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.
Joey Lusterman
Ukulele Events, Winter 2017-2018, Spend December-March with Uke Festivals, Cruises, Lil Rev, Daniel Ho, and More
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 Dazzling Eye Candy of the Collings Ukulele Wall
The ukes seen here are part of an 88-piece collection now displayed in the factory
Daphne Roubini Built Ruby’s Ukes Ukulele School to Nourish the Music Inside of Everyone
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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What’s Your Ukulele Skill Level?
Here's a guide for skill levels from Canadian ukulele school Ruby's Ukes
‘You Can Do Anything on the Ukulele’ Lessons from Living Legend Led Kaapana
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.
Learn to Play ‘Glass Ball Slack Key’ from Led Kaapana
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.”
Gods of Uke: Frank Ferera, an Early Star of Hawaiian Music
Frank Ferera was the first to record solo ukulele
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Learn to Play the Tremolo Technique on 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.
Tiki Expert Sven Kirsten Traces the Evolution of the Art Form
From the Fall 2017 issue of Ukulele | BY SVEN KIRSTEN The current craze of applying the term “tiki” to everything from Hawaii, or anything made from bamboo, is most unfortunate. It didn’t used to be that way. When I…