Covid rules force schools to ditch recorders in favour of ukuleles as it turns out kids sharing spit isn’t the best for hygiene.

On Video

– Electronicos Fantasticos jam on their ukuleles made of TV screens.
– Heart transplant recipient played ukulele, sang a duet before surgery
– Billie Eilish's ukelele goes up for sale
– Rebecca Black bows to the pressure.

Window Shopping
– I was agonising over whether to buy this Rebel Quark but someone more decisive beat me to it.
– Ohana Custom Shop koa tenor.
– Tsuburaya Ultraman ukulele.
– G-String Sun concert.
– Ties for ukulele straps (via @hermanvdc).

Patreon

A massive thanks to Uke Hunt’s Patreon backers. And double thanks go to August’s Tenor backers:

– Dan.
– Fiona Keane.
– Joseph Freeman.
– Katherine Penney.
– Olga deSanctis.
– Pat Weikle.
– Pauline Leblanc.
– Sandi Clement.
– Trevor Mccravy.

Augusts’s Patreon exclusive for Concert level backers is Queen’s Love of My Life.

Amazing Grace (Tab)

I was inspired to take on this one after watching Andrea Bocelli at Easter near the start of the lockdown.

There are two run-throughs of the melody here. The first uses basic chords (although sometimes in inversions you might not be familiar with). The second uses jazzier chords that are sometimes a bit weird and tricky to play. Feel free to mix and match as you like and, as always, put in your own ideas and make it your own.

Links

More tabs and chords for traditional songs
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The Noveltones – Left Bank Two (Tab)

You might might not recognise the name of this but the tune is best known to Brits my age as the Vision On/Take Hart gallery theme. And to less grey people might recognise it as the theme to the intro level of LittleBigPlanet.

This arrangement is heavily focussed on the jaunty melody with just a few chord stabs thrown in to keep things bouncing along. That means it’s fairly easy to play once you’ve got the fingering sorted out. The only tricky bits are the quick runs up the neck in bars 13 and 28.

Links

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Pixies – Where Is My Mind? (Tab)

This song is the most requested so far by Patreons. I wasn’t sure whether it would work on uke but the Patreons were correct and, with a few adjustments, it works well.

Before I started working on this song, I didn’t full appreciate how unusually placed the melody is. The first line starts in a very standard way with two notes leading into the opening bar. After that, it drifts around all over the place. So I’ve taken a few liberties here and there to make the arrangement work.

For the picking, I’m using one finger per string with a few strums thrown in for the intro, verse and chorus. For the solo, I’m bashing it out to keep in the spirit of the original.

Links

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Watch on YouTube

Tracklist
Hula Hi-Fi – Crooked Hearts
Bridge City Sinners – Rock Bottom
Annier Trio – Bistro Fada
Overdriver Duo – Thunderstruck
Peter Moss – Some of These Days
Kahi Kaonohi – Beautiful Kauai
mxmtoon – bon iver
Jósean Log – Si Hay Algo
Allison Young – Hidden In The Sand
Sleepy Hallow x Sheff G – Tip Toe

The Proclaimers – Sunshine on Leith (Tab)

I posted this video last December and in all the excitement of 2020 completely forgot to post it until a YouTube commenter reminded me.

It’s a very simple song. Just beginner-level chords and a contained melody. There’s only one jog up the fretboard in bar 31.

The restraint of the music certainly doesn’t stop it being emotionally impactful. The simplicity and openness of the song makes it the perfect choice for the Hibernian Football Club song. So good it was voted best football anthem. Although I’d put it second behind You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Links

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More 80s tabs and chords
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I’ve built up a bit of a backlog of video-tabs from my Instagram. So here’s a whole scattered grab-bag of them to catch up.

Haim – The Steps

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Haim – The Steps (Low-G tuning): 7 second #ukulele lesson. . . #ukuleletabs #ukulelecover #Haim

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Low-G tuning.

South Park – Joseph Smith

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South Park – Joseph Smith (Dumb, Dumb, Dumb): 7 second #ukulele lesson. . . #ukuleletabs #ukulelecover #SouthPark

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Rebecca Sugar Tab Collection

I’ve done many tabs of Rebecca Sugar’s ukulele songs over the years. With Steven Universe coming to a close, I thought it was a good time to collect them together into one ebook.

If you find this ebook useful please consider donating to Cartoon Network’s fundraiser for National Bail Out.

Contents

1. Change Your Mind

2. Escapism

3. Everything Stays

4. Here Comes a Thought

5. It’s Over, Isn’t It?

6. Time Adventure

7. What’s the Use of Feeling (Blue)?

Steven Universe – Ruby Rider (Tab)

This one is different from most of the Steven Universe songs I’ve covered. I think it’s the first time I’ve done one that wasn’t written by Rebecca Sugar. It was written by Jeff Liu and performed by Charlyne Yi.

And it’s the first time I’ve done a full chord and melody arrangement. It’s not too difficult though. The only challenge is a few big stretches e.g. the notes on the fourth and fifth frets in bar 6. There are no fancy chords to tackle. Just a trip up the neck in the middle section to navigate.

Links

Donate to National Bail Out
Buy Steven Universe Vol. 2
More Steven Universe tabs and chords
Uke Hunt Patreon

Rebecca Sugar – Change Your Mind (Tab)

Rebecca Sugar recently uploaded an extended version of Change Your Mind from Steven Universe to raise money for National Bail Out. And, since I’ve been enjoying playing the Steven Universe songs the past few years, I thought I’d give it a proper send of with a few more tabs.

The song features the elements we’ve come to expect from Sugar’s songs including some slick picking runs and the inevitable Cmaj7 chord. And it uses one finger per string picking all the way through.

Links

Donate to National Bail Out
Buy Steven Universe Vol. 2
More Steven Universe tabs and chords
Uke Hunt Patreon