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- Tulips in Triple Time for high G ukulele April 30, 2025
- Lament on Love and Loss for high G ukulele April 29, 2025
- C Minor Scale Waltz for high G ukulele April 25, 2025
- C Major Scale Waltz for high G ukulele April 25, 2025
- A Minor Motif for high G ukulele April 22, 2025
- Glistening Glass for high G ukulele April 21, 2025
- Up the Neck and Back April 21, 2025
- Call and Response April 19, 2025
- Z Before A April 18, 2025
- Relative Lives in Parallel Universe April 18, 2025
- The Z Chord or “Zed Chord” April 17, 2025
- Roman Hands & Russian Fingers April 16, 2025
- One Finger at a Time April 16, 2025
- Major Minor Magic April 15, 2025
- Major Minor Menagerie for ukulele April 15, 2025
- A Minor Moment to C for high G ukulele April 15, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday Festive Full Moon April 14, 2025
- 3 Chord Thursday Halloween April 14, 2025
- Thumb Through All That for high G ukulele April 11, 2025
- Untitled Waltz for high G ukulele April 10, 2025
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Monthly Archives: April 2025
Tulips in Triple Time for high G ukulele
“Tulips in Triple Time” is an easy waltz for high G ukulele in the key of A minor for fingerpicking. Continue reading
Lament on Love and Loss for high G ukulele
“Lament on Love and Loss” for high G ukulele by Anne Ku is a piece in A minor using moveable chord shapes and legato playing. Continue reading
C Minor Scale Waltz for high G ukulele
“C Minor Scale Waltz” for high G ukulele is nearly identical to the “C Major Scale Waltz” with a few exceptions. Continue reading
C Major Scale Waltz for high G ukulele
C Major Scale Waltz for high G ukulele to practice correct fingering and fingerpicking technique as solo and duet. Continue reading
A Minor Motif for high G ukulele
“A Minor Motif” for high G ukulele takes a sticky minor tune and transposes and reharmonizes it. Continue reading
Glistening Glass for high G ukulele
“Glistening Glass” for high G ukulele is a solo instrumental work of minimal music by Anne Ku. Continue reading
Up the Neck and Back
“Up the Neck and Back” is a short solo instrumental piece for high G ukulele making use of moveable chord shapes and predictable fingerpicking patterns. Continue reading
Call and Response
Call and Response is an example of imitation, a musical method of copying and repeating. Here we show its use in the Z chord versus pitched chords for ukulele. Continue reading
Z Before A
“Z Before A” is a study in left hand fingering to switch between easy chords and right hand strumming with accents. Continue reading
Relative Lives in Parallel Universe
“Relative Lives in Parallel Universe” is an instrumental piece for high G ukulele that moves from A minor to C major to A major with broken chords. Continue reading