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Recent Posts: Concert Blog
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: songs
Kanikapila in Hawai’i (part 4)
There’s something different and special about jamming with other ladies (in contrast with an all male or a mixed gender group). It feels like going to an all-female luxury spa, such as the Korean body scrub spa in Seattle some … Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs: To the beach
Join us on Thursday 12th August 2021 for a 3 Chord Thursday thematic song session of songs about going to the beach Some of these may overlap with other themes such as travel, vacation, or on the water. Bruce (MI) … Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs: Songs without Song Sheets
Join us on Thursday 5th August 2021 for a 3 Chord Thursday thematic song session of songs that don’t require song sheets because we can easily play them from memory or by heart. These can be children’s songs, happy birthday, … Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs: Travel
Join us on Thursday 22nd July 2021 for a 3 Chord Thursday thematic song session of songs about travel or traveling. Some of these may overlap with other themes such as vacation, to the beach, or on the water. The theme of … Continue reading
Three Chord Thursday: Cold Drinks!
June 10, 2021 is National Iced Tea Day. You’re forgiven if you bring a refreshingly cold drink and sing along to songs about cold drinks. Join us for this Three Chord Thursday at 3 pm EDT.
Three Chord Thursday: Songs that rip off classical music
For this session (the first of its kind), we are inviting you to experience classical music from a ukulele perspective. We think of classical uke as transcriptions and arrangements of the better-known classical music pieces for the ukulele. In addition … Continue reading
Songs from the Anniversary Ukulele Jeopardy Game in Zoom
How does one create and facilitate a jeopardy game online? More specifically, a ukulele jeopardy game in which everyone gets to sing and play as one does in a group song session? Online in Zoom, one microphone is unmuted for … Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday Songs free of copyright
On a date to be scheduled, let’s share and appreciate songs that are free of copyright. No royalties collected or paid. Join us for 3 Chord Thursday.
Three Chord Thursday RIP 2020, 2021
Rest in Peace (RIP) those artists and composers who died in 2020-2021. We devote our Three Chord Thursday session on March 25th, 2021 at 3 pm ET to music of those who left. Let’s wear a sombre color – BLACK (or GREY)- for this … Continue reading
Three Chord Thursday Year of the Ox
To celebrate the lunar new year, we will wear RED to welcome happiness, good luck and fortune, as well as share three chord songs about ox, oxen, cows, and other bovine creatures on Thursday February 18th, 2021.