One day I’m going to cave in and buy the phono fiddle ukulele. An interesting Italian ukulele on eBay UK. The neck engulfs the body – makes more sense than having the scratchplate in the guitar positioning. Ukulele converted into a balalaika = good idea. Announce yourself as a ukulele dude/babe on your Neon bag […]

With the How to Play Blues Ukulele ebook being harder to finish and a much bigger hit than I had expected, October has been a bit of a crazy month. I’ve decided to take a little rest from the blog, so after today there won’t be any more posts until next Friday. The Online Ukulele […]

Alton Ellis – Rock Steady I’m not a fan of all music that has come out of Jamaica, but I love rocksteady. So I was sad to hear of the death of the ‘Godfather of Rocksteady’ Alton Ellis last month. The chords and strumming pattern for Rocksteady are fairly simple. The strumming is just down […]

Step 1: Wake up in the morning and feel around for your shoes. Step 2: Learn the chords C, F and G7. Play four bars of C, two bars of F, two bars of C, a bar of G7, a bar of F and two bars of C. Repeat. Step 3: Noodle around with the […]

If it hadn’t been introduced by the incredibly irritating Grimshaw I might have given this song a long enough listen to realise there’s a cute little ukulele riff in it. As it is, it’s not until now – months later – I realized it was there and got round to tabbing it up. It sounds […]

I first ran across Welsh indie rockers Toy Horses on YouTube. Suitably impressed, I badgered band ukulelist Tom into answering a few questions. Your ukulele playing in Toy Horses is very different from the usual uke fair. How did you develop your style? I started playing the uke a couple of years ago after hearing […]

James Bond Theme (Tab)(PDF) Quantum of Solace? What of what? I’m flabbergasted that Bond is still going. The whole idea is outdated and they ran out of ideas decades ago. The theme tune, on the other hand, still sounds fantastic. I’ve been working on this arrangement for an age (I think Sean Connery was Bond […]

It’s an old joke, but I’ve never seen it done as well as this (thanks to krabbers for the tip-off). Other videos this week include Seeso taking an early lead in the Bushman Contest, Carl Ray Villaverde ripping up Keep Your Eyes on the Hands and plenty more.

No doubt due to the influence of Jake, there seem to be more and more, classical guitar style, slotted headstock ukuleles cropping up. As well as the high end stuff like this custom Mana’e tenor, more mid-range brands like Kala are turning out ukuleles like this and this. Natural finish Polka-Lay-Lee. If you’re asking five […]

Ultimate Ukulele is a new ukulele tab and chord site from Uke Hunt friend Joe. Tunes already up include Coldplay’s Life In Technicolour, The Killers’ Mr. Brightside and Pacman. It looks like I might have overestimated people’s ingenuity when it comes to finding things. If you see a message on any posts telling you something […]