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Tag Archives: fingerpicking
Counting Sheep for high G ukulele
Counting Sheep is a new pentatonic piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku that quotes JS Bach’s famous aria about sheep and shepherds. Continue reading
Two Tigers for high G ukulele
Two Tigers for high G ukulele is a new pentatonic piece by Anne Ku based on the familiar Chinese song. Continue reading
The Five Note Dance duet for high G ukulele
The Five Note ukulele duet by Anne Ku uses five notes and five chords. Continue reading
Harmonized major scale exercises for high G ukulele
Harmonizing a major scale on the high G ukulele for chord melody arrangements to make it more fun to play and pleasing to the ear. Examples by Anne Ku. Continue reading
Body Surfing for easy ukulele
Body Surfing is an instrumental solo piece for the ukulele by Herb Ohta that uses the Andalusian cadence and sounds virtuosic when played at a high tempo and up the neck. Continue reading
Friday I’m in Love for ukulele
Friday I’m in Love has an instrumental riff as intro and interlude that’s fun to play on the high G ukulele. Continue reading
Puff the Magic Dragon Travis Picking Variations
RIP Peter Yarrow (1938 – 2025) who wrote Puff the Magic Dragon. Practice the seven variations of travis picking on the chord progression from the song on ukulele. Continue reading
Travis Picking exercises for ukulele
Exercises on Travis Picking variations with easy common chords for high G and low G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading