Lightspeed Champion – Tell Me What It’s Worth (Chords)

There are plenty of pictures of Lightspeed Champion with a ukulele but it’s not often you see him playing the ukulele. I was hoping there’d be a little uke on his new album, but no such luck. So, I’ve written up his latest single Tell Me What [...]

I’ve just released a brand new ebook called, “Ukulele 101: 101 Things Every Ukulele Player Needs to Know.”
When I’ve been looking through beginners ukulele books, I’ve always been a little frustrated about the things they leave out. They teach you to strum and play a few chords, maybe play a nursery rhyme or too, but [...]

Mama Cass – Dream a Little Dream of Me (Chords)

Dream a Little Dream of Me has been covered by many people since it first appeared in 1931, but it’s best remembered in the version by Mama Cass of The Mamas and the Papas.
I was discussing this song with UkeJill and we decided that the version [...]

Arrested Development (Tab)

Midi
Like every great American comedy TV show the BBC gets its hands on (Seinfeld, Larry Sanders, Curb Your Enthusiasm), the BBC schedulers seemed intent on stopping people watching it by buffeting it around the late night, digital TV schedules. I presume they do this so we don’t realise how awful Brit-com shows like [...]

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Uke Hunt gets called ‘ace’ in the NME.
James Hill and Chalmers Doane’s new website, Ukulele in the Classroom, is up and running. The site promotes their new series of books aimed at school teachers and pupils. There’s a resources section which includes flashcards and quizzes for you to test your music reading abilities, and a [...]

The head-doctors said it wasn’t possible, but I’ve fallen in love. Here she is: 20s/30s Martin 3K. Bids start at $1,600.
If you want a bit of Martin magic but can’t afford that, you might like to check out this battered and bruised Martin ukulele. Full credit to the seller for the extensive and very clear [...]

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Camera Obscura – Cock Up Your Beaver (Chords)

I’m going to get so much comment spam on this post.
Since I tabbed out Scotland the Brave for Burns Night (I’ve updated that post with a longer tab), I thought I’d also do an actual Burns song. Cock Up Your Beaver is, [...]

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Tremelo Strums
Strumming the same chord over-and-over in a regular, quick tempo is known as a tremelo strum. These can be tabbed in a couple of different ways. They can be shown in the normal way (e.g. as a set of sixteenth notes) or as the total length of all the strums together with [...]

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Scotland the Brave (Tab)
UPDATE: Scotland the Brave (Tab – Full Version) (midi)
It’s Burns Night on Friday and Andy (who you might know as zym if you’ve been following the comments) requested a tab of Scotland the Brave for his Burns night turn.
When I was researching the song (believe [...]