Lessons and Advice
Get a Smoother Sound on Your Ukulele Using Legato Techniques
BY DANIEL WARD | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE In music performance and notation, legato (Italian for “tied together”; French lié; German gebunden) indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, the player makes a transition from note to…
Learn to Play ‘Happy Birthday To You’ on Ukulele
Smartphone Blues: The Fastest Way to Become a Better Ukulele Player
BY DANIEL WARD | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE Devices like smartphones and tablets are the new Swiss Army knives of modern life. They can do just about anything, armed with powerful apps that can keep us in…
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Learn Two Ukulele Arrangements of the Jazz Standard “Avalon”
James Hill’s Arrangement for Ukulele Orchestra
BY JAMES HILL // FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE MAGAZINE Theme from La Réjouissance (G. F. Handel), arr. J. Hill These days anyone can access original manuscripts for most public-domain works. The free Petrucci Music Library made it…
Ukulele Lesson: Daniel Ward’s Backwards Method for Learning Songs
BY DANIEL WARD | FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE MAGAZINE This is it. Stepping out onto the stage, you know this is no group sing-along. You are solo. Perhaps it’s a new arrangement by James Hill, a cool…
Nailing It: A Revealing Look at the Hands of Top Ukulele Players
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