Peter Rowan: Where Bluegrass Meets Hawaiian
Guitarist Peter Rowan has been a staple on the bluegrass and acoustic music scene for over five decades. On "My Aloha," he returns to his first instrument, the ukulele.
An Empire of Ukuleles
By Jim D’Ville About 300 miles due east of Seattle, Washington, lies the vast Inland Empire. Known mostly for its agricultural contributions—they grow more lentils than anywhere else in the USA—you’ll also find a bumper crop of ukulele players. From…
When the Ukulele as We Know it Arrived in Hawaii
By 1885, three Madeiran cabinetmakers who had arrived in Hawaii six years earlier had opened up small shops where they made and sold stringed instruments, including early ukuleles
Baby’s First Restring
Making that first string change can deliver some surprising improvements to your ukulele By Nicolas Grizzle I’m a hobbyist ukulele player. I don’t gig, but I do play for and with friends on occasion. I have one uke, which has…
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KAMLOOPS 2019 UKULELE FESTIVAL
By Heidi Swedberg/ Photos by Vic Hamm Who-What-When-Where-Why-How in one sentence: The Kamloops Ukulele Orchestra has wrapped up its fourth annual festival under the waxing spring moon at the Sorrento Centre in British Columbia, Canada, to the delight of about…
Uke Tales: Finding a Jewel
A White Elephant Martin 5K By Sandor Nagyszalanczy Uke Tales is a regular series exploring ukuleles with an interesting story, a personal connection, or simply gorgeous instruments. I’d previously written about my first “good” ukulele, a Martin Style 1, gifted to…
Ukulele Lesson: Daniel Ward Shows You How to Duet With Yourself
Practicing duets with yourself on ukulele can help with playing pop songs as instrumentals, jazz arrangements, taking a solo over chord changes, and more.
How to Tune a Ukulele By Ear
Here's how to start weaning yourself off “tuning by eye” with a digital tuner on ukulele and start tuning by ear with a tuning fork, which will help train your ears.
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Learn To Play “Woodpile Waltz,” a Fingerpickin’ Tune for Baritone Ukulele
In this ukulele lesson, learn how to play 'Woodpile Waltz,'a fingerpicking tune for baritone ukes.
Ukulele Lesson: Practice With A Metronome to Tighten Up Your Timing and Focus
The metronome is an incredible tool for playing in a solid rhythm on ukulele, and also for building speed and “looping” small sections of music you are working on.