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 The whole idea is outdated and they ran out of ideas decades ago.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 […]

I’ve been officially disengaged from politics since February 2003, so I wasn’t going to mention the election. But the trend of ukulele Obama songs is impossible to ignore. As far as I’m aware, the first uke Obama song was Barak Obama Caucas Carol back in December but really took off with the formation of Ukes […]

I get quite a few emails asking me about strumming, so I thought I’d put together a ‘How to Strum a Ukulele’ post. This is how I strum – any resemblance to good technique is pure coincidental. UPDATE: For a more comprehensive coverage of the subject check out my ebook on ukulele strumming. And there’s […]

Hafdis Huld – Who Loves the Sun? (Chords)(PDF) Former GusGus singer, Eurovision hopeful and elf hunter, Hafdis Huld did a lovely ukulele version of Velvet Underground‘s Who Loves the Sun? which you can listen to on her website. I thought this song was going to be easy to work out and play, it wasn’t. There […]