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Ukulele Holiday Strum Along Recap

Last Friday, Ukulele magazine hosted our 3rd Annual Holiday Strum Along. We invited anyone local to the San Francisco Bay Area to come join us at Kaleidoscope Coffee here in the quaint town of Pt. Richmond (which also happens to…

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Should I Use a Strap with my Ukulele?

Don’t let high (or low G) anxiety get to you. If you’re wondering whether it’s time to get your ukulele strap on, here are some honest answers and easy guidelines.

New Albums from Jake Shimabukuro, Herb Ohta Jr., and Jim Beloff

3 New Uke CDs Reviewed Jake Shimabukuro The Greatest Day [JS Records] Given how Jake’s groundbreaking, off-the-cuff recording of him playing George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in New York’s Central Park brought him wide acclaim; it’s surprising that…

Ukulele Lesson: Sing It and Play It!

BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE The technique of solfège involves assigning the notes of a scale a particular syllable, and then practicing by singing different note sequences using these syllables. Italian music scholar Guido…

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Uke Tales: The Barri-uke

By Sandor Nagyszalanczy Uke Tales is an exploration of some of the author’s ukulele collection, which numbers 400+ instruments, and other instruments that have an interesting story.  After considering the amount of candy consumed during and after All Hallows’ Eve, I…

The Evolution of a Ukulele Entertainer: Ralph Shaw

BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE A biography of Ralph Shaw’s life could easily be titled How to Parlay a Physics Degree into a Career as an Internationally Known Ukulele Entertainer. His is the story of…

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Uke Events: December 2018, January, February, and March 2019

Compiled by Audrey Coleman Submission Information To be included, email event name, date(s), and contact information to editors.uke@stringletter.com. Listings are free for ukulele events, though we may not have space to include every submission. Deadlines for the next four issues…