Advanced Repeats There are a vast array of Italian scribblings and scrawlings, and Heroes style symbols that can be used to indicate repeats. Here are the most common. Whereas the other form of repeats is fairly intuitive, this type is pretty indecipherable (unless you happen to be fluent in Italian). The first time round, you […]

Nantes (Chords) Other than faffing about with a capo, it’s dead easy. Dm – C – F all the way through. A Sunday Smile (Chords) There’s a really great uke-heavy version of Sunday Smile on flyclubcup.com. It has the same basic chords as the album version, but uses different inversions. Guyamas Sonora Another capo-at-the-first-fret tune. […]

Share – Bluebird (mp3) Share – Shangri-La (mp3) Download the whole album free from Forward Music When I tell you Share are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, you’d be forgiven for assuming they’re J. Chalmers Doane alumni making virtuoso instrumental uke tracks. You’d be completely wrong. Share started out as the solo project of Andrew Sisk. […]

Yael Naim – New Soul (Chords) Yael Naim‘s New Soul is best known as the music accompanying the MacBook Air ad, but the first time I came across it was on Le Soir’s ukulele sessions. That part of the session has since been replaced by the second half, but you can still enjoy the ukulele […]

This weeks best vids include Elvis Costello, Ernie the Cockroach and two from my latest ukulele crush Kate Micucci

Jake Shimabukuro and his haircut appear on Conan O’Brien. Is Conan gargantuan or is Jake the size of an Action Man? The Paris Uke Fest will be taking place on the 30th and 31st May. The lineup includes Victoria Vox and Michael Wagner. You already know that weePop! is my favourite record label, but now […]

Martin ukuleles are probably the most sought after brand of ukulele around. It’s many ukers’ dream to come across a vintage Martin ukulele at a car boot sale for a tenner. You’ll often see the ukenoscenti throw around the names of different styles of ukulele, so I thought I’d knock together a quick and easy […]

Kate Nash – Foundations (Chords) There’s no doubt about the highlight of last night’s Brit Awards; “You remember Kenzie? His little face beaming?” The Brit School love-in was getting a bit much. And it’s great to see one band willing to goad the powers that be into cutting their speech short. Having said that, I […]

Slides Slides are another method of moving between notes without re-picking the string. Slides are produced by picking one note then sliding along the string to the new note. Example 1 Slides are tabbed in a similar way to hammer-ons and pull-offs. They are shown with an arch between the two notes but they also […]

I got so many people emailing me about Beirut chords and when Saltatory was going to be back up, I decided it would be quicker just to set about tabbing the whole Beirut back catalogue. Gulag Orkestar (Chords) The first part of this tune is played very loosely, so it’s tricky to keep up with […]