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Martin have been putting out some ornate custom ukuleles: Tree of Life soprano, Plumeria, custom tenor 3K. But if, like me, you’re more into their classics: 1930 Martin 5K and 1931 Sytle 3K. Mahalo are hopping on the bandwagon and releasing a bass ukulele. Custom 8 String Kamaka with baritone-size neck. Electric harp ukulele.

Learning – Uke Nut has set up some useful games to help ukulelists to learn note identification and fretboard note identification. – I did a quick chording of the new Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared song. Pictures – Pizza lover. – Bear and ukulele. – 1917 music professors give their opinions on the uke. New […]

The Way You Make Me Feel (Tab) I was inspired to arrange this one by Brooke Pallson’s ukulele version and somehow it’s taken me two years to get from that to a finished version. That might suggest it’s a deeply complex arrangement but it’s pretty easy to play (although I still manage to jack it […]

An intro acts like an ice breaker in a conversation. They get people’s attention, set the mood (usually by establishing the key and the tempo) and set people at ease that you’re not some nutjob Ukip supporter. There’s a bit of a tension there between being interesting and setting your audience at ease. A good […]

James Bay – Hold Back the River (Chords) I love how this song builds. I rarely make strong pronouncements on how you should strum a song but if you use the same strum all the way through this song you will ruin it. Twiddly Bits With a bit of octave switching the riffs fits onto […]

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Ukuleles for Ukraine: a charity project to supply orphans with basic necessities and ukuleles. You can help by donating to their GoFundMe (which is close to reaching its target as I write this) or by attending their fundraiser if you’re in the Southsea area. New Releases – Kahiwa – First Kiss. – Two new instructional […]

The Strokes Medley (Tab) If you’ve been following my riffs for ukulele series you’ll have heard me encourage you to use it more creatively than just playing one riff at a time. One way to use them is to cram a bunch of them together to make a melody. That’s what I did with my […]

I like to keep a list of songs that use just the most common ukulele chords. Arranged by the order people usually learn them in. That way you can find some songs to play no matter how few chords you know. And here’s the updated list including notable additions like: Lorde/WIOU – Team Junior Brown […]