Waltzer Op.121 No.1 by Carulli
Arranging and adapting Carulli’s Waltzer Op.121 No.1 for ukulele.
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Essential Elements of Ukulele Scores Explained
To play fingerstyle or classical ukulele, understanding the score layout is essential, though reading music notation is not required. Ukulele sheet music typically includes both standard notation and tablature. This blog discusses the components of a ukulele score, including titles, the composer’s information, staves, chord indicators, and dynamic markings.
Campanella on the Ukulele
This is the transcript for the YouTube video tutorial. The video includes practical examples and a couple of bloopers 🤯. In this tutorial we’re going to explore how to play […]
Alternate Tunings
Alternate tunings occur when the open strings of the guitar are tuned to notes different from the standard tuning. Guitarists use alternate tunings all the time so why not use […]
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 […]
I Love Classical Ukulele 