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- From Drowning to Swimming: Arranging Taylor Swift’s “Fate of Ophelia” for ukulele April 29, 2026
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- V for Valentine’s Day Special Edition – 12 Timeless Love Songs chord melody arrangements by Anne Ku February 13, 2026
- Star of the County Down for high G ukulele – with slurs and strums February 3, 2026
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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) . […]
Tag Archives: melody
From Drowning to Swimming: Arranging Taylor Swift’s “Fate of Ophelia” for ukulele
Explore the music behind Taylor Swift’s The Fate of Ophelia on the ukulele including chord shapes and chord progressions, rhythm, lyrics. Continue reading
C Major Scale with Harmony – technique exercises
Writing the next book C Major Scale with Harmony reminds me of a class I took in college called Combinatorics. Continue reading
Snow White Waltz for high G ukulele
Inspired by the first day of snow fall, I wrote a new piece for high G ukulele, short and reflective, echoes of a familiar melody. Continue reading
Arpeggiated chord melody arrangement
An arpeggiated chord melody arrangement is simply broken chord melody arrangement. Here are examples of my work. Continue reading
Orfeo Arpeggio
Orfeo Arpeggio is a spin off of Euridice’s Descent with arpeggios on the high G ukulele. Continue reading
Alberti Zucchini
“Alberti Zucchini” is an original instrumental piece for the high G ukulele using the Alberti bass throughout. Continue reading
Pick Strum Chromatic Scale for high G ukulele
Pick Strum Chromatic Scale for high G ukulele gives practice to right hand fingerpicking and strumming and left hand fingering of new chords. Continue reading
Pick Strum C Major Scale
“Pick Strum C Major Scale” fingerstyle high G ukulele piece for beginners to practice fingering, alternate bass, strum, and scale. Continue reading
I Hear Ya, Andaluza for high G ukulele
“I Hear Ya, Andaluza” is an instrumental fingerstyle piece for high G ukulele that includes the famous Andalusian Cadence. Continue reading