John King – Swallowtail A while back I tabbed out the first half of this legendary performance from John King – Larry O’Gaff – but I sucked much too hard to take on the second half. Luckily, Ukulele Tim was up to the task and posted Swallowtail on his blog. After a certain amount of […]

There’s more than one way to play any chord. You can find different versions of every chord up and down the neck (known as ‘chord inversions’). And it’s well worth using them. Playing different inversions makes any song more interesting. Particularly if you’re playing with other ukuleles. Having different people play different inversions will open […]

Never Shout Never – First Dance (Lovin’ On You)(Chords) Kids today still use the word ‘rad’? He does make me feel incredibly old but I like Chistofer Drew and indie-urchin schtick. Plus all the chords I’ve seen for this online seem to be way out (and it’s only a 3 chord song). All of which […]

Videos this week include Manitoba Hal (from an an interview and session he did for Roots Music Canada), the Future Laureates, the welcome return of Ukulelezo and the long anticipated debut of, friend of Uke Hunt, cardboardfrog. These videos weren’t posted on April Fools Day but I can’t help being suspicious.

I’ve had my eye on RISA’s Les Paul style electric ukes for a while but I think the Mahogany version might tip me over the edge. My favourite part of vintage uke auctions is the cases. Check out this Martin’s case. This SS Stewart taropatch would be great restored. But two and a half grand […]

James Hill has launched his new ukulele teacher certification course. Amanda Palmer sings the funniest tweets of the year. Charles Shultz’s plans for newborns. Johnn Carson and Bob Newhart get a ukulele lesson from George Segal. Jim D’Ville‘s series of ‘3 Questions with…’ videos are well worth watching. Particularly the one with Bosko. And what […]

Patsy Cline/Willie Nelson – Crazy (Tab) As threatened when I did the Gnarls Barkley Crazy, here’s a simple arrangement of the Patsy Cline/Willie Nelson version. It’s a little more advanced than Pua Lililehua and Sakura Sakura, there’s one jazz chord (but it’s easy to play). The one tricky thing are the bends in bar 21. […]

Podcast Powered By Podbean Download Podcast #6 Subscribe on iTunes The March 2011 edition of podcast is up and has a hilarious session from Midland punk rocker Uke’s Not Dead. As always, Bossa has turned up a bunch of great tunes, mostly from people I’ve never heard before, and included a healthy dose of toilet […]

Elvis Presley/Fin Raucaus – Viva Las Vegas (Chords) I’ve written up Fin’s rollocking banjolele version of this tune. He’s tuned up slightly sharp for this one. Here are – roughly – the tuning notes: Tuning Notes Twiddly Bits I’ve included slashes for the chord riff that crops up all over the song in the chord […]

Two songs this week from the original Mr Tiptoe Through the Tulips Nick Lucas along with the new single from tUne-yArDs (if you want more of her, NPR recorded a show at SXSW). tUnE-yArDs’s new album, w h o k i l l, is coming out soon and I can’t wait. One video that didn’t […]