Tiki Farm Theme (Tabs) I hate Facebook. I used to have a secret account and then people started finding me. I ended up shutting it down. But, to my shame, I had to set up a new secret secret account just to play Happy Island. I have to admit I’m completely addicted. When a game [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Ukulele & accordion is fast becoming the new ukulele & kazoo. This week’s contribution to the combo comes from Les Poupées Gonflées (literal translation = The Swollen Dolls – that has to be a French euphemism). Also this week, Seeso has moved all his covers to a new channel and has bravely reupped his cover [...]
Another new uke and another new wood for Kala with the Kala Butterfly. MGM refers to it being made from bicote. He might mean bocote – the heavy grain certainly looks a lot like bocote. Either way, I don’t think it’ll make its way on to my shopping list. Two lovely vintage Favilla ukuleles: Favilla [...]
Check out the Stackridge podcast on Monday for a ukulele special including George from the UOGB co-present and tracks including Uke Hunt faves the Bobby McGee’s and Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer. And there’s a performance by Fairport Convention. I’ll be heading off to Ukelear Meltdown this weekend. If you see me, say hi. I [...]
Nickel Creek – Anthony (Chords) Sara Watkins has a few ukulele songs knocking around but this one – from Nickel Creek’s Why Should the Fire Die? – is the standout. The tuning she uses in this one is rather unusual. It’s like a low-G ukulele tuned down two frets (to F Bb D G). I [...]
You may have noticed this is my seventh post in the space of six hours. It’s all part of the overhaul of the site that will be taking place soon. With over 1,000 blog posts on Uke Hunt and a bunch more in the other sections, it’s getting impossible for people to find what they’re [...]
A few posts to help you get going with one of the most popular non-traditional ways to play the ukulele. For this section you’ll need a good understand of ukulele tab. Step 1: Basics Blues Scales: – Minor pentatonic scale – Blues scale Five steps to blues mastery How to Play Blues Ukulele – ebook [...]
Fingerpicking Basics Fingerpicking First Steps Easy Fingerpicking Playing one note at a time. Stephin Merritt – Smile Earlyguard – Busy Bee Silent Night Oh Christmas Tree Moderate Fingerpicking Introducing chords and melody notes. Hawaii Five-O Indiana Jones Super Mario Theme Godfather Theme Tricky Fingerpicking Introduction to campanella playing You can use the campanella technique to [...]
Once you’ve got to grips with the tabs in the intermediate section, it’s time to move up to playing some full tunes. Step 1: New Tabs and Techniques Strum blocking Fingering and repeats Advanced strums and rhythms Hammer-ons and pull-offs Slides Advanced repeats, accents and trills Vibrato, grace notes and bends String bending tips Extra [...]
The improver section will have set you up with some serious chops. Now it’s time to start digging into tab and really showing off. Step 1: Learn to Read Tab – Frets and Strings – Rhythm – First ukulele tabs. A few short and simple but highly effective bits of tab: WIUO – It’s A [...]
