Le Domino banjo ukulele – haven’t seen one of those before. A few more Ohana resonators up including my favourite, the Vita. Little boy plays ukulele.
Archive for 2010
Videos from the Ukulele Guild of Hawaii Exhibition 2010 including a close look at the ukes. There are also some pictures on Ukulele Me Crazy. Kala have a new look website. As do UU. Long-time friend of the Hunt, Jenny has is blogging Hot Girls with Ukuleles which is not safe for work. At all. […]
Countdown Theme (Tab) Emily suggested the Countdown theme should be on the essential snippets post. And she’s quite right. It’s another classic from Alan ‘Grange Hill‘ Hawkshaw. The tune is in C and fits very nicely on the ukulele. The only odd thing is that the theme is repeated 5 times – presumably to make […]
I’ve had a few people ask me what I use in my playing and in putting together the site. So I thought I’d list everything I’ve been asked about (and a few I haven’t). And I’d be interested to know what you use: to record audio, make videos and, of course, what your favourite ukulele […]
The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight (Tabs and Chords) A song to support the embattled ukulele brother Billy Corgan. I think he was remarkably restrained. I would have Axled the guy. Besides that, it’s an incredible song. And a complicated one. No two verses, chorus or bridges are the same. Getting it to sound right […]
Favourite video this week comes from Secret Home Party (with guest appearance by Danielle’s moon). And I like the idea of them being a group of talented buddies who get together occasionally to make music and have a laugh. I want to be in that band. Enough of the fake Ukulele Orchestra, from now on […]
Kala’s roundabout ukulele amps are now up for sale. They’re only 10 Watts so you’re not going to be playing Carnegie Hall with them. But it’s certainly plenty for a practice amp, making yourself heard with a guitarist, or letting the flash Harry louder than the rest of the ukulele group. Most interesting uke this […]
Pretty good article on the uke resurgence on SFGate (via Ukulelia). The usual stuff but done more intelligently. Can anyone enlighten me as to where in I’m Yours this ukulele that everyone talks about is? Jim D’Ville asks National Reso-Phonic three questions. Acilius did such a good review of the UOGB re-releases I don’t think […]
Tallest Man on Earth is probably my favourite act at the moment. So much so I’m considering a rare field-trip schlepping to Salford to watch him play here. So it didn’t take too many requests to get me to tab up this song. Open-F Tuning He plays the song in open-C tuning with a capo […]
I’ve had a copy of Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for ‘Ukulele by Mark Kailana Nelson (Mel Bay) for an absolute age. And I’ve got a lot of pleasure out of it. So it’s long past time I gave it a write-up. What You Get Tab and standard notation intended for high-G tuning (although 13 […]
