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- A Minor Motif for high G ukulele April 22, 2025
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- Z Before A April 18, 2025
- Relative Lives in Parallel Universe April 18, 2025
- The Z Chord or “Zed Chord” April 17, 2025
- Roman Hands & Russian Fingers April 16, 2025
- One Finger at a Time April 16, 2025
- More Major Minor Menagerie April 15, 2025
- Major Minor Menagerie for ukulele April 15, 2025
- A Minor Moment to C for high G ukulele April 15, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday Festive Full Moon April 14, 2025
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- Thumb Through All That for high G ukulele April 11, 2025
- Untitled Waltz for high G ukulele April 10, 2025
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REVIEW: Discovering Fingerstyle Ukulele Songbook by Colin Tribe
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) . […]
REVIEW: Piano Animals (duet) by Heleen Verleur
This 31-page book of four hand piano music is sheer FUN with a capital F. The composer Heleen Verleur knows just what pianists love playing: music that is easy to read, sounds hard to play, but is so much fun that you don’t want to stop until it ends.
REVIEW: Ukulele Picking Tunes Classical Gems by Paul Mansell
This 40-page book is the latest contribution to the ukulele repertoire by the UK-based ukulele and guitar composer Paul Mansell. Guitarists who play the ukulele are few and far between, for many adult learners pick up the ukulele without knowing the guitar. Yet it takes a guitarist who understands the possibilities of the re-entrant tuned […]
REVIEW: Modern Pieces for Ukulele by Paul Mansell
Review of first three pieces from the new book Modern Pieces for Ukulele by Paul Mansell
Group piano class in Zoom
Introducing my group piano class online: Group Piano Class in Zoom. The first series of seven weekly one-hour class started in June 2021. The second (continuation of the first) started in October 2021 at alternating weeks, until end of December (seven sessions). The third series of 16 consecutive weeks started at the beginning of 2022. […]
Tag Archives: birthday
B-A-C-H in a Waltz for high G ukulele
B-A-C-H in a Waltz by Anne Ku can be played as a duet or solo on ukulele. It includes chromatic elements. Continue reading
Waltz for Chief Noda for high G ukulele
Waltz for Chief Noda on his 68th birthday makes use of an ascending chromatic riff as pick-up and three chords to accompany a simple melody. Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday Anniversary
3 Chord Thursday 5th Anniversary celebration on 3rd April 2025 in Zoom with dance tunes or music you can dance to Continue reading
Happy Birthday for ukulele
One of the most searched phrases that viewers use to find my website is “happy birthday chord melody arrangement.” The term “chord melody arrangement” refers to an instrumental version of a song in which both the melody and chords are … Continue reading
Can’t Help Falling in Love with ukulele
Can’t Help Falling in Love in C major for low G ukulele Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday 4th Anniversary
Our 4th anniversary falls on Thursday 4/4/24 which has a nice ring to it and is easy to remember as we end at 4 PM EDT. We will focus on four chord songs with common chord progressions (here’s a list).
Workshop: Happy Birthday
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 … Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday Chinese Zodiac Signs
Learn Happy Birthday song in Chinese and the 12 Zodiac Signs. Which one are you? Continue reading
Chief Noda Birthday Open Mic
On Sunday March 29th, 2020, the late Chifuru Noda, a.k.a. Chief Noda would be 63. As it’s impossible to do a physical jam session, we are holding an open mic in the virtual world of cyberspace to remember and honor … Continue reading