
Let’s share better known songs of Beatles on 12/2/2021, followed by lesser known songs on 12/9/2021. Register in Zoom to get the meeting ID, password, and link to join this recorded song session. Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs ‘Tis the season festive colors of red and green
This time of the year we see a lot of red and green. For Thursday 23rd of December 2021, let’s wear these colors and share songs that have these colors or invoke that festive holiday feeling of ‘Tis the Season.
Thanksgiving: food and/or travel
Thanksgiving on Thursday the 25th November 2021 is traditionally celebrated with food, but in-person family reunions usually require travel. Last year, we focussed on food. This year we give the option of songs about travel, too. Coincidentally a previous session … Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs: One hit wonders
Join us on 18th November 2021 for songs that are one hit wonders. Too bad Pachelbel didn’t live long enough to see the reach of his canon and earn any royalties. You just need one hit!
3 Chord Thurs stand up ukulele
To acknowledge Veterans Day (a.k.a. Armistice Day, Remembrance Day), performers will stand up and play songs in any theme or category or era on Thursday 11th November 2021.