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- We Shall Overcome on ukulele January 8, 2025
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- Travis Picking exercises for ukulele January 8, 2025
- Oh Susanna for ukulele January 8, 2025
- Exercise for waltz accompaniment January 7, 2025
- Strum & Fingerpick Exercise in 3/4 Time January 7, 2025
- Accompaniment exercises in 3/4 time for low G ukulele January 7, 2025
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- Auld Lang Syne in F for low G ukulele January 4, 2025
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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 […]
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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: ukulele
Auld Lang Syne for high G ukulele
Between New Year’s Eve and Burn’s Night is the best time of the year for Auld Lang Syne. This time last year I ran several workshops in Zoom to explore different ways to play and accompany this popular song. Revisiting … Continue reading
Andalusian Cadence
The chord progression that accompanies the first section of Greensleeves (What Child Is This) is a common chord progression known as the Andalusian Cadence. You might have heard or played it in the song “Hit the Road Jack.” Can you … Continue reading
Greensleeves or What Child Is This for ukulele
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
Silent Night for high G ukulele
Chord melody arrangement is a fancy term for instrumental solo. You play the melody and harmony together. For my ukulele course this past season, I arranged Silent Night in different keys for low G ukulele. Why not high G ukulele? … Continue reading
Instrumental Halloween tunes for ukulele
As soon as the warm summer wanes and the leaves start to change color, I see Halloween decorations appear. Some families cover their houses and front gardens with skeletons and cobwebs as early as September. Costumes and wigs get posted … Continue reading
Ukulele Fall 2024 Course
Ukulele course in-person and in-Zoom in Boston, Massachusetts Fall 2024 Continue reading
Ukulele Exercises Series (books)
Experience new ukulele exercises by Anne Ku in a free workshop in Zoom Continue reading
Nutmeg Ukulele Festival 2024
Join me in Simsbury, Connecticut for the annual all-day festival on Saturday 14th September 2024 with three to four workshops going on simultaneously (i.e. four parallel sessions) from 9 AM to 5 PM (US$100 includes lunch!)
3 Chord Thursday Rest of the Year Pass
Don’t miss any more 3 Chord Thursdays! Subscribe by the 5th of September 2024 to take advantage of the first session “Hooked on Classics” and receive a chord switching exercise to warm up and practice.