Damon Albarn is no stranger to the ukulele. He used one with Blur on Jets. And it’s cropped up again on Revolving Doors from the new album by the Gorillaz. And a nice little riff it is too.
I pick it using thumb on g and C, index on E and middle on A.
The chord part later in the song:
C – C6 (0000) – Gm – C6 – C – C6 – C7
The C6s are just passing chords. For the main chords do 6 down strums. And for the C6s do two down strums.
Get it on their website.
Requested by Coline.
Another knockout podcast from Bossarocker. I’ve listened to it four times already. This month’s podcast features a session from Uke Punk along with tracks from Annie Bacon, Eliza Newman, Sophie Madeleine, Sweet Soubrette and plenty more.
You can now hook up with the podcast on Facebook.
You can find a full list of the podcasts here.
Playlist:
1. Savannah Smith – Ventriloquism
2. Annie Bacon – Superwaitress
3. Eliza Newman – Ukulele Song for You
4. Ronan Kearney – Remember Me
5. Sophie Madeleine – Little One
6. The Uke Punk live in session – Laura Laura
7. The Uke Punk live in session – Girl Across the Road
8. The Uke Punk live in session – Am I Supposed to be a Grown Up?
9. Stoned Popes – What’s Comin’ After
10. Lost Colours – Giants
11. Electric Mystical Soul Vibration – Daisy
12. The Brass Traps – Something to Hang My Hat On
13. Lemoskine – Maria Lucia
14. Sweet Soubrette – All That Glitters
15. Jennifer Teeter – Dik Dik
For some reason, TV is convinced the way to win viewers is to parade a shower of idiot bell-sticks before us. Whereas the more democratic world of YouTube is dominated by people who seem very nice and sometimes even intelligent. And the nicest and most subscribed of all (on these shores) is Charlie McDonnell. And like all, like, cool people the ukulele is his favourite instrument and he inspires his friends to play. In fact, I think I get more, “I started playing ukulele because of…,”s about him than anyone else.
He also had the smart idea of playing every song from his album at once. Which makes my job easier because I can fulfil all requests in one go.
That the was the plan, anyway. Looking at it now, I think it’s more likely to create, “Can you write up all of…” requests.
Buy it on iTunes or from dftba.com.
Mid-tro of H2 tags.
While we’re on the subject of vloggers, here’s Toby Turner’s d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-do subscribe bit suitably transposed for uke.
Bless you and bless your face. Peace off. Boop
Plenty of videos to choose from over the break. The most striking is Amanda Palmer returning to her outrageous (and NSFW) best with a new style and a welcome ode to big muffs from her new album.
Also up General Fiasco (looking dapper in their Burberry makeovers), Uni with the least Uni-like song title you could imagine, a good cover of Tip Toe… and plenty more.
Plenty of ukes at NAMM to salivate over but the one that’s got me warming up the credit card is aNueNue’s harp ukulele (designed with Pete Howlett). I got in touch with Johnson from aNueNue for more details:
Tenor Size/Scale
Canadian Sitka Spruce
Khaya Mahogany
Sub-bass side with Pegheds Machinehead
Included a Hardshell caseI have not yet calculate the cost, Price wise I don’t know, it maybe in the USD$900-1000 retail range. They are in production in about 4-6 months.
Hello Kitty ukulele only $1,500. Lucky for us, it’s free to read the description:
Sanrio × [korabo] of VOX becomes in the sound hole and it becomes the ukulele of the specifications not collected valuable and 100 limited in the designed fan…
It plays and ringing improves further it is made of HEADWAY and making and the real thing and the sound are making the first class as musical instruments from the real thing by a crowded thing.
The ‘Ukulele: A Portuguese Gift to Hawaii. I’d love to read that book. But perhaps not at that price.
Celtanowoodworks have been putting out a number of strange ukuleles but this Roc-Em-Soc-Em Robolele is the first to catch my attention.
Photo: Girls and ukulele.
Bossa has set up a Facebook page for the Uke Hunt podcast. So like it or friend it or do whatever it is you do on Facebook.
Lots of ukulele stuff flooding in from Winter NAMM 2011. Ukulele Underground have been interviewing all the players, Ukeeku has a look at the Martin S1 and there’s a look at Kala’s Ukeadelic range and solid U-Bass.
