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Guinea Pig for high G ukulele

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Anne Ku

Guinea Pig for high G ukulele is an original solo instrumental pentatonic piece in the 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes (cycle) by Anne Ku. Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, sheet music, ukulele | Tagged Chinese, composition, instrumental, music, original, pentatonic, pig, solo, tune, uke, ukulele, Zodiac | 2 Comments

Chicken Feed for high G ukulele

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Anne Ku

Chicken Feed is a pentatonic piece in the 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes by Anne Ku for high G ukulele Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, sheet music, ukulele | Tagged CFAD, chicken, Chinese, composition, fingerpicking, fret, fretboard, instrumental, notes, pentatonic, rooster, signs, solo, uke, ukulele, Zodiac | 4 Comments

Counting Sheep for high G ukulele

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Anne Ku

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 →

Posted in Chinese, sheet music, ukulele | Tagged aria, Bach, Chinese Zodiac, composition, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, goat, hammer on, instrumental, left hand, original, pentatonic, ram, shepherds, sleep, techniques, tune, uke, ukulele | 8 Comments

Can’t Help Falling in Love in F for ukulele

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Anne Ku

Can’t Help Falling in Love in F major for low and high G ukulele and video play along Continue reading →

Posted in sheet music, ukulele | Tagged arpeggio, chord melody arrangement, instrumental, stroke, transcribe, transcription, transpose, transposition, uke, ukulele | 4 Comments

Holy Cow for high G ukulele

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Anne Ku

“Holy Cow” is a medley or mash-up of famous pentatonic tunes often used as melodies for church hymns. Anne Ku will continue to add to this. Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, sheet music, ukulele | Tagged Chinese, chords, hymn, hymns, instrumental, mash-up, medley, pentatonic, potpourri, reharmonization, repurposing, tunes, uke, ukulele, Zodiac | 7 Comments

Two Tigers for high G ukulele

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Anne Ku

Two Tigers for high G ukulele is a new pentatonic piece by Anne Ku based on the familiar Chinese song. Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, sheet music, ukulele | Tagged Chinese, Chinese Zodiac, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, high G, instrumental, left hand techniques, melody, pentatonic, tigers, uke, ukulele | 7 Comments

Rabbit Hole for high G ukulele

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Anne Ku

Rabbit Hole is a solo piece for high G ukulele from the forthcoming 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes by Anne Ku. Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, sheet music, ukulele | Tagged Chinese, compose, composition, hammer on, high G, instrument, instrumental, interval, left hand techniques, ornament, ornamentation, pentatonic, percussion, percussive, perfect fourth, pull off, rabbit, slide, trill, uke, ukulele, Zodiac | 9 Comments

Dragon Born for high G ukulele

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Anne Ku

Dragon Born is a new pentatonic solo instrumental piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku. Watch the video playalong. Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, sheet music, ukulele | Tagged dragon, hammer on, high G, instrument, instrumental, left hand techniques, music, notes, open strings, pentatonic, pima, pull off, roll, scales, uke, ukulele | 10 Comments

Year of the Snake for high G ukulele

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Anne Ku

Year of the Snake is a new pentatonic instrumental solo piece for high G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese, sheet music, ukulele | Tagged composition, hammer-on, instrumental, left hand techniques, LHT, melody, pentonic, pull-off, slide, solo, uke, ukulele | 14 Comments

Homage to Carcassi for low G ukulele

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Anne Ku

Homage to Carcassi for low G ukulele by Anne Ku revisited and the end of Daily Music Writing Project (for now) Continue reading →

Posted in review, sheet music, ukulele, writing | Tagged Carcassi, chord melody, classical guitar, guitar, homage, instrumental, pedal tone, review, scale, solo, triplet, uke, ukulele | 1 Comment

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