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- 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes February 15, 2025
- Guinea Pig for high G ukulele February 14, 2025
- Gift Horse for high G ukulele February 14, 2025
- 100 Days of Ukulele 2024 February 14, 2025
- Monkey Around for high G ukulele February 13, 2025
- Ukulele Chord Chart or Chord Table February 7, 2025
- Doggy Bag for high G ukulele February 7, 2025
- Chopin Waltz in A minor for low G ukulele February 7, 2025
- Chicken Feed for high G ukulele February 6, 2025
- Rat Race for high G ukulele February 6, 2025
- Counting Sheep to Sleep, a lullaby for high G ukulele February 5, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday Anniversary February 5, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday IRISH February 5, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday LOVE February 4, 2025
- Counting Sheep for high G ukulele February 4, 2025
- Can’t Help Falling in Love in F for ukulele February 4, 2025
- As Tears Go By (1964) February 3, 2025
- Holy Cow for high G ukulele January 30, 2025
- Two Tigers for high G ukulele January 29, 2025
- Rabbit Hole for high G ukulele January 29, 2025
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Tag Archives: music
Guinea Pig for high G ukulele
Guinea Pig for high G ukulele is an original solo instrumental pentatonic piece in the 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes (cycle) by Anne Ku. Continue reading
Monkey Around for high G ukulele
Monkey Around is a new pentatonic piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku using the Eb major pentatonic scale Continue reading
Rat Race for high G ukulele
“Rat Race” is a new solo instrumental piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku, part of the 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes based on pentatonic scales. Continue reading
Counting Sheep to Sleep, a lullaby for high G ukulele
Counting Sheep to Sleep is a lullaby for high G ukulele by Anne Ku using the four notes of the famous melody of Bach in BWV 208 to explore dynamics and fingerpicking accuracy. 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
Dragon Born for high G ukulele
Dragon Born is a new pentatonic solo instrumental piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku. Watch the video playalong. Continue reading
Music terminology
Music terminology and glossary of terms with definitions, examples, and illustrations Continue reading
Dance on Mostly Open Strings for high G ukulele
Dance on Mostly Open Strings for high G ukulele is a variation of Dance on Open Strings by Bekkers and Ku. Exercises here. Continue reading
Dance on Open Strings for high G ukulele
What’s the easiest and quickest way to get someone to fingerpick, strum and have fun with the ukulele? Years ago, my piano guitar duo partner and I wrote a short ukulele duet in which one person only uses one hand. … Continue reading
Simplifying Midnight Diner theme, Omoide 思ひで, for ukulele
The theme to the Netflix series “Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories” on the guitar can be played on the ukulele. Originally in the key of B minor, the transposed tune in A minor presents many possibilities for the ukulele. However, it’s … Continue reading