Practical Solutions for Managing Stage Fright
Here are some tips for combatting those pre-show jitters
Your Ukulele Can Help You Conquer Stage Fright
One of the first things you might notice when you attend a ukulele festival is how many new players there are, and how happy they seem
James Hill’s Arrangement for Ukulele Orchestra
BY JAMES HILL // FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE MAGAZINE Theme from La Réjouissance (G. F. Handel), arr. J. Hill These days anyone can access original manuscripts for most public-domain works. The free Petrucci Music Library made it…
Ukulele Lesson: Daniel Ward’s Backwards Method for Learning Songs
BY DANIEL WARD | FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE MAGAZINE This is it. Stepping out onto the stage, you know this is no group sing-along. You are solo. Perhaps it’s a new arrangement by James Hill, a cool…
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Unlock the Truth of A Song with Only 3 Chords
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard wrote and co-wrote thousands of three-chord country gems including “Heartaches by the Number,” “I Fall to Pieces,” and “I’ve Got a Tiger by the…
Uke Tales: Ukulele Number One
By Sandor Nagyszalanczy Since this is my first installment for this new online feature, I thought it appropriate to tell the story of my very first ukulele. In 1956, when I was just two-and-a-half years old, my mother, father and I…
Nailing It: A Revealing Look at the Hands of Top Ukulele Players
Here, the ukulele’s right-hand women and men share the long and short of their rhythm styles and manicure strategies for a wide variety of musical styles.
Why I Uke: Cynthia Kinnunen’s Soul-Nourishing Return to Ukulele
It was entirely because of the ukulele that I came back to playing piano and singing, and have become so passionate about sharing music with others through teaching and hosting events.
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Get Great Time: How to Use a Metronome—and Enjoy It
However you feel about the metronome, spending some quality time with one will not hurt.
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