Text by Jim D’Ville ¦ Photos by Roberta Piazza Gordon You talk about your oh, how happy campers! The 7th annual West Coast Ukulele Retreat was held on the beautiful Monterey peninsula at the historic Asilomar State Beach and Conference Center in Pacific…
By Jim D’Ville | From the Winter 2016 issue of Ukulele When I started on the ukulele, I could not identify the chord changes in a song simply by listening. I learned the changes from written materials. A more apt…
By Jim D’Ville / Photos by Kelly Anderson The 9th Annual Reno Ukulele Festival, “the biggest little ukulele festival in the West,” was held at the Nugget Hotel and Casino in Sparks, Nevada, April 6-9, 2017. As always, producer Doug…
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By Jim D’Ville Let’s see … who wants to head south to Palm Springs in late February, relax by the pool, and play some ukulele? I DO! And I did! The 3rd Annual Palm Strings Ukulele Festival was held February…
BY JIM D’VILLE | From the Spring 2017 issue of Ukulele In a recent column, I explained the emotional quality of the major chords built on the I–IV–V scale degrees. Now let’s explore the minor world of the remaining four chords,…
By Jim D’Ville Neither snow nor rain nor Minnesota’s first blizzard of the impending winter could stay over 100 hearty ukulele players from attending The Great Minnesota Ukulele Gathering, held November 18 and 19 in Minneapolis. The event, produced under the…
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE WINTER 2016 ISSUE OF UKULELE What happens when you give a certain little four-year-old girl a classical guitar and make her practice every day? In this case, you get Del Rey, one of the…
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By Greg Olwell The 9th annual Reno Ukulele Fest, one of the largest ukulele events anywhere, returns to the in Sparks, Nevada, April 6-April 9. Registration opens Thursday April 6, with early-bird workshops and a reception. Most of the action happens on…
By Jim D’Ville I could hear the last hurrah of boisterous summer strumming wafting through the forested hilltops of north central Ohio. Yes, it’s once again time for the annual Ohio Ukulele Campout! Now in its fourth year, the OUC…