The uke that’s most tempting me to reach into my pocket at the moment is the Kelii Koa Pili Koko. The ukes are solid wood and, while not actually koa, are made from a close relative of the koa. They’re as pretty as koa and sound very similar judging by this video by musicguymic. But […]

Lightspeed Champion – Tell Me What It’s Worth (Chords) There are plenty of pictures of Lightspeed Champion with a ukulele but it’s not often you see him playing the ukulele. I was hoping there’d be a little uke on his new album, but no such luck. So, I’ve written up his latest single Tell Me […]

I’ve just released a brand new ebook called, “Ukulele 101: 101 Things Every Ukulele Player Needs to Know.” When I’ve been looking through beginners ukulele books, I’ve always been a little frustrated about the things they leave out. They teach you to strum and play a few chords, maybe play a nursery rhyme or too, […]

Mama Cass – Dream a Little Dream of Me (Chords) Dream a Little Dream of Me has been covered by many people since it first appeared in 1931, but it’s best remembered in the version by Mama Cass of The Mamas and the Papas. I was discussing this song with UkeJill and we decided that […]

Arrested Development (Tab) Midi Like every great American comedy TV show the BBC gets its hands on (Seinfeld, Larry Sanders, Curb Your Enthusiasm), the BBC schedulers seemed intent on stopping people watching it by buffeting it around the late night, digital TV schedules. I presume they do this so we don’t realise how awful Brit-com […]

Watch my favourite recent ukulele videos including The East Boston Make-Out Club Band, sweetafton23 and The Fabulous Heftones

Uke Hunt gets called ‘ace’ in the NME. James Hill and Chalmers Doane’s new website, Ukulele in the Classroom, is up and running. The site promotes their new series of books aimed at school teachers and pupils. There’s a resources section which includes flashcards and quizzes for you to test your music reading abilities, and […]

The head-doctors said it wasn’t possible, but I’ve fallen in love. Here she is: 20s/30s Martin 3K. Bids start at $1,600. If you want a bit of Martin magic but can’t afford that, you might like to check out this battered and bruised Martin ukulele. Full credit to the seller for the extensive and very […]

Camera Obscura – Cock Up Your Beaver (Chords) I’m going to get so much comment spam on this post. Since I tabbed out Scotland the Brave for Burns Night (I’ve updated that post with a longer tab), I thought I’d also do an actual Burns song. Cock Up Your Beaver is, apparently, a call to […]

Advanced Tab Advanced Strums Tremelo Strums Strumming the same chord over-and-over in a regular, quick tempo is known as a tremelo strum. These can be tabbed in a couple of different ways. They can be shown in the normal way (e.g. as a set of sixteenth notes) or as the total length of all the […]