Irish music playlist

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Anne Ku

After recording and editing videos for St Patrick’s Day, I created an Irish music playlist on my YouTube Channel. I am determined to learn more Irish tunes. I need to visit Ireland again, for a different reason. I have not visited the places mentioned in the popular Irish songs: Athenry, Carrickfergus, Galway, to name a few. Why not?

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3 Chord Thursday at 3 with Anne’s Favorites

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Anne Ku

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 half and hour before the 3 pm EDT start time to welcome newcomers and performers. 

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3 Chord Thursday Beatles (one song per album)

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Anne Ku

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 and hour before the 3 pm EDT start time to welcome newcomers and performers.  Note daylight savings change for time zones.

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3 Chord Thursday: instrumental ukulele (Ode to Joy)

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Anne Ku

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 follow. Please download the linked PDFs of song sheets and scores BEFORE this session as we will not be sharing screen or scrolling. We follow the format of our classical ukulele theme. As usual, we open our doors in Zoom half and hour before the 3 pm EDT start time to welcome newcomers and performers. 

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3 Chord Thursday: Irish songs for St Patrick’s Day

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Anne Ku

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 EDT start time to welcome newcomers and performers. At 3 pm sharp, we mute everyone to start recording and warm up, which is a short exercise or lesson.

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3 Chord Thursday: Songs in other languages (not English, Spanish, or French)

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Anne Ku

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 and hour before the 3 pm EST start time to welcome newcomers and performers. Wear something with non-English characters or symbols.

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Two Chord Songs on Tuesday 2/22/22 at 2 PM EST

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Anne Ku

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 get to do two chord songs?

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3 Chord Thursday: happy world ukulele day

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Anne Ku

On the day after World Ukulele Day, we gathered in Zoom for 3 Chord Thursday theme Ukulele All Over the World and posed for the camera with our ukulele T-shirts and sunglasses, a ritual we do after the warm-up.

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TAB & PLUCK, fingerpickin’ good!

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Anne Ku

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 good tone.

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Voice Over Uke

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Anne Ku

Voice Over Uke (formerly named Hum & Strum) is a music (group) class focussing on your singing voice. Playing the ukulele while singing helps get your voice in tune, stay in tune, and in time (in sync). However, it’s not immediately obvious.

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