Silent Night transposed and translated

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Anne Ku

What is the most famous song sung at Christmas? Written by an Austrian priest and set to music by another Austrian, Stille Nacht has been translated to more than 300 languages. Silent Night, as we know it, can also be sung and played in different keys. Play along to the following two videos created for my music classes in Zoom.

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Simple Gifts revisited

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Anne Ku

What can you do with a two chord song? As Elizabeth Barrett Browning famously wrote, “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” We demonstrated a few ways at 3 Chord Thursday which provided food for thought, just in time for Thanksgiving.

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The Moon Represents My Heart 月亮代表我的心

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Anne Ku

The moon will turn full tomorrow, so-named “Beaver Moon”, becoming a blood moon and a lunar eclipse. Called “beaver blood moon lunar eclipse”, it will be visible between 4:10 am and 7:49 am EST. An early night is in order to wake up at the REM hour (Rapid Eye Movement). It’s the last total lunar exclipse until 2025.

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3 Chord Thursday Jeopardy Game

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 29th December 2022, the last Zoom session of the year, we invite you to our annual ukulele jeopardy game. There are prizes to be won, not necessarily all by the winning team. At some point, if you decide your team cannot win, you may have to choose to lose.

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3 Chord Thursday Cruise

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 15th December 2022, join us on a cruise ship sailing to Hawaii. Experience a cruise with our special guest TikiDave, cruise director and international artist, who is docking in Kahului, Maui (Hawaii). Wear something bright and colorful as you would on tropical islands. Feel free to request any song you’d like.

  • 9 PM CEST – Venice, Italy and elsewhere on continental Europe
  • 8 PM GMT – UK
  • 2 PM Nova Scotia
  • 3 PM EST (East Coast USA)
  • 2 PM CST (Texas)
  • Noon PST (West Coast USA)
  • 10 AM HST (Hawaii)
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3 Chord Thursday Waltz

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 1st December 2022, we gather to play chords following a medley of famous waltzes. You can also request to perform a waltz via this Google Form. A waltz is a dance in 3/4 time. A waltz does not have to be traditional, it can be a pop song in 3/4 time. Check out the Spotify list to get inspiration and ideas. (Read about it HERE and the quest for waltzes of Carulli). See you before 3 pm EST to start on time with a warm-up lesson. If you have the new Zoom link, you will get the PDF to this waltz medley in advance to practice.

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3 Chord Thursday Spicing up songs with few chords

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 17th November 2022, we explore different ways to spice up few chord songs (that have two or three or four chords). Have you ever wondered why some people are able to spice up a three chord song? See you before 3 pm EST to start on time with a warm-up lesson and learn some tools to help you spice up such songs.

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3 Chord Thursday TIME

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 3rd November 2022, join us in Zoom for songs about time. Europe and UK would have just changed their clocks from daylight savings. We have four hours instead of the usual five between UK and East Coast USA. As usual, request via this Google Form. See you before 3 pm EDT (which is UK 7 pm GMT, Central Europe will be 8 pm CEST) to start on time with a warm-up lesson.

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3 Chord Thursday Bootcamp Songs

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 20th October 2022, we will experience 3 Chord Thursday as a ukulele bootcamp in which you learn 20% of what you need to play 80% of what you want, including strum patterns, 12-bar blues, and common chord progressions. You can sign up to perform one of the following songs featured in previous ukulele bootcamp classes (below) or choose a three chord song not on the list. As usual, request via this Google Form. See you before 3 pm EDT to start on time with a warm-up lesson.

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Fun with Uke Book

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Anne Ku

Hot off the cyberpress, “Fun with Uke” is a new compilation of illustrated, arrangements of 24 well-known, popular children’s songs based on nursery rhymes. Coloring book. To find out more, join 3 Chord Thursday Nursery Rhymes song session.

The festive edition 2024 is a “subset” of “Fun with Uke” with eight of the easiest tunes for the complete beginner.

Fun with Uke festive edition 2024

Check out the YouTube Playlist of recordings. Order the 80-page hyperlinked PDF for US$25 (or equivalent) or the high quality print edition US$35 with this FORM.

Owning a copy of this book gives you access to hybrid one-hour workshops, i.e. in person and in Zoom and selected 3-Chord Thursday song sessions.

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