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I Left My Heart in San Francisco for Ukulele Play Along

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Anne Ku

Tony Bennett’s 1962 recording of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” was a double whammy. It made him famous. It made the song famous. He sang it in the key of C major. But it’s not a three chord … Continue reading →

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Mother of Mine

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Anne Ku

Every Mother’s Day, a sticky melody flows into my year. It’s a song I heard on Okinawa, where I spent eleven years of my childhood. Young Agnes Chan’s version of “Mother of Mine” is ever so poignant many decades later.

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Three Chord Thursday: NO THEME a.k.a. ANYTHING GOES!

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Anne Ku

Finally a no theme song session on 17th June 2021. Three Chord Thursday is a weekly song session with a different theme each time. Continue reading →

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Moonshadow

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Anne Ku

For participants who attended my half-hour workshop at Port Townsend virtual ukulele festival today, I gave a 15-page slide presentation on how to create and play the arrangement for song Moonshadow by Cat Stevens, who released it as a single … Continue reading →

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Three Chord Thursday Challenge

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Anne Ku

Submission guidelines for Three Chord Thursday Challenge and ukulele courses and workshops in Zoom Continue reading →

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Easy love songs for ukulele

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Anne Ku

For upcoming Valentine’s Day, which will fall on a Friday in 2020, I am introducing love songs that are easy to play on the ukulele. What constitutes easy?

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Autumn Leaves in G minor with French

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Anne Ku

Autumn: leaves are falling and turning colour. The summer has ended, and soon my stay in London will, too. My research into the paradox of simplicity that commands the sound of 3,000 voices and instruments (Irish Hooley, Dun Laoghaire, August … Continue reading →

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