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Daphne Roubini Built Ruby’s Ukes Ukulele School to Nourish the Music Inside of Everyone

The self-described jazz-singing London girl moved to western Canada and, in just over a decade, started what may be the largest ukulele school in the world outside of Hawaii

Lessons and Advice, Uke Basics

What’s Your Ukulele Skill Level?

Here's a guide for skill levels from Canadian ukulele school Ruby's Ukes

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Grace VanderWaal Inks Endorsement Deal with Fender

Grace VanderWaal captured the imagination of seemingly every audience member the moment when the ‘tween walked onstage with a ukulele to sing a song for her audition on America’s Got Talent. Now, the 13-year-old singer-songwriter, and winner of the popular…

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‘You Can Do Anything on the Ukulele’ Lessons from Living Legend Led Kaapana

Best known as a master slack-key guitarist, Kaapana always plays the ukulele in performances. He contends that the two instruments can do the same things.

Lessons and Advice

Learn to Play ‘Glass Ball Slack Key’ from Led Kaapana

Ledward Kaapana’s prodigious ukulele chops are in full force on “Glass Ball Slack Key,” a spirited showstopper that he sometimes calls “Chicken in the Straw.”

Lessons and Advice

Frank Ferera with accompanist Anthony Franchini

Learn Classic 1920s-Style Playing with this Transcription of the “Maui Girl,” the First Solo Ukulele Recording Ever Made

This transcription is good introduction for players wanting to learn classic 1920s-style strumming and picking

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Gods of Uke: Frank Ferera, an Early Star of Hawaiian Music

From the Winter 2017 issue of Ukulele | BY VICTOR PRANCHÉRE | PHOTOS COURTESY OF JONATHAN VECCHI Among those who pioneered the ukulele as a solo instrument, very few left recordings. Frank Ferera, it seems, was the first to record…

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Ukulele Archaeology

By Greg Olwell One of the best things that happens with working on a magazine about ukuleles are the family stories that keep popping up. Several times now, it’s happened that I’m visiting a friend and suddenly an old family ukulele is remembered. Sometimes…

Enter to Win This Ortega Acacia Series Ukulele!

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED One lucky winner will receive this gorgeous Ortega Acacia Series RUACA-CC Ukulele. Specs: All Acacia – Open Pore Finish Concert Size Solid Acacia Top & Bottom Acacia Sides Okoume Neck Gold Die Cast Tuners w/ Black Buttons…

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Learn to Play the Tremolo Technique on Ukulele

Tremolo, as played on nylon-stringed instruments like the ukulele, is a technique of single-string repetitions that is usually combined with a thumb arpeggio outlining the harmony.