Tag Archives: Massachusetts

3 Chord Thursday Massachusetts

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Anne Ku

Thursday 17th August 2023 is National Massachusetts Day. As we are part of the Ukulele Union of Boston, let’s celebrate songs about our state in 3 Chord Thursday. There are songs about Boston, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England … see … Continue reading →

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Where I have lived

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Anne Ku

On the first day of the new year, 1/1/2020, let me explain what all those locations at the top right corner of my website mean. Those are the places where I have lived for a significant amount of time. As … Continue reading →

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Songs about Massachusetts and New England etc

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

One day I will get around to finding the song sheets and sheet music to the songs that are not linked below, for Massachusetts and New England. My ukulele club had a good run of Charlie on the MTA. August … Continue reading →

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Ukulele clubs in and around Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

The Ukulele Union of Boston (UUoB) began about nine years ago after the first ukulele course ended. The students asked, “What shall we do now?” — and one of them initiated a get together in his photo studio. The rest … Continue reading →

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Previous ukulele workshops and sessions

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

Since I launched my first ukulele jam session in Boston on that fateful night of the super blue blood moon in January 2018, I have been meticulously keeping an audit trail of all the jam sessions, workshops, and other events … Continue reading →

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Two roads diverged in ukulele: strum vs pluck

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Anne Ku

Ukulele players today mainly exist in one of two worlds. If you go to a ukulele club, you’re most likely a hum and strum or strum and sing person. If you belong to a ukulele ensemble or ukulele orchestra, you’re … Continue reading →

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Mauro Giuliani Polonoise or Polonaise from Op. 65

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Anne Ku

Should it be “polonoise” as printed on the title page of the sheet music or “polonaise” as we know it?

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Happy Fourth of July! Invitations to concerts

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Anne Ku

Happy Fourth of July! So many FREE concerts in the Boston area next week. My latest ukulele mail-out below includes a NOT FREE concert of a non-traditional string quartet from the Bay Area and my Boston Guitar Orchestra rehearsals and concerts.

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Solstice at Eustis 2019

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Anne Ku

Just an idea. It rhymes. It catches on. How do we combine guitar and ukulele? One after another? Or together? At Derek Gripper’s African Music Workshop both instruments were welcomed in the same room. Everyone played together. It was one … Continue reading →

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Call and response workshop

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Anne Ku

One of many ways to lead a group of performers is the so-called “call and response,” which is actually a compositional technique. The leader “calls” by singing and/or playing a musical phrase. The “other” (be it students, audience, or someone … Continue reading →

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