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REVIEW: Discovering Fingerstyle Ukulele Songbook by Colin Tribe
Colin Tribe’s new book offers new possibilities for ukulele players who aspire to fingerpick their way through thirty of the most popular songs of all time. These chord melody arrangements show a variety of ways the high G ukulele can be used for instrumental solo or duet (such as chord accompaniment and melodic fingerpicking) . […]
REVIEW: Piano Animals (duet) by Heleen Verleur
This 31-page book of four hand piano music is sheer FUN with a capital F. The composer Heleen Verleur knows just what pianists love playing: music that is easy to read, sounds hard to play, but is so much fun that you don’t want to stop until it ends.
REVIEW: Ukulele Picking Tunes Classical Gems by Paul Mansell
This 40-page book is the latest contribution to the ukulele repertoire by the UK-based ukulele and guitar composer Paul Mansell. Guitarists who play the ukulele are few and far between, for many adult learners pick up the ukulele without knowing the guitar. Yet it takes a guitarist who understands the possibilities of the re-entrant tuned […]
REVIEW: Modern Pieces for Ukulele by Paul Mansell
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Tag Archives: chord melody
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
Happy Birthday for high G ukulele
It is entirely possible to play the same tablature written for low G ukulele on the high G ukulele. It will sound different. It is not wrong. In this blog post, I show an example. Then I transpose the popular … Continue reading
Happy Birthday for ukulele
One of the most searched phrases that viewers use to find my website is “happy birthday chord melody arrangement.” The term “chord melody arrangement” refers to an instrumental version of a song in which both the melody and chords are … Continue reading
Can’t Help Falling in Love with ukulele
Can’t Help Falling in Love in C major for low G ukulele Continue reading
We Shall Overcome on ukulele
We Shall Overcome in C major lead sheet and chord melody arrangement for high and low G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading
Auld Lang Syne for high G ukulele
Auld Lang Syne in G major arranged for high G ukulele as lead sheet and chord melody (instrumental solo) with video Continue reading
Silent Night for high G ukulele
Silent Night arranged for high G ukulele by Anne Ku instrumental or chord melody with sample score Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday Hooked on Classics
On Thursday 5th September 2024, let’s get hooked on classics. This can be a famous classical music piece (instrumental or sung) or something that sounds classical. We’ve hosted classical music in the past. Jog your memory by visiting our previous … Continue reading
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Who wrote the original tune to “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star? The same melody used in the alphabet song “A, B, C, D, E, F, G”? The popular nursery rhyme “Baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool” also uses this … Continue reading