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- From Drowning to Swimming: Arranging Taylor Swift’s “Fate of Ophelia” for ukulele April 29, 2026
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- V for Valentine’s Day Special Edition – 12 Timeless Love Songs chord melody arrangements by Anne Ku February 13, 2026
- Star of the County Down for high G ukulele – with slurs and strums February 3, 2026
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Fingerstyle Ukulele for Beginners: Reviews and Insights
My first ukulele book in a new series on Amazon will be released in mid-October. Read the advance reviews from published and established ukulele composers.
REVIEW: My Fair Lady in Galveston
What’s the next best thing to seeing the musical “My Fair Lady” ? Get invited backstage, meet the band and production staff, and attend the dress rehearsal.
REVIEW: Loveless, Texas
Anne Ku reviews “Loveless, Texas” a concert presentation in Galveston, Texas of the musical first debut in New York
Writing music every day
What happens when you start writing music every single day?
REVIEW: Discovering Fingerstyle Ukulele Songbook by Colin Tribe
Colin Tribe’s new book offers new possibilities for ukulele players who aspire to fingerpick their way through thirty of the most popular songs of all time. These chord melody arrangements show a variety of ways the high G ukulele can be used for instrumental solo or duet (such as chord accompaniment and melodic fingerpicking) . […]
Tag Archives: melody
Two Tigers for high G ukulele
Two Tigers for high G ukulele is a new pentatonic piece by Anne Ku based on the familiar Chinese song. Continue reading
The Five Note Dance duet for high G ukulele
The Five Note ukulele duet by Anne Ku uses five notes and five chords. Continue reading
The pedal tone applied to a lead sheet for ukulele
One way to turn a melody into a chord melody arrangement is to fill with pedal tones to a lead sheet. We show the hymn Bless This House in C for low G ukulele. Continue reading
Dance on Open Strings for high G ukulele
What’s the easiest and quickest way to get someone to fingerpick, strum and have fun with the ukulele? Years ago, my piano guitar duo partner and I wrote a short ukulele duet in which one person only uses one hand. … Continue reading
Simplifying Midnight Diner theme, Omoide 思ひで, for ukulele
Omoide, the theme to Midnight Dinner, arranged for ukulele in original and transposed keys Continue reading
We Shall Overcome on ukulele
We Shall Overcome in C major lead sheet and chord melody arrangement for high and low G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading
Greensleeves or What Child Is This for ukulele
Greensleeves or What Child Is This in Em and Fm for high G ukulele as lead sheet and chord melody arrangement Continue reading
White Christmas for easy piano
For the festive season, my piano students requested Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” along with “Silent Night.” Unlike the famous Christmas carol, “White Christmas” is not a three-chord song. The beauty is in its complex harmony. How does one simplify it … Continue reading