Category Archives: review

100 Days Ukulele 2026

Posted on April 20, 2026 by Anne Ku

Author and music educator Anne Ku reflects on reaching the midpoint of her fourth ‘100 Days of Ukulele’ project. Learn how thematic constraints and specific goals transformed her practice, and see how these daily reels are preparing for the launch of her new book, Common Chord Progressions. Continue reading →

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100 Days of Ukulele 2024

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Anne Ku

The 100 Days of Ukulele 2024 Project and categories Continue reading →

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Homage to Carcassi for low G ukulele

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Anne Ku

Homage to Carcassi for low G ukulele by Anne Ku revisited and the end of Daily Music Writing Project (for now) Continue reading →

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Fun with Uke Book

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Anne Ku

Hot off the cyberpress, “Fun with Uke” is a new compilation of illustrated, arrangements of 24 well-known, popular children’s songs based on nursery rhymes. Coloring book. To find out more, join 3 Chord Thursday Nursery Rhymes song session. The festive … Continue reading →

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Homage to Carcassi and Carulli

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Anne Ku

Homage to Carcassi is an original composition for low G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading →

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Do Re Mi for ukulele

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Anne Ku

Do Re Mi was originally sung in Bb major. It’s much easier for beginners to learn it in C major. Continue reading →

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Three Chord Thursdays at Three: Boys Names

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Anne Ku

On Thursday April 23rd, 2020, about 30 participants from Hawaii to Italy gathered online in ZOOM to sing and play the ukulele. The theme for this one-hour session was songs of names of boys or guys, as the previous one … Continue reading →

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Mauro Giuliani Polonoise or Polonaise from Op. 65

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Anne Ku

Should it be “polonoise” as printed on the title page of the sheet music or “polonaise” as we know it?

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Of guitar quartets and ensemble playing

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Anne Ku

In January 2018, I started a new ukulele group and joined the Boston Guitar Orchestra. For the latter, I begged the conductor to translate the notated sheet music for guitar part four into tablature so that I could read it. … Continue reading →

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Call and response workshop

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Anne Ku

Anne Ku gives a “call and response workshop” at the Melee Ukulele Festival in Hamilton, Massachusetts Continue reading →

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