I knew of Dominic “Dominator” Pieranunzio since before I started this website. His ukulele tabs were some of, if not THE first professional-quality ukulele transcriptions available on the web.
Over the years Dominator has continued to create new transcriptions, growing his library of work to over 100 fantastic tabs and song snippets. The hosting of his site went through several ownership changes, but his webpage always stayed online. Recently though, a new owner has switched the domain again. This time Dom’s original webpage wasn’t preserved.
The PDFs are still there thanks to the webmaster’s willingness to continue hosting them, but the source Powertab/Guitar Pro files, along with links, blog posts, MP3s, and MIDI audio snippets weren’t preserved. Since the PDFs are sort of hard to find and sometimes mistitled on the new site, I started a dialogue with Dominator after our podcast interview about creating a more accurate index for his work here on Live ʻUkulele that would include all of his content instead of just the PDFs.
Sorted in the original order from Dominator’s website, oldest to newest. I’ve styled the page a bit to make it reminiscent of Dom’s original look.
“Mahalo Nui to Brad for creating this index of ukulele tabs and supporting files which represent my body of work beginning in 1997 following my very first trip to the beautiful island of Kauai. It feels great to have my legacy live on.” -Dominator (3/8/2021)
You can reach Dominator directly at: dominatoruke [at] gmail.com.
All MP3 performances by Dominator unless otherwise noted.
Imagine – John Lennon
I only Have Eyes For You – Low G
Classical Gas – Low G (First Two Sections)
White Sandy Beach – Intro – Low G
Every Breath You Take – Police
Kaulana O Hilo Hanakahi – Herb Ohta Jr.
A Part of Me, A Part of You (The Hospital Song) – Low G
Throw Your Arms Around Me – Low G (Intro)
Lulu’s Back In Town -Lyle Ritz (DGBE)
Kuʻu Hoa – Robi Kahakalau
I’ll See You In My Dreams – Joe Brown
Pineapple Mango – Daniel Ho
Canon in D – Daniel Ho
Lyle Smiles – Jim Beloff
Yesterday
Moonlight Becomes You/Somewhere over the Rainbow – Fleastomper – Glyph Version
KP Shuffle – Excerpt – Re-entrant Tuning
12th Street Rag – Fleastomper – Glyph Version
Eucalipstick – James Hill
Crazy G
Hawai’i 78 (Intro) – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Hawai’i 78 (Intro) – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (Beginner Picking Exercise)
Aboriginal Blue – Gerald Ross
Sweet Home Alabama – Low G
Wipeout – Ventures
Easter Parade – Gerald Ross
Lei Pikake – Herb Ohta Jr.
Breakdown – Jack Johnson
Whoopsi Daisy – Dan “Soybean Sawyer”
Eleanor Rigby – Gerald Ross
Uke Talk – James Hill
Rag Mop – Excerpt – Old Spice Boys from MUD video
Gypsy Ukulele – Acoustic Soul Featuring Mikel Okouchi
Something Stupid – Peter of Mele Ukulele
Tropical Delight – Herb Ohta Jr.
Song For Cheri – James Hill
Ol’ Man River – James Hill
Palolo – Ukulele Solo by David Kamakahi
TNC – Troy Fernandez
Runaway – Gerald Ross
Embryonic Journey – Jorma Kaukonen
Ka ʻUkulele Lele – Bryan Tolentino
Bigs & Littles – James Hill
The Star Spangled Banner
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – MP3 Performance – Dominator Video
The Star Spangled Banner – Low G
America The Beautiful
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Jon Prown’s MP3 Performance
Fox Point Rag – Jon Prown
Houdini Never Hung Around in Bars – Craig Robertson
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Link to Craig’s Video
Sophisticated Hula
Little Rock Getaway – Bryan Tolentino
Guava Jam – Kaʻau Crater Boys
The Staten Island Slide – Craig Robertson
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Link to Craig’s Video – Dominator’s YouTube Video
Waves – Dominator
Piecelet in F – Jon Prown
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Jon’s MP3 Performance
Christmas Island
Skipping Stone – James Hill
Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Brittni Paiva
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Brittni’s YouTube Video
Stars & Stripes Forever
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – MP3 Performance – Dominator’s YouTube Video
In Primer – Craig Robertson
Going to California – Jimmy Page
In My Life – John Lennon & Paul McCartney – Updated
In My Life – John Lennon & Paul McCartney – Alternate Version
How Can I Get Over – Pure Heart
Happy Ukulele – Pure Heart
Desperado – Eagles
Bandito Tyler – Aldrine Guerrero
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Aldrine’s YouTube Video
Angels We Have Heard On High – John King
Angels We Have Heard On High – John King – Alternate Version
Europa – Herb Ohta Jr.
