MP3 I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to include Walk This Way. It’s one of the classics. It is one of the trickier ones to play in this batch. You have to give the E string a fair old pluck to keep it ringing through the hammer-ons.
Archive for 2009
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, the Rag Bag is the page where I stuck all the half finished stuff and bits and bobs that aren’t ready (or, more likely, never will be ready) for the blog. Most of these are requests. Recent editions are: Devendra Banhart – The Ribbon (Intro) Simplified for […]
Thin Lizzy – Boys Are Back In Town (Tab) MP3 Guitar Riffs + St Patrick’s Day = Inevitable Lizzy … and a bit of harmony action. This has to be the best bit of harmony guitar work ever (run close by the Hotel California solo). So I’ve kept that and written up two ukulele parts […]
The Barnkickers are a big favourite in the uke community; winning UkeWarehouse’s video contest and receiving nominations for Ukulele Video of the Year and UU’s Undies. The group is father and daughter duo Steve and Amanda – the Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus of the ukulele – and they have just released their first album […]
MP3 Breakin’ the law, breakin’ the law, neyooow, breakin’ the law, breakin’ the law. There are rumours flying around about me planting subliminal messages in mp3s telling people to set fire to guitars. These rumours are a half truth.
I assume everyone is subscribed to Bosko and Honey and has already seen the incredible Kamatetsu. If not, go there right now. With that done, check out this week’s videos including some cheerup music, some throat singing, a tribute to ukulele girls and – this week’s Boing Boing contender -a song about cannibalism.
A rather gruesome piece of ukulele history up for sale this week: the Beltona ukulele Tiny Tim was playing when he had a heart attack. Complete with the dents that were made at time. About a month late, but here’s a heart-shaped Valentine ukulele. Keith Ogata gets more metal with each ukulele. The new electric […]
Three videos that had me clutching my sides with laughter: Hilary Clinton and John McCain do the Ukulele Forum Rap, Ukulele en Francais and Unicorn Fantasy (that last one is NSFW and via Zym). The Guardian Music Blog discusses the ukulele resurgence with Dent May, Jens Lekman (who seems to be a titanic knobhead) and […]
MP3 It wouldn’t be a series of guitar riffs for ukulele without AC/DC. To give this one plenty of rock, do all down strums and dampen the open string strums. You play these dampened strums by resting the underside of your strumming hand just in front of the bridge, so when you strum it sounds […]
I am completely in love with my iPod Touch. Not in that way. It’s not like I make out with or anything (and everyone who tells you they’ve seen me making out with it is lying because I always make sure the curtains are shut first). It’s a deep, caring, understanding love that will never […]
