
Learn to Play Lyle Ritz’s Ukulele Arrangement of ‘Let Me Call You Sweetheart’
This chord solo arrangement includes some distinctive chord choices; the second ending is especially delightful
This chord solo arrangement includes some distinctive chord choices; the second ending is especially delightful
GNUF: GREAT NORTHERN UKULELE FESTIVAL May 5–7, 2017 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England One of the biggest ukulele festivals anywhere returns to West Yorkshire for its fifth year. Most of the workshops and performances will happen at the Lawrence Batley Theatre…
From the Spring 2017 issue of Ukulele | BY JUMPIN’ JIM BELOFF The collecting fever known as UAS or (Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome) can also extend beyond, well… ukuleles. For some uke aficionados it can spread to all sorts of categories…
By Heidi Swedberg / This article appeared in the Spring 2017 issue What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. (T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” from “The Four Quartets”) A…
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Roots uker Lil’ Rev’s fascination with the ukulele has led him on a journey covering hundreds of thousands of miles over two decades.
Tolentino is the ukulele player Hawaii’s top artists and producers call when they want that indescribable, "certain something" on their track
The string section of an orchestra usually includes dozens of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. For one night in November, the Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra will add a ukulele for a special concerto. “Jumpin’” Jim Beloff will be performing his piece Uke…
By Audrey Coleman Photography courtesy of Hawaii Symphony Orchestra It’s not that nobody has ever thought of writing a concerto for the ukulele. In 1999, the Wallingford (Connecticut) Symphony Orchestra commissioned uke player-composer Jim Beloff to write Uke Can’t Be Serious:…
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A ukulele concerto for symphony orchestra? This is not something you hear every day. Occasionally, you’ll hear a Baroque piece arranged for the uke, such as Vivaldi’s Lute Concerto in D Major, or perhaps a modern composition featuring an orchestra…
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…