3 Chord Thursday 2025 No Theme

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 6th November 2025, we welcome any song as this is the one session in the year that has no theme. Anything goes. Meet us in Zoom at 3:00 PM EST for 3 Chord Thursday.

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3 Chord Thursday Classical Music

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Anne Ku

On the first Thursday in September 2025, we invite you to our annual classical music theme. Join us in Zoom at 3 PM EDT on Thursday 4th September 2025. We have hosted this theme in the past in 3 Chord Thursday. Check the lists for suggestions.

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3 Chord Thursday Swimming & Water

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Anne Ku

On the third Thursday in August 2025, put on your swimming suits and meet us in Zoom for songs about swimming and water. The date is Thursday 21st August 2025 at 3 PM EDT. We’ve hosted songs about the beach and water but not one specifically on swimming. Join us in Zoom for this free 3 Chord Thursday event.

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3 Chord Thursday Seventies

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Anne Ku

On the third Thursday in July 2025, we welcome songs of the seventies. In May 2020, we hosted songs of the seventies. It’s high time we revisit this decade of songs we love for 3 Chord Thursday. Join us in Zoom on Thursday 17th July 2025 at 3 PM EDT in Zoom. Check out the song suggestions.

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Thrice Blinded by Mice for high G ukulele

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Anne Ku

I started by finding two notes on different strings but the same fret with my left fingers and slid them up and down the fretboard until I heard something interesting. I only used my right two fingers in alternating motion to fingerpick the two notes. What emerged was a familiar nursery tune. Thrice I was blinded by questions that caused me to think. Today, the three blind mice came out to play.

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Sortie on Satie

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Anne Ku

On St Patrick’s Day, I played Erik Satie’s Trois Gymnopédies on the piano and noticed that all three pieces could be easily transcribed on the ukulele. After I notated the three pieces in one file, I searched online to see if anybody else had done so already. My notated piece would be the last piece in level one of my book, hence the title “Sortie on Satie.”

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Sense the Sicilienne for high G ukulele

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Anne Ku

Lately, I have been waking up with a tune or idea every morning. I can’t wait to jot it down and/or record it for fear of losing it. Such was the case last Friday 4th April. I felt a pulse in 6/8 time. It felt like a dance. Before I could name it, I remembered a house concert I gave to celebrate my search for the sicilienne. I could sense it. But I first wrote “Cede to the Sicilienne” as in giving into my impulses. Then I transposed to an easier key for the high G ukulele and called it “Sense the Sicilienne.”

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Err on the G String

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Anne Ku

While trying to find melodies on the high G string of the ukulele, I thought of this title “Err on the G string.” Why not begin as if it is JS Bach’s famous “Air on the G String” and then free myself to finger gymnastics? My new instrumental solo piece also ends on the famous descending bassline, without the octaves in a different key. Can you hear it?

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Melody in the Mosaic

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Anne Ku

The last step in making a mosaic piece is grouting. Though a dirty and messy process, grouting is required to fill the gaps between the tiles. In the short time left in the third session of the mosaic workshop, I used already cut tiles, mainly leftovers, to produce an abstract mosaic of blues and greens. In my rush to finish, I wasn’t sure what the result would look like. Only when I finished grouting did I see the melody in the mosaic.

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Rein in the Rain for high G ukulele

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Anne Ku

I wake up to a new tune in my head. I rush to the piano to find the notes. Afraid the tune will vanish, I record it on my iPhone. I scribble down the chords as it’s faster than writing down the notes. I go to my laptop and open the music program. It’s a new piece. That’s how it begins.

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