Kala Ukulele Review
Kala offers a huge range of ukuleles, and this year, the company has added a line it calls “All Solid Mahogany Lite.” Built using plantation-grown African okoume wood, the line includes several models and sizes of ukes. We had a…
Riptide Ukulele Review
Boulder Creek is known for its distinctive line of guitars featuring a “dual port” sound- hole system, and the company’s Riptide line of ukuleles will doubtlessly be recognized by anyone familiar with those instruments. We had a chance to check…
Spring 2013
Enjoy a feature lesson on the uke chords, licks, and solos you need to play the blues, and an interview with uke virtuoso and songwriter James Hill. Also in this issue; uke pioneer Jim Beloff on his role in the…
Marcy Marxer – Old Folks At Home
I was just experimenting with playing some basic shapes and found “Old Folks at Home.” It’s a beautiful tune. I hadn’t really thought much about it, but the melody is really gorgeous. It uses really simple chord shapes but the…
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Marxer Lesson examples 1-3
A dexterous Grammy-winning guitarist fluent in swing and traditional folk lead and accompaniment flatpicking styles, Marcy Marxer has played the ukulele almost as long as she has the guitar, having studied with legendary uke master Roy Smeck in the 1980s.…
Fall 2012
Ukulele magazine has arrived! The uke is big and getting bigger. This special issue from the team at Acoustic Guitar explores the instrument and players, and gives you some simple songs and lessons to help you get the most out of your four-string…