3 Chord Thursday ART

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Anne Ku

Thursday 18th April 2024 is World Art Day. Join us in Zoom to celebrate the power of imagery in music in 3 Chord Thursday. Bring your “Fun with Uke” Book if you have one (owners get free entry to this session). Check out the YouTube Playlist.

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Birthday Bash

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Anne Ku

A joyous celebration in Bermuda, Quincy, and Boston! Shorts (15 second) clips on YouTube of Bermuda and the Atlantic Ocean. Opt Art: optical illusion outfits

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Leap Year Special 2024

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Anne Ku

Do something unusual and extraordinary on Thursday 29th February 2024. Leap year occurs once every four years, even less frequently than a blue moon. Tune into my YouTube Channel to see livestream videos of the sunset on Maui and jam session.

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3 Chord Thursday 4th Anniversary

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

Our 4th anniversary falls on Thursday 4/4/24 which has a nice ring to it and is easy to remember as we end at 4 PM EDT. We will focus on four chord songs with common chord progressions (here’s a list).

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Workshop: Happy Birthday

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

Can you play “Happy Birthday” without following a song sheet or score? It can be as easy and as few as three chords to accompany yourself singing. This one hour workshop will show you how to memorize and make it interesting and personal. have purposefully devoted the last section of my book “Take on Bach” Birthday Edition to arranging this tune in different keys for both high G and low G ukulele.

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Arrangements for easy piano

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Anne Ku

I am organizing ALL my piano arrangements on one page so that I can categorize them for easier access. Here’s my YouTube Playlist of recordings of my piano arrangements by others who stumble upon my pieces online.

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Guitar orchestra concert in Boston – free

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Anne Ku

Once upon a time, I played the piano daily and performed regularly with a guitarist in a piano guitar duo. When the guitarist moved to Boston to pursue his doctorate in music, I got replaced by a string quartet and an orchestra.

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Chinese tea dyed eggs or marbled tea eggs

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Anne Ku

At first sight, it looks a bit scary. The lines on the hard-boiled egg are formed by the cracks in the egg shells, thus absorbing the tea liquid. What does a tea dyed egg taste like? Is it healthy? When do you eat a marbled tea egg?

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Ukulele Accompaniment Course in Zoom

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Anne Ku

What’s the strum pattern? If you’re asking this question, you’d be interested in the new Ukulele Accompaniment Course in Zoom. Get introduced to rhythmic patterns for different kinds of songs and occasions.

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Workshop: Ode to Joy

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

To celebrate the bicentennial of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the only one that uses the human voice, we will play the Ode to Joy for the ukulele. Watch the documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth.

This one-hour workshop is re-scheduled for Thursday 5th September 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT after 3 Chord Thursday Hooked on Classics. You can participate in-person at the Walter Baker Building in Boston, Massachusetts or in Zoom. Whether you participate in Zoom or in person, please Register for the Zoom link to get the sheet music we will be using in advance. This workshop is one of four I am giving at the Nutmeg Ukulele Festival on Saturday 14th September 2024 in Simsbury, Connecticut.

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