The Weeknd – Blinding Lights (Tab) Here’s a tab for one of the catchiest songs of the last few years: The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights It’s not a song you’d immediately associate with the ukulele, but it works out pretty well. The big challenge is the speed. For my version, I slowed it down slightly from […]

Radiohead – Creep (Tab) Even though Radiohead have disavowed Creep, it’s still a classic song with ubiquitous 90s quiet-loud-quiet-loud dynamics. Intro: Starting off with a fingerpicking played with one-finger-per-string picking. Verse: Mixing together the melody with the fingerpicked chords before switching to strums for the ck-ck bits leading into the chorus. Bridge: Easily the funnest […]

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Paul Hemmings Trio – Caravan Taimane – Pipeline's Daughter Kala’i Kealoha – Maunaloa Amelia Coburn – When The Tide Rolls In Steven Warren – Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 (J.S. Bach) Corina Lawrence ft. Miss Bolivia – LA DESCARRIÁ Will Wood – Tomcat Disposables Adrian Demain – Place To Be Edem […]

The Chordettes – Mr Sandman (Tab) The release of the new Sandman TV show seems like a good excuse to finally get around to tabbing this classic. My arrangement is heavily based on the Chordettes version. Although not the original version, it’s by far the best known. Intro 1: I couldn’t resist rearranging Metallica’s Enter […]

Another rag-tag selection of musical snippets that have caught my ear recently. Update: It looks like Instagram has been messing around again and some of the video are embedding in a janky fashion. You can find all the videos on Instagram. They’re currently the most recent six. Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme (Tab) Here’s an absolute banger from my childhood: the TMNT theme. The chorus is straightforward strumming. And it’s one of the rare occasions when the melody is all on the g-string. The verse is much more challenging. The melody is very fast so I’ve skipped a few notes to make […]

Jake Shimabukuro plays While My Guitar Gently Weeps at Abbey Road Studios The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra reformed to pay tribute to historian Lydia Wevers. Son repairs the damage his dad’s uke picked up in the Vietnam War. The unbearable embarrassment of your mom being in a ukulele group. Kala have released a new range […]

Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket (Tab) Another 90s classic today: Alanis Morissette’s Hand in My Pocket. The intro and verses are very straightforward. It’s one chord all the way through and you don’t have to move up the neck. But things get much trickier in the transition into the chorus. There’s more movement […]

Time for the Uke Hunt Annual Chord Quiz. Test your chord knowledge, theory knowledge and musical ear. The method is as low-tech as ever. – Grab a pen and paper. – Answer the questions (using a ukulele to help you is entirely allowed and encouraged). – Check the answers here (no peeking). If you’re reading […]

Neil Diamond – Song Sung Blue (Tab) I was completely unaware of Neil Diamond’s Song Sung Blue before it was suggested on Patreon. Although I was familiar with Mozart’s Piano Concerto 21 which heavily influenced it. The chill organ intro is my favourite part of the song. I’m picking this using one-finger-per-string. The picking in […]