Guitar transcriptions for ukulele

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Anne Ku

Is there a one stop shop for ukulele arrangements and transcriptions of guitar music? Given the right transposition and pitch range, what was originally written for the classical guitar can now be replicated and experienced on a smaller instrument such as the ukulele.

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3 Chord Thursday Full Moon

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 11th August 2022, we will see the Sturgeon Moon and share songs about the moon. Did you know that every full moon has a unique name? You can add moon songs to your collection and celebrate every full moon, as it means reunion.

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3 Chord Thursday Surprisingly Simple Songs to Sing and Memorize

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 4th August 2022, we perform songs we’ve memorized and teach others the secret to memorizing them. Alternatively, you can introduce a song to help you memorize something more difficult. See examples below.

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3 Chord Thursday Collaborations

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 28th July 2022, we showcase musical collaborations such as duets, trios, and multi-instrumental, multi-location, and multi-party musical projects. Put on your creative hat and create something extraordinary to share, whether as playalong or just a video to appreciate. We also offer the opportunity to “tag” a song, as four songs were UNCLAIMED from previous Thursday.

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Transposing online

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Anne Ku

We are very fortunate to have websites that provide free transposition. Just choose the new key or interval, press a button. Voila! The entire song sheet gets new chords!

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Transposing by hand

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Anne Ku

Thanks to automatic transposition algorithms offered on websites like Ozbcoz.com, we don’t think twice about what’s involved in transposing a song manually. Without such options, how do we transpose all the chords for a given song by hand? To transpose means to shift all the notes and chords in a song by a certain interval. Think of transposing as an invisible capo.

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100 Days of Ukulele 2022

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Anne Ku

Not any 100 days but 100 consecutive days of sharing your commitment to the ukulele. For me, it meant researching music for the ukulele, arranging music for the ukulele or adapting existing song sheets and arrangements so I can sing and play, practising, playing the ukulele,and making video recordings as evidence.

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3 Chord Thursday Destinations & How to Get There

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 21st July 2022, we invite you to share songs from this picture and ignite your curiosity and creativity to suggest other related songs about getting to a particular place. To this, we should add destination: HOME. How to get there – by country roads. Homeward Bound. Anything else to add to this list?

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3 Chord Thursday Songs in French

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Anne Ku

Coincidentally 14th July 2022 falls on a Thursday! Naturally we will share up to 10 songs in French. Voila! C’est bon! We had so many requests in the Songs with Non-English Lyrics that we decided to have separate sessions for Songs in Other Languages (not English, Spanish, or French), Songs in Spanish, and now Songs in French. Check out the French songs that have topped the US charts. This theme welcomes songs that have some or all lyrics in French, including songs you didn’t even realize have French lyrics in them.

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3 Chord Thursday Pop Groups

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 7th July 2022, we share up to 10 songs from the 30 pop groups you can identify in this picture (see the Facebook comments for answers). Here are some questions to ponder and to answer when we meet.

  1. How to find the starting note of a song
  2. How to start a song for everyone else to follow TOGETHER
  3. How to end a song
  4. How to find your optimal voice range
  5. How to transpose a song so that you can sing it
  6. How to simplify a song, especially for chords that are difficult to finger? Or too many chords to switch?
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