What’s the Best Way to Store a Ukulele?
When it comes to proper ukulele care, protecting your instrument is a top priority. Here are some details about how to safely store your ukulele.
Lessons and Advice
How to Install a Ukulele Strap
You can take your instrument to a respected shop and have strap buttons installed, but it’s not a difficult job to tackle at home if you have a few tools and some courage.
How (and Why) To Use a Pick on Ukulele
Using a flatpick on ukulele can be useful for playing soft rock arpeggios, strumming funk patterns, picking out melodies over a group of strummers, and more.
Video Lesson: Advanced Hawaiian Ukulele Tips
The inspiration for the advanced Hawaiian vamp techniques in this ukulele lesson comes from the song Noho Pai Pai as performed by the Ka’au Crater Boys and by the Makaha Sons featuring Jake Shimabukuro.
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Learn the Irish Folk Song “She Moves Through the Fair” on Ukulele
This ukulele arrangement by Samantha Muir captures the eerie, otherworldly nature of the Irish Folk Song "She Moves Through the Fair."
Learn 3 Essential Hawaiian Ukulele Strums
Strums and rhythms can be a very powerful musical tool and, when used correctly, can completely change the entire mood of a song without even changing the chords.
Learn a Beginner Ukulele Fingerstyle Arrangement of “Aloha ‘Oe”
Learn a ukulele fingerstyle arrangement of the Hawaiian song Aloha ‘Oe. This intermediate-beginner arrangement uses simple chord shapes but will stretch your fingers
Learn to Play the Jazz Classic “Ain’t We Got Fun?” on Ukulele
The cheerful melody of “Ain’t We Got Fun?” belies the darkness of its lyrics, making it good fun to play on the ukulele.
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How Quality Tuners Can Make Any Ukulele Sound and Play Better
Whether you have a collectible vintage ukulele or a new, factory-made instrument, when your instrument’s tuning pegs won’t cut it they may need to be replaced or upgraded.
A Luthier Explains the ‘Whys’ and ‘Hows’ of Ukulele Tonewoods
From entry-level, factory-made ukuleles to high-end custom instruments made to order by a skilled luthier, a ukulele's sound all starts with the tonewood.