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- Star of the County Down for high G ukulele – with slurs and strums February 3, 2026
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- Snow White Waltz for high G ukulele December 15, 2025
- Harp on Arpeggio December 9, 2025
- Intro to Arpeggio December 9, 2025
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Fingerstyle Ukulele for Beginners: Reviews and Insights
My first ukulele book in a new series on Amazon will be released in mid-October. Read the advance reviews from published and established ukulele composers.
REVIEW: My Fair Lady in Galveston
What’s the next best thing to seeing the musical “My Fair Lady” ? Get invited backstage, meet the band and production staff, and attend the dress rehearsal.
REVIEW: Loveless, Texas
Anne Ku reviews “Loveless, Texas” a concert presentation in Galveston, Texas of the musical first debut in New York
Writing music every day
What happens when you start writing music every single day?
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) . […]
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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
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Tagged arpeggio, arrangement, carpaccio, compose, composition, fingering, fingerstyle, hammer on, instrumental, Italian, Italy, left hand technique, legato, music, piece, prego, pull off, solo, uke, ukulele
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Travel with Travis: Hammer & Pull
“Travel with Travis Hammer & Pull” is an etude (study) in left hand techniques of hammer on and pull off and right hand basic Travis picking on the high G ukulele. Continue reading
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Tagged accompaniment, chords, composition, etude, exercise, fingering, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, hammer on, inside, left hand techniques, music, outside, pairs, pull off, right hand, string order, strings, study, Travis picking, uke, ukulele
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Counting Sheep for high G ukulele
Counting Sheep is a new pentatonic piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku that quotes JS Bach’s famous aria about sheep and shepherds. Continue reading
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Tagged aria, Bach, Chinese Zodiac, composition, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, goat, hammer on, instrumental, left hand, original, pentatonic, ram, shepherds, sleep, techniques, tune, uke, ukulele
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Dragon Born for high G ukulele
Dragon Born is a new pentatonic solo instrumental piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku. Watch the video playalong. Continue reading
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Tagged dragon, hammer on, high G, instrument, instrumental, left hand techniques, music, notes, open strings, pentatonic, pima, pull off, roll, scales, uke, ukulele
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Oh Susanna for ukulele
Oh Susanna in C major lead sheet for ukulele arranged by Anne Ku Continue reading
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Tagged banjo, chords, folk song, hammer on, lead sheet, left hand techniques, pull off, stroke, strum, uke, ukulele
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