The first Thursday in December 2025 is the last full moon of the year – also a super moon. We will celebrate the theme of “festive full moon” on Thursday 4th December 2025 at the usual time of 3 PM EST. Every year, we add to our collection of songs about the moon in 3 Chord Thursday. Join us in Zoom on our final song session this year.
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Continue readingAs the fifth Thursday in October 2025 is the day before Halloween, we choose that date to celebrate songs of spook and scare on 30th October 2025 at the usual time of 3 PM EDT. Wear a costume, wig, and/or mask and disguise yourself for this event in Zoom for 3 Chord Thursday. Check out the song ideas. This session will be hosted in the Netherlands.
This session is postponed. We have not have a Zoom session on 30th October 2025. Please join us on the following Thursday 6th November 2025 for a double session instead.
Continue readingOn Thursday 6th November 2025, we welcome any song as this is the one session in the year that has no theme. Anything goes. Free for all! No theme means any theme, all themes. Meet us in Zoom at 3:00 PM EST for 3 Chord Thursday. This double session will be hosted in the United Kingdom, as the previous one on 30th October is cancelled.
Continue readingOn the first Thursday in September 2025, we invite you to our annual classical music theme. Join us in Zoom at 3 PM EDT on Thursday 4th September 2025. We have hosted this theme in the past in 3 Chord Thursday. Check the lists for suggestions.
Continue readingOn the third Thursday in August 2025, put on your swimming suits and meet us in Zoom for songs about swimming and water. The date is Thursday 21st August 2025 at 3 PM EDT. We’ve hosted songs about the beach and water but not one specifically on swimming. If you have swum as much as I have, you’ll know why we’re gathering for this theme. Join us in Zoom for this free 3 Chord Thursday event, a few days before the annual ukulele boat cruise “Shippin’ Up to Boston” which was sold out in 24 hours.
Continue readingOn the third Thursday in July 2025, we welcome songs of the seventies. In May 2020, we hosted songs of the seventies. It’s high time we revisit this decade of songs we love for 3 Chord Thursday. Join us in Zoom on Thursday 17th July 2025 at 3 PM EDT in Zoom. Check out the 70’s hits on Betty Lou’s Music Page.
Continue readingI started by finding two notes on different strings but the same fret with my left fingers and slid them up and down the fretboard until I heard something interesting. I only used my right two fingers in alternating motion to fingerpick the two notes. What emerged was a familiar nursery tune. Thrice I was blinded by questions that caused me to think. Today, the three blind mice came out to play.
Continue readingOn St Patrick’s Day, I played Erik Satie’s Trois Gymnopédies on the piano and noticed that all three pieces could be easily transcribed on the ukulele. After I notated the three pieces in one file, I searched online to see if anybody else had done so already. My notated piece would be the last piece in level one of my book, hence the title “Sortie on Satie.”
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