The first thing I heard on Facebook this morning was a YouTube cover of The Cure’s 1992 hit “Friday I’m in Love.” A couple played and sang the four chord song in the key of G. This reminded me that I had tabbed out the catchy fingerpicking introduction (and interlude) in the keys of F and G and performed/recorded it on 3 Chord Thursday with my high school classmate and girl band mate as well as by myself for the 100 Days Ukulele Project. Let me share that instrumental segment here.
There are many different ways to play the catchy instrumental segment which is used in the introduction and as interludes. It’s fun to play on the high G ukulele — FAST!!
Compare playing it in the key of F major. Which is easier?
We performed this song in the key of F in 3 Chord Thursday more than once.
For the first 100 Days Ukulele Project, I played it again.
And again when Adrienne visited me in Boston. This is how much I love Friday I’m in Love.
Practice suggestions
Familiarize yourself with the song. Practice the different options as marked in the first image. Play along with video covers. Which key do you prefer? F or G major?
Access to the sheet music
- The song sheets (lyrics and chords) and the instrumental interludes will be combined into a two page PDF.
- The pdfs will be e-mailed to all those who registered and paid for the 8-week Ukulele Winter 2025 course. See the Classes Webpage for further details.
- Annual subscribers to 3 Chord Thursday 2025 may request and receive these new arrangements as part of their package, for supporting the thematic song sessions for 2025.
- In due course, these arrangements will be available for purchase.
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Catalog of new music by Anne Ku
Below is what I know and have done so far and what I plan to do for this week. Each piece is followed by exercises to prepare and support that piece. The “day” column refers to the day in the project, starting on the 1st day of 2025. As you can see, I am several days ahead.
| Day | Title / Topic | Keys | Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greensleeves / What Child Is This | Em, Fm, Gm, Am | Lead Sheet Chord Melody | sample score, video |
| 2 | Andalusian Cadence | Am, Gm | Arpeggio Accompaniment | sample score |
| 3 | Auld Lang Syne for high G ukulele | F, G | Lead Sheet Chord Melody | sample score, playalong video |
| 4 | Left Hand Techniques | G | Lead Sheet | definition, sample score |
| 5 | On Top of Spaghetti | C | Chord Melody | playalong video |
| 6 | Auld Lang Syne in F for low G ukulele | F, C | Chord Melody | playalong video |
| 7 | Feed the Birds | Em, Am | Lead Sheet, Chord Melody | sample scores |
| 8 | Accompaniment in 3/4 Time | Am | High G ukulele | sample scores |
| 9 | Accompaniment exercises in 3/4 Time | Am | Low G ukulele | sample scores |
| 10 | Strum & Fingerpick Exercise in 3/4 Time | C | high or low G ukulele | sample scores |
| 11 | Exercise for Waltz Accompaniment | C | high or low G ukulele | sample scores |
| 12 | Oh Susanna! | C | high or low G ukulele | sample scores |
| 13 | Travis Picking exercises | C | high and low G ukulele | sample scores |
| 14 | Puff the Magic Dragon 7 Travis Picking variations | C | high and low G ukulele | sample scores |
| 15 | We Shall Overcome | C | high and low G ukulele | sample scores |
| 16 | Can’t Help Falling in Love | C, F | high and low G ukulele | download lead sheet |
| 17 | Friday I’m in Love | F, G | high G ukulele | scores, play along videos |