Archive for November, 2016

Tabs for Fingerpicking and Solo Beginners

As a companion to the “Songs with Chords You Know” post I thought I’d put together a list of posts for people just getting started learning fingerpicking, tabs and solo playing. Tutorials for Tabs and Fingerpicking I’ve written a nine part guide on how to read tab. But you don’t have to read them all […]

Nick Drake – Horn (Tab)

Nick Drake – Horn (Tab) It’s not often I break with my schedule but Nick Drake’s Horn popped into my ears this morning and I felt compelled to get my own up. It also fits well with the real post today about pieces suitable for solo ukulele beginners. It’s the sparsest track on Drake’s sparsest […]

The Magnetic Fields – ’74 No (Chords)

The Magnetic Fields – ’74 No (Chords) There’s a new 5 CD/50 song album from The Magnetic Fields on the way and the five tracks that have come out already have made me very excited for it. The standout track ’74 No is great for uke too. All beginner chords. The strumming is trickier than […]

Jan Laurenz, Sam Trump: UkeTube

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Friday Links

It’s nearing the end of the year and the Ukulele 2016 Spotify playlist is taking shape. As always, there’s a wide variety of great music from world famous virtuosos to low-fi indie acts, novelty songs to slick Hawaiian standards. So whatever you’re into you should find something you like on there. New Releases – New […]

Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah (Tabs)

Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah (Tab) I wrote up the chords for Hallelujah way back in 2008. But, since it’s a huge hit with ukulelists, I wanted to do an instrumental version as a little tribute to Leonard Cohen. And a tribute to Jeff Buckley since the intro is completely ripped off from his incredible version. […]

Christmas Tabs and Chords

If you’re looking for something festive to learn here’s a complete rundown of everything Christmassy on the site. Christmas eBooks I’ve written 3 collections of easy Christmas tabs: How to Play Christmas Ukulele, Christmas Ukulele 2 and Christmas Ukulele 3. You can pick up all three for the price of 2 by buying the whole […]

Leonard Cohen – Suzanne (Chords and Tab)

Leonard Cohen – Suzanne (Chords) 2016 sure has been a ride. (The first draft had hopes of no more musicians dying here but between writing the post and it going up Leon Russell died.) Being in the key of E, the chords for Suzanne are a bit tricky. You can make it easier by doing […]

Jim Boggia, Bookshop Band: UkeTube

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Friday Links

Robin Evans is attempting to break the world record for the longest time playing a ukulele by playing for 30 hours. If you’re in the London area on 26th – 27th November head to the Duke of Uke and give him some encouragement. Ukulele Go’s top 5 ukulele books. Martin ukulele sales 1915 – 1935. […]

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