Jonathan Coulton has already put up the chords for the tune he wrote for the game Portal. But the J-Dog don’t roll with tabs. So I thought I’d have a stab the fingerpicking bit in the first part of the song. The song is played on a low-G ukulele and the picking pattern is T, […]

Videos from two quite sickeningly talented 12 year olds this week along with more gnarled and creased performers such as the New England Ukulele Orchestra, Aaron Keim, Victoria Vox and a bunch more. Maddi J* – My Light

There seems to be an affinity between dolphins and ukuleles. I don’t know why dolphins are chosen so often over other animals. Makala ukuleles deck themselves out with dolphin bridges, there’s this custom ukulele from Todaro and this Tahitian ukulele. Another animal on the uke: black bears. There are two new ukuleles from Duane Heilman […]

Paolo Nutini drives his bands mates to destruction with his endless ukulele playing. The uke’s death was followed by a cremation. If you like Audrey Lighting‘s style, learn how to make your own ukulele LED light. The winners of Ukulele Review’s Play It Forward contest. As one uke competition ends, another begins on Ukulele Underground. […]

Almost all the ukulele tuning notes online seem to be for standard tuning. So I thought I’d knock together tuning notes for some more out of the way tunings. Re-entrant C-tuning g,C,E,A Sometimes referred to as standard tuning. It’s the most common ukulele tuning. Re-entrant D-tuning a,D,F#,B Used to be more popular than it is […]

Jason Castro/Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Click here for Chords) I never thought I’d be putting this song on the blog. But, when I realised even Simon Cowell isn’t too hard-hearted and cynical to be won over by a song’s charm, I reconsidered my position. Despite the obligatory American Idol warblings, I thought […]

Listen to the song on MySpace. Van Morrison – Keep It Simple (Chords) Van Morrison picking up the ukulele for his latest album isn’t quite as incongruous as the likes of Portishead and Panic at the Disco using the uke, but it’s certainly an unexpected development. True to the title, Van keeps this song simple. […]

MJ Hibbett – A Million Ukeleles (MP3) MJ Hibbett – I Did A Gig In New York (MP3) via MySpace MJ Hibbett has spent most of his musical life knocking out Billy Bragg/Half Man Half Biscuit type punky numbers on mundane aspects of English life (particularly football and antiquated digital technologies) with his band The […]

The Godfather Love Theme (Tab) I think The Godfather would have to be my favourite film score of all time. In terms of recognisability, The Godfather theme is second only to Star Wars. The piece (also known the Love Theme and Speak Softly Love) crops up in all three Godfather films in a wide variety […]

You should probably brush your teeth after watching this week’s crop of videos featuring Sweet Soubrette, Sweetafton and Sweet Georgia Brown. At the behest of Howlin’ Hobbit, I’ve added in links to the videos themselves. Sweet Soubrette – Cut-Up