I just found a cool site called WholeNote.com. It has a free “Groove Builder” feature that lets you create your own custom backing tracks. Just click on the chord you want to add to your “song” and it appears in the next highlighted measure. This is a great tool for practicing soloing and applying different [...]
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This is something Jake also touched on during his class (see previous post) – the blues scale. I’ve often wondered what “different note” he throws into his solos. It turns out it’s a #4/b5 added into a minor pentatonic scale. I knew about the blues scale before, but his demos really gave me an idea [...]
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I had the opportunity to take a master class from Jake Shimabukuro while he was here on the Big Island in Waimea for the Kahilu Theatre‘s ‘Ukulele and Slack Key Guitar Institute. The class was very small with only two students other than myself and 4 who just sat in the back and watched. Jake [...]
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Hi Everybody, It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything too exciting due to my family and I abruptly moving back to the Big Island of Hawai’i. We are finally settled in Honoka’a, so if you are in the area and would like to jam, or know of anything ‘ukulele related going on, please let [...]
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Part of this week’s Slack Key and ‘Ukulele Institue at the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea was a kani ka pila (jam) with the instructors (and friends). It was open to all players who wanted to get up on stage and participate, so I went to check it out. The lineup was phenomenal and I had [...]
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Here is a nice video put together to give the public a better idea about what Uncle Keoki’s music camp on the Big Island is all about. For more info and registration, click over to Konabob’s webpage.
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