Tag Archives: transcription

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii for ukulele

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Anne Ku

May Day is Lei Day for ukulele arranged by Anne Ku with Hawaiian vamp as introduction and interlude to new key Continue reading →

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Chopin Waltz in A minor for low G ukulele

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Anne Ku

Posthumous Waltz in A minor by Chopin transcribed to the low G ukulele with some compromises by Anne Ku Continue reading →

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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 →

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Star Spangled Banner

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Anne Ku

The national anthem of the Unites States is not easy to sing due to big interval leaps and huge vocal range (more than 1.5 octaves). In the key of C major, the melody spans from middle C to the second … Continue reading →

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Game of Thrones

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Anne Ku

I was living on Maui when “Game of Thrones” premiered on American cable TV HBO in Spring of 2011. I must have watched one episode of it on someone else’s television and concluded that the main theme was an ear … Continue reading →

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My Country, ‘Tis of Thee or God Save the King

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Anne Ku

On an American air base in the island of Okinawa, I grew up singing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” before I learned that the same tune was known as “God Save the Queen” or “God Save the King” depending on … Continue reading →

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Guitar transcriptions for ukulele

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Anne Ku

Guitar transcriptions for ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading →

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Waltzes by Carulli for ukulele

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Anne Ku

How many waltzes did Ferdinando Carulli write? I keep discovering new waltzes arranged for the ukulele by those who have played them on the guitar. I am the newest of the lot, for my fingers remember a waltz I played … Continue reading →

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Homage to Carcassi and Carulli

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Anne Ku

Homage to Carcassi is an original composition for low G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading →

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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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