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In this first in a two-part series, learn how to compose creative arrangements using intros and outros, vamps and licks, style changes, and more
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Underneath its colorful exterior, this tenor has a few unusual, if not unique, features worth discussing
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This lesson simultaneously covers the melody and chords in a self-contained way
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His six-decade career included long residencies at several of Waikiki’s top hotel nightspots
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Dr. Giovanni Albini has founded the first university-level study program dedicated to ukulele on an international level
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Using what you already know in a fresh way can lead to a very different musical outcome
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Uke Heads started as an album concept but soon blossomed into a band of 165 players
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By the time he was six, Wynne was writing charts for the family band
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Instrumental album features ukulele in moody arrangements that include strings, piano, bass, and synthesizer
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Chord-melody is a sophisticated, jazzy approach in which the melody is generally stated in the highest note of each chord