New Uke For Xmas?
English: Picture of ukuleles in the Ukulele House, Honolulu, Hawaii, by User:Tijuana Brass. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you’ve got a new ukulele for Christmas, you’ll soon find there are lots of...
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Mojo practices the uke (Photo credit: petehoffswell) We’ve mentioned in some of our previous postings that it can be helpful to split up your playing into different components – eg chords (melody),...
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Csus4 ukulele chord – 31 Jan (Photo credit: Ukulele Chords) Fancy learning a new chord every day? Then hop over to Curt Sheller’s All Things Ukulele site. There are also a number of other useful free...
View ArticlePLUCking Ukes – Striking A Chord
After discussions at recent club nights from Chris & Paul about movable chords & different chord fingerings, here’s another article to help those with little or no music theory background learn...
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As today would have been George Harrison’s seventieth birthday, here’s a video from his final album Brainwashed where he’s ukeing with a few pals on the Harold Arlen & Ted Koehle number Between The...
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Test how well you can identify chords using the Guitarator Chord Quiz. Choose the chords you want to test out (eg major, minor & seventh) and then start the quiz. Jeanette Other quizzes include: A...
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The film Made In Dagenham is on BBC2 later tonight, with a cracking Sixties soundtrack accompanying the action. We’ve already featured a uke cover of Sandie Shaw’s (There’s) Always Something There To...
View ArticlePLUCking Ukes – Key Facts
Keys. (Photo credit: Bohman) Two different people asked me about musical keys this week. A key is a collection of notes in a particular pattern. If you start singing a song on one note & then sing...
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Transposing Chart - Guitar (Photo credit: ljguitar) Over the last few weeks, both Chris & Simon have mentioned how useful it can be to play the same song in a number of different keys, to expand...
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Happy 2017! Sheila’s 50th – PLUC If you’ve just received your first ukulele, then have a look round our site for playing tips, such as our New Uke For Xmas? article which directs you to some beginners’...
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Why not try livening up your playing by using a few different chord voicings? Most regular ukulele songsheets often only give the basic open or first position chords but it’s possible to play each...
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Why not whip out your ukes and have a go at Ukulele Hunt’s Annual Chord Quiz? There are twenty-five questions, covering five different areas – from naming the chord in the diagrams to identifying...
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