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 […]
Tag Archives: Sam Muir
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 […]
Yellow Bird Tutorial
Here’s a two part arrangement for ukulele of Yellow Bird by Irving Burgie. You can either play the chords or the melody. See the video for more details. Click here […]
El Noi de la Mare for Ukulele Ensemble
El Noi de la Mare is beautiful Christmas song from the northeast region of Spain, Catalonia. In English the title means The Mother of the Child. The guitarist Andres Segovia […]
The Machete of Madeira
In July 2018 Lara Taylor and I travelled to Madeira to record a CD of music for machete and guitar. Lara’s mother, Josie came along as moral support, and, being […]
I Love Classical Ukulele 