Winner of the Oscar Schmidt OU55CE

January 18, 2012

First, let me welcome those of you who are now following Live ‘Ukulele via RSS, or have joined me on Facebook and YouTube. There were an awful lot of people who entered to win the Oscar Schmidt baritone ‘ukulele but the person who walks away with the prize is……Quinton Hurst! Quinton, I’ll be in touch [...]

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Country Road and Ain’t No Way – Update

January 16, 2012

Most of the time teaching requires sheet music. I’ve found over the years that the more straightforward your ‘ukulele sheets can be, the better. Here are two songs that have been on the site for years. I recently cleaned them up and made them more accurate. Country Road by Paula Fuga and Jack Johnson song sheet [...]

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Fallen by Pana’ewa – Song Sheet

January 11, 2012

For the longest time I couldn’t figure out what this song was called. I would hear it on the radio and want to learn it, but the DJ never said its name. Finally I discovered the title of this beautiful song. Fallen is by Pana’ewa, one of the few local bands to  feature the ‘ukulele [...]

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Hand Over My Heart: The Music Video

January 6, 2012

We need more ‘ukulele music videos. They are lots of fun, even when you don’t quite know how the video ties in with the song (as is usually the case). Here’s James Hill’s new offering. Nice suit. Nice shades. Nice pancakes.

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Win an Oscar Schmidt OU55CE!

January 2, 2012

First post of 2012? Lets kick off the new year with a bang! How about an ‘ukulele giveaway? The Prize: An OU55CE baritone ‘ukulele from Oscar Schmidt. The  OU55CE is a sweet sounding laminated koa ‘ukulele with a rosewood fretboard and nyatoh neck. It features a cutaway, Grover tuners, and a gloss finish that makes the koa [...]

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Advanced ‘Ukulele Chord Intros

December 30, 2011

My lesson on jazzing up a simple I-VIm-IV-V7 intro is one of the more popular pages on Live ‘Ukulele. It’s a great place to start learning intros – it’s easy and sounds good. But recently I was itching to explore some new ground and I pulled out my copy of Mickey Baker’s Complete Course in [...]

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Heartache by One Groove

December 19, 2011

Here’s the first of several Jawaiian songs that I’m going to be posting up over the course of a month or two. It’s an local 808 hit called Heartache by One Groove from their album “Make Your Move”. Like most Jawaiian music there is little in the way of chords, but that’s okay because it’s easy. I included [...]

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