Ukulele Lesson: How Lyrics Can Lead You to What Comes Next

When learning the chord progression to a song, don’t just whiz through it without first getting to know the song’s personality through its lyrics.
When learning the chord progression to a song, don’t just whiz through it without first getting to know the song’s personality through its lyrics.
COMPILED BY AUDREY COLEMAN UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN CONCERTS December 2017–March 2018 Wouldn’t it be loverly to usher in the jolly holiday season by enjoying a performance of this all-singing, all-strumming ensemble, with its repertoire that ranges from the…
The ukes seen here are part of an 88-piece collection now displayed in the factory
The self-described jazz-singing London girl moved to western Canada and, in just over a decade, started what may be the largest ukulele school in the world outside of Hawaii
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Here's a guide for skill levels from Canadian ukulele school Ruby's Ukes
Best known as a master slack-key guitarist, Kaapana always plays the ukulele in performances. He contends that the two instruments can do the same things.
Ledward Kaapana’s prodigious ukulele chops are in full force on “Glass Ball Slack Key,” a spirited showstopper that he sometimes calls “Chicken in the Straw.”
This transcription is good introduction for players wanting to learn classic 1920s-style strumming and picking
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Frank Ferera was the first to record solo ukulele
Tremolo, as played on nylon-stringed instruments like the ukulele, is a technique of single-string repetitions that is usually combined with a thumb arpeggio outlining the harmony.