Category Archives: Tunes for the Times
Thinking of Two: Ukulele and Who what?
Hope you had a good Valentine’s Day yesterday. Valentine’s Day led me to think about how to draw those we love into our love of playing the ukulele. You know, warm fuzzy inclusiveness. Now your loved one may not want to … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective, Tunes for the Times
Tagged a sense of perspective, music, Perspective, uke, ukelele, ukulele, xylophone
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The Incredible Hawaii Chair
Few words are needed for the Hawaii chair. It would have been even better to let the ukulele play through the whole infomercial. But I’d not seen this before. If you haven’t, you need to know such things are out … Continue reading
Ben Fuhrman’s work with the ukulele
Ben Fuhrman entered “Variations of Amazing Grace” recently in a ukulele contest on YouTube. He has the score, to be played solo on a low g ukulele, available (free) on his website. There’s other scores for ukulele (and a wealth … Continue reading
Posted in Musician, Perspective, Tunes for the Times, Ukuleles@Work, YouTube
Tagged lego ukulele, Perspective, ukulele
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Aaron Keim’s Two Chord Song Contest
Aaron Keim, creator of the Beansprout banjo ukulele, recently announced a call for two-chord songs. It’s a contest and will help Aaron with his next book. If you want to brainstorm check for ideas at Dr. Banjo’s 81 two-chord songs, or Blogging Muses, … Continue reading
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Tagged beansprout, chord songs, contest, keim, Perspective, uke, ukelele, ukulele
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B-Flat, B-ware: Should you strum B Flat on your ukulele near unknown water?
Someone gets the idea that Bb speaks to alligators because they’d heard a 2007 NPR piece “Have you heard about B Flat?” So if you’re in Florida, think about it before strumming B flat on your ukulele near unknown waters. Especially B … Continue reading
Posted in Other Musical Instruments, Perspective, Photographs, Tunes for the Times
Tagged a sense of perspective, alligators, Florida, NPR
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Ukulele Perspective 