Tab Versus Notation
I’d like to share my thoughts on tab and notation through my own musical journey. I had my first guitar lesson at the age of 9. My parents arranged and […]
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A Celebration of the Underdog
Below is the unabridged Conclusion of my PhD thesis called A Celebration of the Underdog. After all, in the world of classical music the ukulele remains greatly underrated, undervalued and […]
And So It Goes…
As summer draws to a close and the leaves are starting to fall from the trees it seems like a good time to pause and draw breath. The year 2020 […]
Hallelujah Tutorial
An Interpretation… Today I’m going to show you how to turn the chords for Hallelujah into an elegant arpeggio accompaniment. Before we do that, however, I’d like to take a […]
Samba Ole! Tutorial
Samba Ole is a Brazilian tune with a twist of Spanish. The upbeat, syncopated rhythm and combination of a melody part and chord part, or accompaniment part, has made it […]
Cape Cod Girls
A super fun piece that will get you playing up the dusty end. Cape Cod Girls is a rip, roaring sea shanty. I first came across this piece in the […]
Allegretto Tutorial
The last couple of days have been surprisingly busy. Coming to grips with this brave new world and the likelihood that I will be working from home for several months […]
Sounds Irish
A little late for St Patrick’s Day but here is a ukulele arrangement of Sounds Irish. Originally written for the guitar by John Whitworth and Peter Nuttall and published by […]
El Noi de la Mare
My arrangement of this beautiful Catalan folksong. Ukulele 1 plays the melody and ukulele 2 plays a finger style accompaniment based on the chords. At the start I am playing […]
Oh! Sinner Man
Oh! Sinner Man is an African American spiritual. This is short and easy arrangement which can be played in either one, two or three parts. There is the melody, an […]
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