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- Tweak the Twinkle for high G ukulele March 25, 2025
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- Thrive on Five in Five (pentatonic) for high G ukulele March 25, 2025
- Thrive on Five (pentatonic) for high G ukulele March 25, 2025
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- Harmonizing B-A-C-H March 22, 2025
- B-A-C-H in a Minuet for high G ukulele March 21, 2025
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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) . […]
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Daily Archives: March 25, 2025
Tweak the Twinkle for high G ukulele
“Tweak the Twinkle” for high G ukulele by Anne Ku is a variation on the famous tune with chords for accompaniment. Continue reading
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Thirst for Third for high G ukulele
“Thirst for Third” is a short piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku that makes most use of open strings and notes on the third fret. Continue reading
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Tagged fingerpicking, fingerstyle, minor, open strings, third fret, uke, ukulele
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Thrive on Five in Five (pentatonic) for high G ukulele
“Thrive on Five in Five” is a pentatonic piece in 5/4 time on high G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading
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Thrive on Five (pentatonic) for high G ukulele
“Thrive on Five” (pentatonic) for high G ukulele by Anne Ku uses only the five notes of the G major pentatonic scale. Continue reading
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Tagged book, composition, five, music, notes, pentatonic, piece, tablature, uke, ukulele, work
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