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- What’s It Waltz for high G ukulele May 15, 2025
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- Pick Strum Scale for high G ukulele May 9, 2025
- Pick Strum Chromatic Scale for high G ukulele May 9, 2025
- Pick Strum C Major Scale May 9, 2025
- I Hear Ya, Andaluza for high G ukulele May 9, 2025
- Fingerstyle for Fun May 8, 2025
- May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii for ukulele May 1, 2025
- Cadencia Andaluza Por Favor for high G ukulele April 30, 2025
- Tulips in Triple Time for high G ukulele April 30, 2025
- Lament on Love and Loss for high G ukulele April 29, 2025
- C Minor Scale Waltz for high G ukulele April 25, 2025
- C Major Scale Waltz for high G ukulele April 25, 2025
- A Minor Motif for high G ukulele April 22, 2025
- Glistening Glass for high G ukulele April 21, 2025
- Up the Neck and Back April 21, 2025
- Call and Response April 19, 2025
- Z Before A April 18, 2025
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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 […]
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Introducing my group piano class online: Group Piano Class in Zoom. The first series of seven weekly one-hour class started in June 2021. The second (continuation of the first) started in October 2021 at alternating weeks, until end of December (seven sessions). The third series of 16 consecutive weeks started at the beginning of 2022. […]
Tag Archives: dance
Whirlwind Waltz for high G ukulele
Whirlwind Waltz is a short waltz for high G ukulele starting in F major, a chord melody arrangement (instrumental solo) Continue reading
Sense the Sicilienne for high G ukulele
“Sense the Sicilienne” for high G ukulele by Anne Ku opens with an ascending D minor scale. Continue reading
Unfinished Waltz by Anne Ku
“Unfinished Waltz” by Anne Ku for piano solo, ukulele duet, and other instruments is unfinished for good reasons. Continue reading
Waltz Down the C for high G ukulele
“Waltz Down the C” for high G ukulele by Anne Ku is a short piece in C major for beginners. Continue reading
Waltz Up the Neck for high G ukulele
“Waltz Up the Neck” is an easy instrumental solo piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku in C major Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday Anniversary
3 Chord Thursday 5th Anniversary celebration on 3rd April 2025 in Zoom with dance tunes or music you can dance to Continue reading
The Five Note Dance duet for high G ukulele
The Five Note ukulele duet by Anne Ku uses five notes and five chords. Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday Waltz
On Thursday 1st December 2022, we gather to play chords following a medley of famous waltzes. You can also request to perform a waltz via this Google Form. A waltz is a dance in 3/4 time. A waltz does not have … Continue reading