Category Archives: sheet music

Selecting songs for a select audience: eighties extravaganza

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Anne Ku

In music, the formal or official term for song selection is “repertoire development.” It sounds sophisticated and significant, and it should be, for it is not trivial at all. Repertoire development refers to creating a balanced portfolio for performers. In … Continue reading →

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Cold beer for cool blues

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Anne Ku

“Will there be cold beer?” the guitarist asked. “Not sure, why?” “I’ll come if there is.” What is an evening of twelve-bar blues without beer? It doesn’t go with herbal tea, which is what I have been brewing each Wednesday … Continue reading →

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ABBA GOLD JAM

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Anne Ku

Our first ABBA GOLD ukulele jam will take place on Tuesday 1st May 2018 at 7 pm EDT in the common room of the Walter Baker building in Historic Lower Mills. We will celebrate ABBA’s announcement of new songs, first … Continue reading →

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Easy Beatles Jam Session

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Anne Ku

As I explore music for ukulele jam sessions, I keep discovering Beatles songs I’ve never heard of before. In London, I chuckled at the politically incorrect “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” and the funny “Octopus’s Garden.” George Harrison’s “I’ll Follow the Sun” … Continue reading →

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Culturally themed concert: from New Zealand to Hawaii

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Anne Ku

Music can transport you to another world, another place, another time, another feeling. Such was my motivation yesterday in South Boston and today in Brockton, Massachusetts when I gave a culturally themed concert to take my audience first to New … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day at Heartbreak Hotel ukulele jam

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Anne Ku

The approach of Valentine’s Day isn’t always welcoming for the heart broken. While lovers dine in restaurants or stroll hand in hand, the jilted and the scorned sit alone, at home, hiding from the rest of the world, mourning love’s … Continue reading →

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Dido’s Lament for ukulele

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Anne Ku

Dido’s Lament is one of the saddest but most beautiful arias, sung by a woman grieving over a broken heart before she dies. Such is the famous lament of Dido, Queen of Carthage, when her beloved Aeneas leaves her for … Continue reading →

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Auld Lang Syne for ukulele

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Anne Ku

Auld Lang Syne for ukulele arranged by Anne Ku for low G and high G ukulele as we welcome the new year and good on Burns’ Night Continue reading →

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Annie’s Song in C for ukulele

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Anne Ku

When I was growing up on the island of Okinawa, I listened to John Denver whose songs of love, nature, and beauty described my childhood. I took a personal interest in “Annie’s Song” identifying myself with the name. When I … Continue reading →

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Easy peasy ukulele duet on open strings

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Anne Ku

After arranging music for easy piano solo and duets for several years, I am now developing material for teaching the ukulele to complete beginners. It’s an eye-opener to observe how quickly, after a short introduction to this four-stringed instrument, one … Continue reading →

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