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- Thumb Through That for high G ukulele April 11, 2025
- Untitled Waltz for high G ukulele April 10, 2025
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- 3 Chord Thursday Swimming & Water April 10, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday Seventies April 10, 2025
- Thrice Blinded by Mice for high G ukulele April 9, 2025
- Sortie on Satie April 9, 2025
- Sense the Sicilienne for high G ukulele April 9, 2025
- Err on the G String April 9, 2025
- Melody in the Mosaic April 9, 2025
- Rein in the Rain for high G ukulele April 4, 2025
- Waltz Down the C Again for high G ukulele April 4, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday Sixties April 4, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday 2025 Spanish April 4, 2025
- 123 Ready Set Go for high G ukulele April 1, 2025
- B-A-C-H in a Waltz for high G ukulele March 31, 2025
- Waltz for Chief Noda for high G ukulele March 30, 2025
- Unfinished Waltz by Anne Ku March 28, 2025
- Waltz Down the C for high G ukulele March 26, 2025
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Tag Archives: tablature
Thrive on Five in Five (pentatonic) for high G ukulele
“Thrive on Five in Five” is a pentatonic piece in 5/4 time on high G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading
Thrive on Five (pentatonic) for high G ukulele
“Thrive on Five” (pentatonic) for high G ukulele by Anne Ku uses only the five notes of the G major pentatonic scale. Continue reading
Skip the Second for high G ukulele
“Skip the Second” by Anne Ku deliberately makes use of notes on the second fret of the high G ukulele. 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
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
We Shall Overcome on ukulele
We Shall Overcome in C major lead sheet and chord melody arrangement for high and low G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading
On Top of Spaghetti in C for high G ukulele
On Top of Spaghetti is a parody on the traditional tune of “On Top of Old Smokey” accompanied as a waltz or ballad with three chords, arranged for easy and fun fingerstyle ukulele chord melody instrumental solo by Anne Ku, with video and tabs. Continue reading
Ukulele Fall 2024 Course
Ukulele course in-person and in-Zoom in Boston, Massachusetts Fall 2024 Continue reading