A Conversation with the YouTube Uke Teaching Phenom Behind ‘Bernadette Teaches Music’
Bernadette Etcheverry of the popular YouTube ukulele instruction channel Bernadette Teaches Music is blessed with a fun-loving, effervescent personality.
Uke Lesson: Where Do Chords Come From?
All we need to play songs on ukulele are the essential 7 chords of the major scale. Here's how to play them, and how they go together.
Video Pick: Led Kaapana and Bob Brozman Play ‘Spanish Eyes’
In this video, shot in Maui in 2011, both musicians play resonator instruments
Danielle Ate the Sandwich on Upcoming ‘Wonderstruck’ Ukulele Academy & Recording Soundtracks
BY LAURENCE VITTES Danielle Ate the Sandwich is the stage name for uke-playing-songwriter Danielle Anderson. Getting her start in Fort Collins, Colorado, Danielle has been touring nationally since 2009 after cultivating an online following she calls her fanwiches, a following…
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Dodie Clark Plays ‘Here Comes the Sun’ on Ukulele
A Fab Four State of Mind BY GREG CAHILL Do you know Dodie? This unassuming Brit (born Dodie Clark) is a singer, uke player, independent recording artist and dancer whose YouTube channel, doddleoddle, has 1.83 million subscribers. Add a side…
Uke Review: The Klos Deluxe Tenor, a Carbon-Fiber Composite for Players on the Go
BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE WINTER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE The Klos website features photos and videos of their carbon-fiber ukuleles smashed by cinder blocks, crushed by cars, carried through snow and ice, and soldiering on without missing a…
Review: Ibanez EW Acoustic-Electric Concert Ukuleles
The Ibanez EW Acoustic-Electric Concert Ukuleles are offered in two different tonewoods, and both shine brightest when plugged in and strummed.
Learn to Play Cliff Edwards’ Ukulele Classic ‘Fascinating Rhythm’
Learn to play Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards' “Fascinating Rhythm,” as first seen along with Fred and Adele Astaire as part of the Broadway musical Lady, Be Good.
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Video Lesson: Straight vs. Swing Rhythm
BY DANIEL WARD | FROM THE WINTER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE Does this song swing? What are “even-eighth” notes? What is a blues shuffle? Do I even know when I’m strumming with a swing or not? How can I tell?…
Did You Know?
Sponsored by Kanile`a Ukulele: Did you know Kanile`a was the creator of the Super-Tenor body shape with a wider lower bout back in 1998? Did you know Kanile`a was the first `ukulele maker to use a UV finish? Did you know…