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Carrot Cake, my wayward song

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Anne Ku

Moist carrot cake recipe needs not sugar but the natural sweetness of raisins, dried cranberries, and finely grated carrots. The cream cheese with powder sugar frosting is optional. Orange zest gives a nice color and taste to the frosting. Continue reading →

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Three Chord Thursday: NO THEME a.k.a. ANYTHING GOES!

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Anne Ku

Finally a no theme song session on 17th June 2021. Three Chord Thursday is a weekly song session with a different theme each time. Continue reading →

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Three Chord Thursday: Common Chord Progressions

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Anne Ku

Many songs use the same chord progressions, so much that they are called common chord progressions. Ukulele with Anne Ku Continue reading →

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Feng Yang Hua Gu (flower drum song) for ukulele

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Anne Ku

Feng Yang Hua Gu, also known as the Flower Drum Song, is a Chinese folk song that can be played on the ukulele. Continue reading →

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Three Chord Thursday: Christmas and holiday songs

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Anne Ku

Three Chord Thursday holiday songs, links to song sheets for Christmas and holidays each winter. Continue reading →

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Three Chord Thursday: eight days a week

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Anne Ku

Now in our last month of the year, don’t you wonder how we managed to get this far with only seven days a week? Join us in Zoom for an hour of singing and playing three chord songs about days … Continue reading →

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Three Chord Thursday: animals and pets

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Anne Ku

For 19th November 2020, we explore three chord songs about animals and pets. As this is such a popular tune, we will schedule Part 2 at a later date. Did you know that “A Horse With No Name” can be … Continue reading →

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Three Chord Thursday: colour my world

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 5th November 2020 at 3 pm EST, we will sing and play three chord songs that colour our worlds and wear solid colours in Zoom. Because of the popularity of this theme, we will do part 2 at … Continue reading →

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Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Anne Ku

For participants in my half-hour workshop at Port Townsend virtual ukulele festival 2020, I gave a 14-page slide presentation of the hit song “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” from the movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”. It won … Continue reading →

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Moonshadow

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Anne Ku

For participants who attended my half-hour workshop at Port Townsend virtual ukulele festival today, I gave a 15-page slide presentation on how to create and play the arrangement for song Moonshadow by Cat Stevens, who released it as a single … Continue reading →

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