Ukulele Lesson: Practice With A Metronome to Tighten Up Your Timing and Focus
The metronome is an incredible tool for playing in a solid rhythm on ukulele, and also for building speed and “looping” small sections of music you are working on.
Joey Lusterman
Ukulele Review: Ohana’s ‘Baritone-Tenor’ BKT-70G, 6-String CK-70-A6, and Marcy Marxer Signature BK-35CG
The concert 6-string and the tenor/baritone are novel in the sense of unusual and the Marcy Marxer signature baritone is a solid take on a standard baritone, but with a cutaway.
Ukulele Review: Farida KAS-3 NC soprano, KAC-5 NC concert, and KKT-6 NC tenor
BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE MAGAZINE Farida Old Town ukuleles follow the model of Chicago-based instrument manufacturers of a century ago, who put great-sounding, solidly built, affordable ukuleles into the hands of millions of…
From the Ukulele Editor: Hot Fun in the Strummer Time
BY GREG OLWELL I get plenty of different answers when I get the chance to talk to ukulele players about what they might like to see in this magazine. They have favorite players they wish to see interviewed, or ask…
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The Muse and Magic of Jazz Ukulele Maven Curt Sheller
BY LIL REV | FROM THE SUMMER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE If the ukulele world had its own trading cards, there would be no shortage of superheroes. We know their names and have heard many of them at festivals and on…
Rexcraft’s Mysterious Metal Uke
BY TOM WALSH | FROM THE SUMMER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE Recently, Ukulele reader William Wright sent in photos of an unusual triangular all-metal ukulele, seeking information about its manufacturer. After a search in my photo archives, I was able…
Ukulele Book Review: 18 Traditional Celtic Tunes and a Popular Fingerstyle Method Follow-up
Here are two books, by two different Kevins, describing two different ways to play ukulele.
Great Ukes: Gibson’s Ever-Changing Ukuleles
Gibson’s first line of ukuleles, introduced in 1926, included three styles of soprano and one tenor, likely patterning their models after Martin.
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Check It Out: Ukes Are Circulating in Public Libraries
Some check out instruments just like books, some keep a set of loaners to offer during free classes, and others offer clubs a place to meet
The Ukulele Can Be Anything to Byron Yasui, A Composer and Professor Who has Spent a Lifetime Raising the Bar
In Yasui’s view, the ukulele merits “music to be taken seriously."