Triplet strumming is a pretty useful thing to learn on the ukulele. It can add an extra dimension to your rhythm playing and open up plenty of new strumming possibilities. Here’s how to do it…
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Sliding In To Chords
I’m a big fan of any trick or tip that makes you sound like a better player than you are and this and sliding in to chords is a great example of that. Let’s get to it…
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…
Best I Ever Had by Drake/Kierra Folsom Ukulele Lesson/Tutorial
This is one of the best cover versions of any song that I’ve seen on the ukulele so far. I’m not a Drake fan at all and in fact I heard the Kierra Folsom version before I heard the original and far prefer it. Continue reading
Made Of Stone by The Stone Roses – Ukulele Lesson
It’s fair to say I’m a pretty big fan of The Stone Roses, so here’s my first effort at one of their songs on the ukulele. It plays pretty well and gives you the opportunity to do a little bit of fingerpicking for the intro section… Continue reading
That’s Entertainment by The Jam – Ukulele Lesson
This is a great song that really converts well to the ukulele. The chords are really simple and if you get the strumming right it’s going to sound really good. Continue reading
Story Of My Life by Social Distortion – Ukulele Lesson/Tutorial
If you’ve arrived at this page looking for Story Of My Life by One Direction, turn back now, you’re not welcome here. If you leave quickly we’ll pretend it never happened. Have they gone? Good, right let’s get on with it.
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Laid by James Ukulele Lesson/Tutorial
While I’m on a bit of a Ukulele binge I thought this was a pretty good song for anyone learning to play.
I’ve got a lot of time for this song as it was pretty much part of the soundtrack to my uni days. Oh and here’s a little known Tim Booth (lead singer of James) fact. He was in Batman Begins. Seriously. Continue reading