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.
Lessons and Advice
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.
Add Some Drama to Your Songwriting with a Step-Up Key Change
Technically known as a “modulation,” a step-up key change can significantly raise the emotion and drama of a recording or performance. Here's how to use it in your songwriting.
In the Loop: How to Use—or Not Use—a Looper Pedal with Ukulele
Imagine being your own one-person band, comprised entirely of ukuleles! It only takes one small tool: a looper. Here's some advice from the pros on how to use a looper with ukulele.
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Learning Hawaiian-Style Ukulele Can Improve Your All-Around Musicianship
Learning to play ukulele Hawaiian-style introduces you to skills and a mindset that can improve your all-around musicianship in any genre of music.
Learn a Chord-Melody Uke Arrangement of “Auld Lang Syne”
In this video lesson by Daniel Ward, learn a low-G chord-melody ukulele arrangement of "Auld Land Syne" that mimics the sound of bagpipes.
Making the Jump from Beginner to Intermediate Ukulele Player | Part 1
This first of a three-part series gets into goal setting and tracking progress, notation, playing cleanly, technique, and more
Learn a Fun, Easy Arrangement of ‘Jingle Bells’
Given its relatively slow-moving chord progression, this tune should be a breeze to learn for ukulele players of all levels. Grab your Santa hat and your uke and strum along!
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Learn to Play Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose” on Ukulele (Strumming and Chord-Melody!)
Though it’s harmonically sophisticated, “La Vie en Rose” translates well to the ukulele and is not too difficult to play. Learn a strummed and chord-melody version.
Blues Up Your Ukulele with Lessons from Lead Belly
Want to add some blues to your ukulele repertoire? A good place to start is with one of blues' greatest guitarists and performers, Lead Belly.