The Bushman Contest has finally officially kicked off. But if you’re thinking of entering do be aware that last year’s winners haven’t received their prizes yet. Lorenzo (aka Ukulollo has been in touch with me about it and I’ve had this comment.
Kate Miccuci has appeared on Raising Hope as – if you can believe it – a cute, quirky ukulele girl: clip 1, clip 2 and clip 3.
Please let this be the end of ukuleles in adverts.
On Uker Tabs: My Heart Will Go On and Shambala.
It’s amazing how much stuff is going on in London. Mighty Ukulele has a full list of London ukulele events if you’re in the area.
Pictures: Ukulele.fr have come up trumps with this post and this post. Also: Christopher Guest, Tron with a Ukulele, Ukuwaile
When I got my first ukulele, I was completely clueless. This was in those dark, long forgotten days before the internet had been discovered. I didn’t even realise that the strings weren’t supposed to go thickest to thinest and restrung it.
So, to save you from the social disgrace I experienced, I’ve put together a mini-ebook covering the basics that every first time uke owner needs to know. Here’s what it contains:
Five Things to Know
Five Chords to Learn
Five Songs to Play
Five Websites to Visit
Five Things to Get Free
Five Things to Buy
Five Videos to Watch
Five YouTube Channels to Subscribe to
You can download it free by clicking here:
And get playing by following the beginner ukulele lessons.
That’s it from me for another year. I’ll be back on 21st January. Until then be sure to keep the true meaning of Christmas in your hearts with, “Drinking, noise and games and dice, appointing of kings and feasting of slaves, singing naked, clapping of frenzied hands, an occasional ducking of corked faces in icy water,” and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Tripping Lily – Santa Will Find You
Thanks to tuscadero.
Josh Skaja – John King’s Gloria (Angels We Have Heard On High)
Alexa Goddard & Brett Domino – Fairytale Of New York
Michael McDonald – This Christmas
16 years in the making, the documentary of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in Japan has arrived (half an hour long).
If you’re looking for some uke music on Boxing Day, Resonance are broadcasting four hours’ worth of performances from the Wukulele Festival including Sophie Madeleine, The Re-entrants, The Bobby McGee’s and an unmissable set from Bob Brozman. It starts at 8pm (GMT) and you can stream it on their website (or listen on 104.4FM if you’re in London). And take a listen to the Uke Hunt Christmas podcast if you haven’t yet.
The Melbourne Ukulele Festival has grown to encompass a whole week (25th of February till Tuesday the 1st of March, 2011) and a number of cities. The program includes The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, Bosco and Honey and Shelley O’Brien
Ken Middleton has a new ebook out, 12 Hymn Tunes for Ukulele, which you can buy on his website.
Google have invested $600,000 in Miso Media (who made the miSonata app with KoAloha).
Corktown Ukulele Jam mix up ukes and strings for the Hallelujah Chorus.
Holland Greco (who opened the first Uke Hunt podcast) has a uke cover of Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance on the Frank Zappa birthday album.
UPDATE: Must be the season for books. Lil Rev has just sent me info on his latest book 101 Ukulele Licks (PDF link).
I’ve made this quiz much easier than last year’s (and number 16 is there to ensure no one gets 0) but there are some very tricky ones in there. If you’re reading by email or feed you might want to head over to the site so you get everything.
If you’re looking to waste a bit of time:
– Grab a piece of paper
– Display your uke knowledge
– Check the answers here (no peeking)
– Leave your score in the comments along with your dangs/woohoos.
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Photo: intellichick
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Photo: NotoriousJEN
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Photo: MightySelbor
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Photo: adampiggott
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Photo: Paxsimius
To which group do/did the following ukers belong?
11. Pete Townshend
12. Eddie Vedder
13. Billy Corgan
14. Trent Reznor
15. Jonsi
I’m looking for the brand rather than the exact model. And, no, number 16 isn’t a trick question.
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Photo: teachernz
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Photo: EDubya
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Photo: joesuspense
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Photo: Monsieur Gordon
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Photo: uketeecee
Who are these ukers covering?
21. James Hill and Victoria Vox
22. Amanda Palmer
23. Molly Lewis
24. Jim Boggia
25. Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Name the type of C chord. There is: C (0003), Cm (5333), C7 (0001), C6 (0000) and Csus4. You’re very definitely allowed to get your uke out and compare sounds.
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