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Tag Archives: arrangement
Arpeggio Carpaccio Prego
“Arpeggio Carpaccio Prego” is a short fingerstyle solo piece for high G ukulele employing extensive arpeggio and some left hand techniques. Continue reading
From lead sheet to chord melody arrangement
Step by step approach to taking a lead sheet and creating a chord melody arrangement (solo instrumental) for ukulele with Skip to My Lou as an example Continue reading
May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii for ukulele
May Day is Lei Day for ukulele arranged by Anne Ku with Hawaiian vamp as introduction and interlude to new key Continue reading
Chopin Waltz in A minor for low G ukulele
Posthumous Waltz in A minor by Chopin transcribed to the low G ukulele with some compromises by Anne Ku Continue reading
As Tears Go By (1964)
As Tears Go By for ukulele in C and G as given in workshop on World Ukulele Day by Anne Ku Continue reading
Fill and connect melody with passing notes
Making a chord melody arrangement from a lead sheet can be done in several ways, including chord tones and nonchord tones (passing notes, neighbor notes). Continue reading
The pedal tone applied to a lead sheet for ukulele
One way to turn a melody into a chord melody arrangement is to fill with pedal tones to a lead sheet. We show the hymn Bless This House in C for low G ukulele. Continue reading
Harmonized major scale exercises for high G ukulele
Harmonizing a major scale on the high G ukulele for chord melody arrangements to make it more fun to play and pleasing to the ear. Examples by Anne Ku. Continue reading
Simplifying Midnight Diner theme, Omoide 思ひで, for ukulele
Omoide, the theme to Midnight Dinner, arranged for ukulele in original and transposed keys Continue reading
Body Surfing for easy ukulele transposed
Herb Ohta’s ukulele solo instrumental Body Surfing can be simplified fo rthe ukulele in a different key or different register Continue reading