Archive for August, 2019

UkeTube: Taimane, James Hill

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Taimane – Ladybird James Hill – Viva La Vida Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Don't Let Us Get Sick Tobias Elof – Lazy Sunday Madeline Tasquin – Daffodils Randy Gapasin – Talk Those Folk – One Thousand Homes Polkadot + Moonbeam – When You Wish Upon A Star

Ella Fitzgerald/Bjork – I Remember You (Tab)

I Remember You (Tab) I Remember You is heartbreaking beautiful song from 1941 by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer. My favourite versions of this are by Ella Fitzgerald and Bjork. But, bafflingly, Frank Ifield’s bizarre yodelling cowboy version is the most well known. You won’t be surprised to learn my arrangement is based on the […]

7 Second Ukulele Lessons: Acoustic

A selection of riffs and motifs from various songs that use powercut-proof instruments. Including uke, guitar, piano, fiddle and marimba (courtesy of, famed minimalist composer, Steve Reich’s Nagoya Marimbas). If you like these short tabs, you can find lots more on my Instagram. Seal – Kiss From a Rose View this post on Instagram Seal […]

Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (Chords and Tab)

Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (Chords) You can’t move for I’m Yours chord progressions in the charts at the moment. Those are I V vi IV progressions to give them the technical definition. On ukulele that’s usually either G-D-Em-C or C-G-Am-F. And if you put a capo on the first fret, the later is […]

UkeTube: Stables, Amanda Palmer, Flor De Toloache

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Stables – Nostalgia Flor De Toloache – Besos de Mezcal On vihuela. Ukulele Sunnyboy – On A Sunny Day Garam JEON – Polani (Pure) Andy Sankey – Jump Randy Gapasin – Your Song The Skivvies and Nathan Lee Graham – Dance Medley Amanda Palmer – Everybody Knows Somebody

Bon Iver – Marion (Tab)

Bon Iver – Marion (Tab) Christmas came early for depressed weirdos last week with the surprise release of Bon Iver’s new album i,i. The record is a perfect blend of his previous three albums. The acoustic track Marion is the most like his debut album and so obviously suited for a ukulele cover I started […]

Playing Two Songs at Once

Warning: This post started out as a bit of fun and ended up breaking my brain. Playing a Round Alone I while back Guido Heistek posted a challenge to play a song in the round by yourself. A round is where the same melody is performed over itself with a different starting point. For example, […]

Jimi Hendrix – The Wind Cries Mary (Chords and Tab)

Jimi Hendrix – The Wind Cries Mary (Chords and Tab) Shinyribs’ excellent ukulele version of The Wind Cries Mary inspired me to fix the lack of Hendrix chordings on Uke Hunt (unless you count Wild Thing). The song is based around an Eb-E-F motif. In the original that’s played with two different inversions. Which is […]

UkeTube: Bad Mouse Orchestra, Shinyribs

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Bad Mouse Orchestra – It’s The Animal In Me Tom Rosenthal – Bicycle Lane Shinyribs – The Wind Cries Mary Arnaud Martin – Chariots of Fire Lami JEON – Johann Sebastian Bach – Cello suite no.1 prelude Feng E – Radio Gaga Uklectic Fred – East St. Louis Toodle-O0 Choan Gálvez […]

Friday Links: Blues Outros, Mumbai Uke Hunt and Zombies

Due to a technical snafu, my post 6 Easy Blues Outros didn’t get sent out to email subscribers. It’s a good one so please check it out. The Mumbai police really go all out for a lost ukulele. Including scouring city-wide CCTV and interviewing 200 rickshaw drivers. On Video – Lupita Nyong’o latest role is […]

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