Brian Boru’s March
Brian Boru’s March is a traditional Irish tune which has long been a favourite of harp players. Brian Boru was High King of Ireland from 1002 – 1014 AD. He united […]
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Making Research Beautiful
Thing 14 In week 7 of 23 things for research we were asked to look at ways of presenting and sharing our research through videos, podcasts and presentations. As I’m […]
The Rakes of Mallow
The Rakes of Mallow is an Irish drinking song. A rake, short for rakehell, is the old fashioned equivalent of hell raiser. Mallow is a town in County Cork. Rakes […]
10 Easy Melodies for Ukulele
People are constantly asking me for easy material to get them started on playing instrumental ukulele. The Little Book of 10 Melodies for Ukulele is a collection of simple, well known melodies […]
Cyber Fantasia
Week 2 of 23 Things for Research. If you’re following this blog category and wondering how we went from straight from Thing 1 to Things 4 & 5, don’t worry you […]
Blog 5, Thing 1
“23 Things is a self-directed course that is facilitated by the Researcher Development Programme (University of Surrey). It aims to expose you to a range of digital tools that could […]
Why I Play the Ukulele
First Contact When I bought my first ukulele in 2012 I had no idea of the journey I had just begun. Up until that moment I had regarded the ukulele […]
Etude by Tarrega
Fans of classical ukulele will already be aware of John King’s ground breaking The Classical Ukulele, and Tony Mizen’s excellent books From Lute to Uke, The Baroque Ukulele and The […]
Daniel Ward: Arpeggio Meditations
Arriving home after a late flight from Spain I was greeted by a large pile of envelopes on the doormat. Amongst the pile of white letters – most of them […]
Squirrel and The Lesson of ‘Think Big’
Photo © Josie Elias Think big. That’s the kind of thing adults say to children. Think big. Aim high. Reach for the stars. When I was at school adults, especially teachers, […]
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