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Body Surfing for easy ukulele

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Anne Ku

Virtuosic instrumental ukulele performances woo and awe us. Master ukulele shredders like Taimane and Jake Shimabukuro play so fast and furiously that sometimes you can’t see the fingers at all. They play up and down the neck, covering the entire … Continue reading →

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Friday I’m in Love for ukulele

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Anne Ku

The first thing I heard on Facebook this morning was a YouTube cover of The Cure’s 1992 hit “Friday I’m in Love.” A couple played and sang the four chord song in the key of G. This reminded me that … Continue reading →

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Left Hand Techniques for ukulele

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Anne Ku

Left hand techniques refer to the different ways to produce sound with the fretting hand. In addition to preparing the pitch, these left hand fingers can also be employed to produce sound by sliding, bending, hammering on, and pulling off. … Continue reading →

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Greensleeves or What Child Is This for ukulele

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Anne Ku

What if …. What if I were to arrange or compose something every single day? A tune a day keeps the …. at bay. A tune a day keeps the …. away. The tune takes over and infests like an … Continue reading →

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Brown Eyed Girl double stops in Margaritaville

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Anne Ku

Catchy instrumental introductions hook you in, especially if they return as an instrumental interlude later in the song. Without these intros and interludes, the song seems incomplete. Such is the case of Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” and Jimmy Buffett’s … Continue reading →

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Anne Ku

Who wrote the original tune to “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star? The same melody used in the alphabet song “A, B, C, D, E, F, G”? The popular nursery rhyme “Baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool” also uses this … Continue reading →

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3 Chord Thursday: instrumental ukulele (Ode to Joy)

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 24th March 2022, we introduce instrumental ukulele, what is fingerpicked, plucked, or known as fingerstyle ukulele. We welcome other instrumentalists to join us because you can always play along muted. We have the chord diagrams so you can … Continue reading →

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Beatles love songs for Valentine’s Day

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Anne Ku

Every year I try to select songs to fit the annual occasions, such as love songs for Valentine’s, Irish songs for St Patrick’s, nature songs for Earth Day, etc. In my deep dive Beatles songs for my ukulele classes in … Continue reading →

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Ukulele repertoire: song sheets for amateur music making

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Anne Ku

Ever since getting introduced to the ukulele on Maui, I have been curiously witnessing and participating the rituals of ukulele groups and clubs in Maui, Boston, London, and Amsterdam. The ukulele allows self-accompaniment for singing without a conductor or leader. … Continue reading →

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