I was recently sent this Martin OX Uke on loan from Westside Distribution to have a play with and see what I thought. Here’s the verdict…
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Moving To Baritone Ukulele
So you’ve got a good grasp of your ukulele, but have wondered what it’s like to play the Big Daddy of ukuleles? – a Baritone ukulele.
The Best Ukulele Books
I’ve read a few ukulele books since starting this blog a couple of years back so I thought I’d round up some of the best ukulele books and explain a little bit about each one and why I like it. So without further ado, here are my favourites (in no particular order)…
Row, Row, Row Your Boat Simple Ukulele Arrangement
Here’s a really simple chord melody arrangement for the nursery rhyme Row, Row, Row your boat. It makes for a nice introduction to the world of chord melodies and should be familiar enough to your ears so that you know if you’re playing it right or not.
Spicing Up The 12 Bar Blues
Following his great debut post on spicing up simple chords, Steve Phillips is back and this time he’s looking at the 12 bar blues. Over to you Steve…
Ukulele Strumming Tips
There’s been some great contributions to Ukulele Go which I’m really pleased with. It means that you guys are getting more diverse tips from a broader range of players which can only be a good thing. Today it’s over to Howard Matthews for some ukulele strumming tips. Howard has been playing Ukulele for around 8 years and guitar for a staggering 54 years…
How To Play Blues Ukulele Book Review
It dawned on me recently that even though I’ve bought pretty much all of Al Wood’s ukulele ebooks, I’ve never actually written a review or talked about them before. So here goes, I’ve picked my favourite of the bunch out – How To Play Blues Ukulele…
Spicing Up Simple Chords
The ukulele is a great little instrument, but there are times when playing the chords exactly as they are written can get a bit, well… boring. There are hundreds of simple songs which have bar after bar of one chord, followed by lots of another, maybe a third, and then back to the first. Repeat for several verses, and it starts to cry out for a bit of variety.
Write For Ukulele Go!
Are you interested in getting your thoughts on learning and playing the ukulele out there for all to read?
Love Yourself by Justin Bieber – Ukulele Riff Tab
I’m hardly a Justin Bieber fan but I do like the little picked guitar intro on this song and it works really well on the ukulele so here’s the tab…