Archive for October, 2022

Friday Links

Taimane discusses her new album and exploring her Samoan roots. Mary Potter’s Girl with a Ukulele painting from 1922. Ukes are being touted as a way to make money from your hobbies and pay your rent. SUS discuss their top 10 tenor ukes. Patreon A massive thanks to all Uke Hunt’s Patreon backers for keeping […]

Norma Tanega – You’re Dead (What We Do in the Shadows) (Tabs)

Norma Tanega – You’re Dead (Tab) For spooky season, Norma Tanega’s You’re Dead aka the What We Do in the Shadows theme. The biggest challenge with this piece is getting the rhythms right. There are a bunch of time signature changes and even within the bars things get weird. Intro: In straight 4/4 but the […]

Halloween Tabs and Chords

Now you’ve got your kinky ski lift costume ready, here are some tunes you may wish to bone up on before the big night. Addams Family Theme Tune Black Sabbath – Paranoid Childish Gambino – Redbone (From Get Out) Chopin – Funeral March Jonathan Coulton – Re: Your Brains The Cranberries – Zombie Dance Macabre […]

Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay (Tabs)

Otis Redding – The Dock of the Bay (Tab) Intro: I love the whistled outro of this song. So I simplified it and used is as the intro too. Verse: I’ve tabbed these as repeats but there are slight differences in the timings of the notes that are pretty easy to pick out yourself. Or […]

UkeTube: Feng E, Sasha Samara, Benny Chong

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Feng E – As It Was Jacob Bittencourt – Santa Morena via @ukeist Sasha Samara – Problems Benny Chong and Byron Yasui – There's A Small Hotel SeattleUke – Groundhog Day Ukulele Solos – I Will Follow You into the Dark Jiggy With Viggy – Still Into You Zoë Bestel – […]

Dido – Thank You (Tabs)

Dido – Thank You (Tabs) Here’s my take on Dido’s very catchy but slightly annoying Thank You. Famously sampled in Eminem’s Stan. Intro: A nice little chord arpeggio section using one finger per string picking. Verse: From this point on, the picking is all over the place. There are a few tricky sections here. I […]

The Foggy Dew (Tabs)

The Foggy Dew (Tab) The Foggy Dew is a traditional Irish tune that gathered lyrics in 1919. It’s usually sung slowly but my version is closer to the tempo The Dubliners play it at. The arrangement starts of with a bit of campanella playing before beefing things up with chords. It’s also worth varying the […]