Archive for 2023

Riffs and Solos: Beastie Boys, Outkast, WILTY?

Beastie Boys – Sure Shot Outkast – So Fresh, So Clean Would I Lie to You? Theme Sublime – What I Got (Solo) Blackpink – Pretty Savage

Miley Cyrus – Flowers (Tabs)

Miley Cyrus – Flowers (Tab) Hold on to you hairpieces, I’m covering a song while it’s still popular: Miley Cyrus’s recent hit Flowers Intro: Just picking out a Cmaj7 chord. Verse: Nothing too difficult here. Mostly standard chords and a melody in the first position. Chorus: Here’s where it gets tricky with a lot of […]

UkeTube

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Max & Veronica – Dirty Mother For You Andy Eastwood and Peter Moss – William Tell Overture Uke Heads – The Night Taimane – Phantom of the Opera Jenifer Cabrera – Chega de saudade Jake Shimabukuoro & Andrew Molina – Toastmaker's Revenge Charming Disaster – Monsters Danny Yau – Neurotica outro […]

Dooley Wilson – As Time Goes By (Tabs)

Dooley Wilson – As Time Goes By (Tab) As Time Goes By is most famous for its inclusion in Casablanca. But the song was written a decade earlier by Herman Hupfeld for the long forgotten musical Everybody’s Welcome. Intro: A quick campanella intro. There are a million things you could do here. Verse: The slow […]

Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now (Tabs)

Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now (Tab) Today it’s one of the rare cheerful songs I like: I Can See Clearly Now. I worked from the original Johnny Nash version but I’m more familiar with Jimmy Cliff version so a bit of that might have snuck in. I’ve tried to keep the arrangement […]

Friday Links

Herman Vandecauter has an extensive examination of the Madeiran machete (the forerunner to the ukulele). Nick Offerman has a new batch of ukuleles almost done (but you won’t be able to buy one unless you’re his buddy). The unfortunate history of politicians and instruments in the uke family continues with Ed Milliband’s guitarlele. Window Shopping […]

7 Second Ukulele Lessons: Depeche Mode, De La Soul, Andrew WK

Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough De La Soul – Me Myself and I Andrew WK – Party Hard Laurie Anderson – From the Air Tove Styrke – Same My Name

Burt Bacharach – I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (Tabs)

Burt Bacharach – I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (Tab) Burt Bacharach is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. So I had to do a little tribute to him with I’ll Never Fall in Love Again. For this arrangement, I worked from the Elvis Costello version that cropped up in The Spy Who […]

Kung Fu Master (Arcade Game Theme) (Tabs)

Kung Fu Master (Tab) A recent nostalgia trip compelled me to knock up a version of Masato Ishizaki’s music from the 80s arcade game Kung-Fu Master. The tune is very quick. Even slowed down, it’s still a challenge. In order to cut the finger movement to a minimum, it’s arranged campanella style so the work […]

UkeTube: Ruthie Craft, 4stringboy

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Ruthie Craft – Nineteen 4stringboy – Interstellar (Main Theme) Feng E – Johnny B Goode RIO – Moon River Arko Mukhaerjee feat. Arinjoy Sarkar – Manouche Wisdom Max & Veronica – Sweet Georgia Brown Alex Fam – Catastrophe Steven Warren – Paint it Black Melanie Mergen – Breathe

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