Friday Links: Looping Ukulele, Dogs and Rihanna
Videos – Manitoba Hal has some tips for using a looping pedal with your ukulele. – Rachel Manke tests out Ohana’s Martin Style 3 copies. – Lorraine Bow of Learn to Uke chats with James Hill and Anne...
View ArticleUkeTube: Zoe Bestel, Krasnogorsk
Full Playlist In case you couldn’t work it out from the title, Reformed Whores’ Willy for a Day is very NSFW. Zoë Bestel – Tail of the Sea Thanks to Ron Hale. Ryo Kyas – Crossroads Jonathan Lewis – The...
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The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Chords)
Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Chords) Very sad news last week that Lyle Ritz died at the age of 87. Ritz was a pioneer of jazz ukulele in the 50s, a member of the Ukulele Hall of Fame and, perhaps...
View ArticleIrish Ukulele Tabs and Chords
It’s St. Patrick’s Day on Friday. Plenty of time to work up a Irish tune or two. If you want to go all out there’s also Jonathan Lewis’s ebook Irish Tunes for Campanella Ukulele that has 35 fantastic,...
View ArticleBeach Boys – Sloop John B (Tab)
Sloop John B (Tab) Edit: Dangit! I published this a day early Following on from Good Vibrations, another Pet Sound with bass from Lyle Ritz. Sloop John B is a traditional Bahamian song. The earliest...
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Friday Links: New Ukes, Humidity and Pasties
The Ukulele Site has an extensive post on ukuleles and humidity. Ukulele rapper has a pasty named after him. Ukes – Lichty document making a steel-string baritone for Richie Williams of the UOGB. –...
View ArticleFlea Bitten Dawgs, The O’Pears: UkeTube
Full Playlist EatMyUke – Pet Sounds The Flea Bitten Dawgs – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Thanks to Ron Hale. The O’Pears – Morning Song Via Humble Baritonics L’Orchestre National de...
View ArticleRebecca Sugar – What’s the Use of Feeling (Blue)? (Chords and Tab)
What’s the Use of Feeling (Blue)? (Chords) The trend of increasingly complex Steven Universe songs continues with What’s the Use of Feeling (Blue)?. If it gets more complicated than this one I’m going...
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Chuck Berry’s Major and Minor Pentatonic Trick
Chuck Berry’s intro to Johnny B Goode has to be the most famous piece of guitar playing in the universe. Not only did he influence an entire generation of rock and roll guitarists, you can hear...
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Tune-Yards: 7 Second Ukulele Lessons
My baritone needed restringing the other day so I took the opportunity to tune it Tune-Yards style and write up a few of her riffs. She uses dGBE. Which is baritone tuning with a high-d string. Aquila...
View ArticleFriday Links
Videos – Mandy Harvey: singer and ukulelist who has been deaf since 18. – Taimane has tips for travelling with your ukulele. – Manitoba Hal on spicing up your blues. – Hawaii Music Supply visits the...
View ArticleUkeTube: Rachel Manke, Vinicius Vivas
Full Playlist Rachel Manke – Dogstreet Rag Vinícius Vivas & Friends – Santa Morena Desirée Dawson – Wild Heart Via Humble Baritonics Answer Sheet – Meditate Daniel Estrem – Bach’s Prelude from...
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Foals – Spanish Sahara (Chords)
Foals – Spanish Sahara (Chords) This is the last Life is Strange song I’m doing. Promise. And it’s going to be a whole two days before I even post another song by a band on the soundtrack. Spanish...
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Guitar Pro 7 First Impression Review
Guitar Pro has been my tabbing software of choice since the start of Uke Hunt almost ten years ago. I’ve used it to make hundreds of tabs. So I was giddy with excitement with last week’s release of...
View Articlealt-J – Interlude I (Ripe and Ruin) (Tab)
alt-J – Ripe & Ruin (Tab) alt-J’s new track 3WW has me very excited for the new album. In preparation I thought I’d have a go at Ripe & Ruin from their debut album. Ripe & Ruin is an...
View ArticleFriday Links: Art on a Postcard, Irish Tunes
Jonathan Lewis launched his excellent and challenging ebook Irish Tunes for Campanella Ukulele a couple of years ago with a guest post about campanella ukulele. It was well worth a buy then and he’s...
View ArticleUkeTube: Amanda Shires, Jeremy Messersmith, Susmita Das
Full Playlist Amanda Shires – I’m Your Man jeremy messersmith – There Is Nowhere We Won’t Go < Jonathan Lewis – Bogey’s Bonnie Belle Susmita Das – Utkal Dibasa Via @hermanvdc Hobbit and Hare – It...
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The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again (Chords)
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again (Chords) I love writing up Smiths songs. They’re full of interesting chords and challenging lead parts to tackle. So this week I’m taking on Bigmouth today and five...
View ArticleName That Riff Quiz
I like to do little quizzes every now and then. This one tests both your knowledge of riffs, intros and guitar licks and my ability to play something recognisably. So if you do rubbish you can blame...
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The Smiths: 7 Second Ukulele Lessons
Some more Smiths for you to have a go at. Including one of the best and finger-twistingest intros of all time. This Charming Man A post shared by @ukulelehunt on Apr 23, 2017 at 11:55am PDT On iTunes...
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