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Ukulele Boot Camp Series (virtual)

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Anne Ku

Bootcamp or Boot Camp is the weekly class that gives you the most playtime. Ukulele Bootcamp will UP your level of playing and fill in the gaps, if you’re self-taught or have not been playing regularly. In Zoom, you are … Continue reading →

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Easy love songs for ukulele

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Anne Ku

For upcoming Valentine’s Day, which will fall on a Friday in 2020, I am introducing love songs that are easy to play on the ukulele. What constitutes easy?

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Ukulele curriculum: useful blanks

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Anne Ku

For every hour I teach, I probably spend two hours developing the content (ukulele curriculum) and preparing the material (sourcing, printing, copying, etc). To save time, I’ll log what I’ve found useful and free for teaching music via the ukulele … Continue reading →

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Songs about Massachusetts and New England etc

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

One day I will get around to finding the song sheets and sheet music to the songs that are not linked below, for Massachusetts and New England. My ukulele club had a good run of Charlie on the MTA. August … Continue reading →

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Previous ukulele workshops and sessions

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

Since I launched my first ukulele jam session in Boston on that fateful night of the super blue blood moon in January 2018, I have been meticulously keeping an audit trail of all the jam sessions, workshops, and other events … Continue reading →

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Two roads diverged in ukulele: strum vs pluck

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Anne Ku

Ukulele players today mainly exist in one of two worlds. If you go to a ukulele club, you’re most likely a hum and strum or strum and sing person. If you belong to a ukulele ensemble or ukulele orchestra, you’re … Continue reading →

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Ukulele Mailing List – latest e-mail

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Anne Ku

I keep a growing mailing list of ukulele students, peers, and others who are hugely interested in the instrument and everything about playing music together. However, I’m never sure that my emails actually reach those on my mailing list because … Continue reading →

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The gift of a music education for yourself or Mother’s Day present

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

I am forever grateful to my parents for the gift of a music education. I remember my mother tirelessly driving a great distance to my piano teacher’s home off-base on Okinawa. In the hot and humid afternoon, she took a … Continue reading →

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Getting the word out: website, blog, mailing list, twitter, Facebook, and ?

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Anne Ku

When you become aware that you are at the centre of those that want to know what’s going on and those who want others to know about their events, what do you do? There is a certain responsibility that comes … Continue reading →

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Nine ukulele strum patterns for four beat songs

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Anne Ku

One of the most often asked questions by my ukulele students is “how do you know which strum pattern to use?” There are many possibilities which I show in my video. Deciding which is the most appropriate depends on the … Continue reading →

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