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April 19, 2018

‘Perfect’ by Ed Sheeran for Ukulele – fingerpicking AND strumming

I love this song – the melody is just beautiful.

I wanted to play it on the ukulele and started searching for good arrangements.

Ran across this tutorial video and love it – a little fingerpicking and a little strumming – neither too hard.

The hard part is that you need a capo on the 1st fret – they cost about $15 for a good one.

The video – https://youtu.be/s8b2xKBj-ao

The printed music/notes for the video are in the comments or here – https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B62zBAbDVZxXeWJxNkdDbVdiUUU/view

July 25, 2017

Muting Strings to add percussion & syncopation

UkuleleHunt.com has an excellent tutorial on muting strings.

The tutorial includes six tutorial videos. Here is the first one…

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017

Amahi begins Ukulele Tips of the Week on Facebook

If you don’t know Amahi ukuleles, please give me the pleasure to introduce you. Amahi has been making fine violins for years under the name Amati (with a ‘t’). They recently started making intentionally inexpensive ukuleles and I believe that they are a great contender! They now have a broad range of ukes from $50ish student ukuleles which are similar to Makala to $500ish models. I really like the quality of their intermediates ($150-$300ish). They also offer more expensive brands under separate brand names. They are located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit their Website and ‘like’ them on Facebook to learn more about them.

They also offer less expensive AND more expensive brands under separate brand names.

Amahi is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit their Website and ‘like’ them on Facebook to learn more about them.

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017

Memorizing Music

Memorizing music rather than depending on reading from music will make you a much better musician. You will grow in confidence and your performance will be much more effective.

WikiHow offers 14 steps in “How to Memorize Sheet Music’

‘6 Quick Steps for Memorizing Music’ from NazzaroMusic.com

‘How to Memorize Music: Memory Tips and Two Strategies’ from RobertKelleyPHD.com

For further research on memory…

‘Hack your brain to remember almost anything’ from CNN.com