Super Mario Brothers – Level 1 – James Hill (Youtube Version)
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – James Hill’s YouTube Video
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley (Youtube Version)
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – onbasskad’s YouTube Video
Ukulele Underground Lesson 2 – Summer Breeze – Aldrine Guerrero
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – UU Lesson 2: Summer Breeze Video
Ukulele Underground Lesson 1 – Lovesong – Aldrine Guerrero
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Aldrine’s YouTube Video – UU Lesson 1: Lovesong Video
Over The Rainbow – Bryan Tolentino
Something – George Harrison
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – MP3 Performance – Tutorial
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton (Paul Luongo version)
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Paul Luongo’s Youtube Video – Dominator Performance Video
Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
One Note Samba – James Hill
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – James Hill’s Youtube Video – Dominator’s Youtube Video
Misty – Erroll Garner
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Dominator’s Youtube Video
Honey Baby – Three Plus
Waimanalo Blues – (Ukulele Solos)
Cecilia – Aldrine Guerrero
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Aldrine’s Youtube Video
Cecilia – Aldrine Guerrero (Alternate Version)
Opihi Man (Solos) – Ka`au Crater Boys
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Dominator’s Youtube Video
Here, There and Everywhere – Beatles
Gossip – Neal Paisley
Tropical Hawaiian Day – Ka`au Crater Boys
Imagine – Based on Aldrine Guerrero’s Version
Bye and Bye – Going to See the King – Pete Howlett
Rise and Shine (duet) – Dominator
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Dominator and Jon Prown YouTube Duet
Europa – Brittni Paiva Solo Version
I’ll Be There – Jackson Five
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Jon Prown’s (ukejon) Video
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Dominator Video – MP3 Performance – Tutorial
White Christmas – WS63 Version
Europa – Ukulele Underground Lesson 26 Play Along by Aldrine Guerrero
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Aldrine’s Play Along Video
Kiss From a Rose – Kalei Gamiao
Wagon Wheel – Fiddle Solos Arranged for Ukulele
Barnkicker Rag – Steve Boisen
The First Nowell (Noel)
Silent Night – Matt Dahlberg
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Dominator’s Youtube Video
Jingle Bell Rock – Matt Dahlberg
Blackbird – Beatles – Abe Lagrimas Arrangement
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Dominator’s Youtube Video – Abe Lagrimas Youtube Video
The Unknown – Kalei Gamiao
Powertab File – PDF File – Midi File – Tutorial – Kalei’s HiSessions Video
Sunrise – Herb Ohta Jr.
Sand Castles – Herb Ohta Jr.
Guitar Pro File – PDF File – MP3 Export File – Hi Sessions Youtube Video
Leʻahi Morning – Herb Ohta Jr.
The Beginning – Andrew Molina
Expressions – Herb Ohta, Jr.
Guitar Pro File – PDF File – PDF File (Bass Tab) – MP3 Export File
Ten – Herb Ohta, Jr.
Hilo Hula – Herb Ohta, Jr.
Guitar Pro File – PDF File – Bass TAB PDF File – MP3 Export File
NEW! – 10/13/2021
Mele O Kahe Ana – Peyton Fullilove
NEW! – 11/25/2021
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/Jingle Bell Rock – Troy Fernandez
Guitar Pro File – PDF File – PDF File (Bass Part) – MP3 Export File
NEW! – 11/25/2021
Mele Kalikimaka/Jingle Bells – Troy Fernandez
Guitar Pro File – PDF File – PDF File (Bass Part) – MP3 Export File
Additional MP3s
Misirlou
Yesterday/Let It Be – Beatles Medley
God Bless America
Ink – Craig Robertson
Daybreak In Paradise – Dominator
Let’s Dance – Jake Shimabukuro
Fly On Your Wall – Craig Robertson
Wahine Ilikea – Dennis Kamakahi
Blue Roses Falling – Jake Shimabukuro
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Piano Forte – Jake Shimabukuro
Stress Free Soloing Workshop MP3s
Fig. 1 – Strum pattern
Fig. 2 – Combined
Fig. 2 – Rhythm
Fig. 2 – Solo
Fig. 3 – Double stops
Fig. 4 – ala Van Morrison
Fig. 5 – Combined
Fig. 5 – Rhythm
Fig. 5 – Solo
Additional Videos
Touch
Something Tutorial
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3: Solo – Part 4
Close To You Tutorial
Part 1: Intro – Part 2: Intro (2) – Part 3: Intro (3) – Part 4: Main Melody – Part 5 – Part 6: Ending