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3 Chord Thursday Spicing up songs with few chords

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 17th November 2022, we explore different ways to spice up few chord songs (that have two or three or four chords). Have you ever wondered why some people are able to spice up a three chord song? See … Continue reading →

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0-1-2 finger chords in A

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Anne Ku

Do you remember when you first learned to play the ukulele? What was the first chord you ever learned? Second chord? Before long you are playing the 3-finger chord of G7. Why is that? To get you to quickly accompany … Continue reading →

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Transposing online

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Anne Ku

We are very fortunate to have websites that provide free transposition. Just choose the new key or interval, press a button. Voila! The entire song sheet gets new chords!

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Transposing by hand

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Anne Ku

Thanks to automatic transposition algorithms offered on websites like Ozbcoz.com, we don’t think twice about what’s involved in transposing a song manually. Without such options, how do we transpose all the chords for a given song by hand? To transpose … Continue reading →

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Mother of Mine

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Anne Ku

Every Mother’s Day, a sticky melody flows into my year. It’s a song I heard on Okinawa, where I spent eleven years of my childhood. Young Agnes Chan’s version of “Mother of Mine” is ever so poignant many decades later.

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3 Chord Thursday: 12 Bar Blues

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Anne Ku

Learn the formula for 12 bar blues and songs that use the famous chord progression. Continue reading →

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Two Chord Songs on Tuesday 2/22/22 at 2 PM EST

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Anne Ku

Two chord songs on Tuesday 2/22/22 at 2 PM EST list of songs that can be accompanied by two chords only Continue reading →

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Burns Night with bagpipe, ukulele, and piano

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Anne Ku

Robert Burns, the famous poet of Scotland, was born on 25th January — a date synonymous with Burns Night. I celebrate this day by sharing my compilation of two videos and two audio recordings made on Maui, where I heard … Continue reading →

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3 Chord Thurs: To the beach

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Anne Ku

Join us on Thursday 12th August 2021 for a 3 Chord Thursday thematic song session of songs about going to the beach Some of these may overlap with other themes such as travel, vacation, or on the water. Bruce (MI) … Continue reading →

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3 Chord Thurs: Songs without Song Sheets

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Anne Ku

Join us on Thursday 5th August 2021 for a 3 Chord Thursday thematic song session of songs that don’t require song sheets because we can easily play them from memory or by heart. These can be children’s songs, happy birthday, … Continue reading →

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