Tag Archives: fingering

Gift Horse for high G ukulele

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Anne Ku

Gift Horse is a pentatonic piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku, using the five notes of the F# major pentatonic scale. Continue reading →

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World Ukulele Day Workshops 2025

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Anne Ku

World Ukulele Day Workshops are one-hour classes in Zoom free to those who register in advance with Anne Ku, the instructor. Continue reading →

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Strum & Fingerpick Exercise in 3/4 Time

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Anne Ku

Is it easy to switch from strumming to fingerpicking? Here’s an exercise that will get you to do both. When we strum, we are referring to block chords. However, it’s also possible to fingerpick a block chord. Similarly, it’s possible … Continue reading →

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Accompaniment exercises in 3/4 time for low G ukulele

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Anne Ku

This blog post is about a fingerstyle ukulele exercise for low G ukulele in the key of A minor. The time signature is 3/4 which means a count of three. The exercise supports the song “Feed the Birds” in a … Continue reading →

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Piano Accompaniment & Other Skills

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

Piano Accompaniment & Other Skills classes in Zoom with Anne Ku Continue reading →

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Canon for a Wedding

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Anne Ku

Why did Pachelbel write the Canon in D? He was an organist not a violinist. Yet he wrote the Canon and the Gigue for three violins, later accompanied by basso continuo (e.g. harpsichord, lute, or cello). One speculation is that … Continue reading →

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Chord Choreography

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Anne Ku

Fingering and switching chords on the ukulele (or the guitar) is akin to the way a pianist changes fingers to play different chords on the left hand. It’s easier to stay in the same position (that part of the keyboard) … 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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