Workshop: Happy Birthday

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

Can you play “Happy Birthday” without following a song sheet or score? It can be as easy and as few as three chords to accompany yourself singing. This one hour workshop will show you how to memorize and make it interesting and personal.

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Arrangements for easy piano

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Anne Ku

I am organizing ALL my piano arrangements on one page so that I can categorize them for easier access. Here’s my YouTube Playlist of recordings of my piano arrangements by others who stumble upon my pieces online.

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Guitar orchestra concert in Boston – free

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Anne Ku

Once upon a time, I played the piano daily and performed regularly with a guitarist in a piano guitar duo. When the guitarist moved to Boston to pursue his doctorate in music, I got replaced by a string quartet and an orchestra.

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Chinese tea dyed eggs or marbled tea eggs

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Anne Ku

At first sight, it looks a bit scary. The lines on the hard-boiled egg are formed by the cracks in the egg shells, thus absorbing the tea liquid. What does a tea dyed egg taste like? Is it healthy? When do you eat a marbled tea egg?

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Ukulele Accompaniment Course in Zoom

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Anne Ku

What’s the strum pattern? If you’re asking this question, you’d be interested in the new Ukulele Accompaniment Course in Zoom. Get introduced to rhythmic patterns for different kinds of songs and occasions.

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Workshop: Ode to Joy

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

To celebrate the bicentennial of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the only one that uses the human voice, we will play the Ode to Joy for the ukulele. Watch the documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth.

This one-hour workshop is re-scheduled for Thursday 5th September 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT after 3 Chord Thursday Hooked on Classics. You can participate in-person at the Walter Baker Building in Boston, Massachusetts or in Zoom. Whether you participate in Zoom or in person, please Register for the Zoom link to get the sheet music we will be using in advance. This workshop is one of four I am giving at the Nutmeg Ukulele Festival on Saturday 14th September 2024 in Simsbury, Connecticut.

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Workshop: the Hawaiian vamp

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

Also known as the Hawaiian turnaround, the famous Hawaiian vamp refers to a short chord sequence that can introduce and end a song, intercede between verses and choruses. The chords depend on the destination key.

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3 Chord Thursday Poems & Parodies

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Anne Ku

Thursday 21st March 2024 is World Poetry Day (and the Vernal Equinox). Can you think of songs that started as poems? Can you put words to music? Explore the world of words, rhyme, alliteration, and more! Parodies included!

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3 Chord Thursday Irish

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Anne Ku

It’s tradition to share Irish songs in March for St Patrick’s Day. On Thursday 7th March 2024, we celebrate with Irish songs, as we have done previously in 2023, 2022, 2021, and Irish Playlist. Stay after for a workshop on Hawaiian songs.

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3 Chord Thursday Island Tunes

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 15th February 2024, we celebrate songs of Hawai’i and other islands. Wear something bright and colorful! [This session is in Zoom only; AND there is no workshop afterwards.] The Zoom password has changed. Please re-register and join us up to half-hour before 3 PM EST.

Effective 15th February 2024, your first 3 Chord Thursday song session in 2024 is FREE. You’re also welcome to have as many people in your Zoom session as you like without further subscription. In-person with the host is free. The next in-person is Thursday 2nd May 2024. Register in Zoom as often as you like to get the Zoom link. Enter Zoom at any time to set up. The host and performers will do sound and visual checks half-hour before the start time. All sessions are live-streamed and video recorded for review and replay.

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