What Type of Microphone Should I Use For Ukulele Home Recording?
Here’s a comparison of some popular home recording microphones: cell phone, stereo flash recorder, dynamic microphone, and condenser microphone.
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How to Choose the Right Portable Recorder for Your Home Recordings
One of the best ways to improve as a musician is to record your own playing. Here's a list of portable recorders that are easy to use and sound great.
10 Ways Using a Portable Recorder Can Help Music Students & Teachers
Here are 10 reasons why you should consider using a portable recorder as a dedicated recording device for your music lessons, practice, or performances.
Practicing Tips from 5 Ukulele Pros
Here are some ukulele practice tips from five top pros: Jake Shimabukuro, Daniel Ward, Abe Lagrimas, Jr., Neal Chin, and James Hill.
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Perfecting Your Practice on Ukulele
Practicing is one of the most important things you can do as a musician, whether you’re an absolute beginner or seasoned professional. Yet, to the detriment of their musicianship, many ukulele players have poor practicing habits—for instance, running through things…
4 Ukulele Strumming Styles to Add to Your Repertoire
Strums and rhythms are a powerful musical tool on ukulele that can change the entire mood of a song. Here's how to play 4 different ukulele strumming styles.
Watch Sarah Maisel Perform Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”
Cohen’s original version of “Hallelujah,” is in the key of C major. It’s built from a handful of chords that are friendly to beginning ukulele players.
Learn to Play Django Reinhardt’s ‘Dark Eyes’ on Ukulele
“Dark Eyes” is a melody closely associated with the legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt—and by extension the Gypsy jazz repertoire in general. Here's how to play it on ukulele.
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A Fun Way to Learn Ukulele Hammer-ons and Pull-offs
This enjoyable lesson uses an old-style blues bass riff to practice the technique
Getting Started on Baritone Ukulele
The baritone is tuned DGBE, exactly like the top four strings of a guitar and a fourth down from the more common GCEA ukulele tuning