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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. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2022
3 Chord Thursday at 3 with Anne’s Favorites
On Thursday 7th April 2022, we celebrate 3 Chord Thursday anniversary as we enter our third year in Zoom, hence 3 Chord Thursday at 3. Here is a non-exhaustive favorite song list. As usual, we open our doors in Zoom … Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday Beatles (one song per album)
Join us Thursday 31st March 2022 for Beatles songs. Check out the 12 albums. We have enough time for a maximum of ten songs. Request EARLY to get your song selected. As usual, we open our doors in Zoom half … Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday: instrumental ukulele (Ode to Joy)
On Thursday 24th March 2022, we introduce instrumental ukulele, what is fingerpicked, plucked, or known as fingerstyle ukulele. We welcome other instrumentalists to join us because you can always play along muted. We have the chord diagrams so you can … Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday: Irish songs for St Patrick’s Day
On Thursday 17th March 2022 we share Irish songs or songs by Irish artists and bands to celebrate St Patrick’s Day which falls on this day. As usual, we open our doors in Zoom 30 minutes before the 3 pm … Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday: Songs in other languages (not English, Spanish, or French)
On Thursday 10th March 2022, we share songs in other languages (not English, Spanish or French because there are future dates for Spanish and French songs on 5/5 and 7/14/2022 respectively). As usual, we open our doors in Zoom half … Continue reading
Two Chord Songs on Tuesday 2/22/22 at 2 PM EST
How often do you get a date such as 2/22/22? Once in a lifetime. (Note: We already missed the first opportunity on 2/2/22 which was world ukulele day.) How often does it fall on a Tuesday? How often do we … Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday: happy world ukulele day
Group photos and sharing of the joy of playing the ukulele from World Ukulele Day celebration at 3 Chord Thursday. Continue reading
TAB & PLUCK, fingerpickin’ good!
Fingerstyle ukulele refers to using your individual fingers to pluck the individual strings of your ukulele. Interactive online classes (in Zoom) are ideal for this kind of playing because you get to hear yourself. You can focus on producing a … Continue reading