Ukulele Christmas Spirit 2020: Into the New Year
And so, dear friends, we arrive at the end of our month-long ukulele holiday journey filled with spirit and good cheer—and with high hopes for a Happy New Year... Read More...
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Ukulele Christmas Spirit 2020 #3: From the Past to the Present
BY UKULELE STAFFIt seems as though this year, more than ever, "We need a little Christmas," as the classic Johnny Mathis song goes. After the year we've al... Read More...
Christmas Spirit 2020: 4 More Ukulele Holiday Songs
By Ukulele StaffWhether you're looking for "traditional" arrangements or something with a little more spice, this second week of our 2020 ukulele holiday s... Read More...
Christmas Spirit: Kicking off our 2020 Ukulele Holiday Songs Playlist
By Ukulele StaffThere are a lot of Christmas cover songs out there, and so many of them seem to lend themselves well to the ukulele. While that's great for... Read More...
Watch Cynthia Lin’s Solo Uke Arrangement of The Police’s ‘Message in a Bottle’
The reggae/ska/rock classic “Message in a Bottle” was written by Sting for the Police’s second album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979), and it became the group’s first... Read More...
Watch Craig Chee Perform “Beautiful Dreamer” and Learn to Play Our Arrangement
FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER“Beautiful Dreamer” (published posthumously in 1864) is among the last works of Stephen Foster,... Read More...
Marcy Marxer Teaches You to Play Django Reinhardt’s “Dark Eyes” on Uke
FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE | BY MARCY MARXER“Dark Eyes” is a melody closely associated with the legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt—and by extens... Read More...
Daniel Ward Uke Lesson: Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs | A Fun Way to Learn Difficult Technique
FROM THE FALL 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELE | BY DANIEL WARDWhen it comes to techniques that none of us really want to practice, hammer-ons and pull-offs are i... Read More...
Shutdown Skills Series: How to Play George Formby’s Legendary Split Stroke
This is a demanding strum to do well but, once you get it, it’s an exciting ukulele technique to know and add to many styles of music.... Read More...
Shutdown Skills Series: How to Solo on Ukulele
In this lesson, you’ll learn an approach inspired by the blues guitar lexicon. It can also come in handy for rock and country soloing, as both of those genres are infused with the blues.... Read More...