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Simplifying Midnight Diner theme, Omoide 思ひで, for ukulele

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Anne Ku

Omoide, the theme to Midnight Dinner, arranged for ukulele in original and transposed keys Continue reading →

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Body Surfing for easy ukulele transposed

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Anne Ku

Herb Ohta’s ukulele solo instrumental Body Surfing can be simplified fo rthe ukulele in a different key or different register Continue reading →

Posted in sheet music, ukulele, writing | Tagged arrange, arrangement, chords, improvisation, improvise, instrumental, key, solo, transpose, transposition, uke, ukulele | 1 Comment

Body Surfing for easy ukulele

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Anne Ku

Body Surfing is an instrumental solo piece for the ukulele by Herb Ohta that uses the Andalusian cadence and sounds virtuosic when played at a high tempo and up the neck. Continue reading →

Posted in ukulele | Tagged Andalusian cadence, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, Herb Ohta, instrumental, Jake, notation, notes, riffs, shred, shredding, simplified, solo, solos, tablature, tabs, Taimane, uke, ukulele, virtuoso | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday for ukulele

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Anne Ku

One of the most searched phrases that viewers use to find my website is “happy birthday chord melody arrangement.” The term “chord melody arrangement” refers to an instrumental version of a song in which both the melody and chords are … Continue reading →

Posted in ukulele | Tagged arrangement, birthday, chord melody, common chord progression, instrumental, introduction, song, uke, ukulele | 2 Comments

Can’t Help Falling in Love with ukulele

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Anne Ku

Can’t Help Falling in Love in C major for low G ukulele Continue reading →

Posted in sheet music, ukulele | Tagged accompaniment, arpeggiated, arpeggiation, arpeggio, birthday, bridge, broken, chord melody, chords, Elvis, fingerpick, fingerstyle, high G, instrumental, interlude, introduction, love, low G, song, songs, triplet, uke, ukulele, Valentine’s Day, verse | 5 Comments

We Shall Overcome on ukulele

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Anne Ku

We Shall Overcome in C major lead sheet and chord melody arrangement for high and low G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading →

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Feed the Birds with ukulele

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Anne Ku

From Mary Poppins, Feed the Birds arrangement by Anne Ku for high and low G ukulele instrumental solo a.k.a. chord melody Continue reading →

Posted in travel, ukulele | Tagged accompaniment, accompanying, bird, children, chord melody, chords, Disney, film, instrumental, introduction, lead sheet, London, melody, movie, music, practice, practise, song, songs, uke, ukulele, waltz | 8 Comments

Auld Lang Syne in F for low G ukulele

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Anne Ku

Anne Ku arranges the timeless Auld Lang Syne for ukulele in F and C major with playalong videos and sheet music excerpts Continue reading →

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Greensleeves or What Child Is This for ukulele

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Anne Ku

Greensleeves or What Child Is This in Em and Fm for high G ukulele as lead sheet and chord melody arrangement Continue reading →

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Silent Night for high G ukulele

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Anne Ku

Silent Night arranged for high G ukulele by Anne Ku instrumental or chord melody with sample score Continue reading →

Posted in ukulele | Tagged arrangement, bell-like, campanella style, chord melody, high G, instrumental, linear tuning, low G, re-entrant tuning, Silent Night, solo, uke, ukulele | Comments Off

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