UU April Ukulele Give-Away – “All Things Reggae” Contest!
Hey UUers! Do you want a new ukulele?? We’re giving away a brand new Concert Mainland Ukulele during our April 2009 “All Things Reggae” Contest! Here’s what you need to do to enter: 1. Make a video of yourself playing a reggae song on your ukulele. 2. Post your video to YouTube (or similar video [...]
UU Online Open Mic – TODAY (3pm HST, 6pm PST)
Hey UUers! Be sure to check in TODAY (March 28th) at 3pm Hawaii Standard Time (6pm PST, 9pm EST) for the Live Stream! It’s been awhile since the last time we did a UU Online Open Mic, so remember to be here at the front page to watch and cheer on those brave fellow UUers [...]
Uke Got Mail 21 – Why the Hat?
Aldrine answers the frequently-asked question, “Why the Hat” – then proceeds to give away one of his. Click on the vid to find out how you can win it!
Live Lesson Wednesday! (Angel)
Learn how to play “Angel” by Shaggy on the ukulele! Hey everybody! It’s another Wednesday and you know what that means! Tune in at 2:00pm, 14:00 Hawaii Time or 5Pm Left Coast time for some free ukulele lessons. >>————- Live Ukulele Lessons with Aldrine Guerrero ——————<<
Member Video of the week 3/23/09
This week’s MVOW comes from UKISOCIETY and his comparison video of two sets of strings. He puts D’Addario and Bushman strings to the test on his plastic ukuleles while he plays his very own “Chimpanzee Song” This video is a great way to show people how you should be experimenting with different things. Different materials [...]
Uke Minutes 41 – Muted Octave Strum
Got questions about this technique? Post them HERE! Hey all you UUers! Who’s up for another round of Uke Minutes?? Here we go … In this week’s episode, Aldrine explains the simple – yet oh, so powerful – Muted Octave Strum. It is a variation of another simple technique, introduced in Uke Minutes 26, called [...]
Live Lesson Wednesday! (Say It Ain’t So)
Learn how to play “Say It Ain’t So” by Weezer on the ukulele! We’re back with a vengeance! Live Lesson Wednesday starts at 2pm Hawaii Time (5pm PST, 8pm EST). Who knows what you’ll learn today? >>—————– Live Ukulele Lessons with Aldrine Guerrero ——————-<<
Member video of the week 3/16/09
Are you ready kids?! AYE AYE UU! This week’s MVOW comes from AcousticMonster and his Spongebob soprano ukulele. An original song called “I love those krabby patties” So awesome that he even included the lyrics and chords on the video description so we can get our hands on this goodness. SWEET! So gather your friends, [...]
Uke Minutes 40 – First Beat C-String Bass
Got a question? Discuss this technique HERE. Hey-lo UUers! Several weeks back we introduced the “C String Bass Technique” (see Uke Minutes 35 for more) as applied to finger picking. In this week’s episode we take that technique one step further and apply it to strumming patterns. Here’s what you do: 1. Take any strumming [...]
Uke got mail episode 20: How to get a cleaner sound
How do I get rid of the “plunking” sound that i get while finger picking? An inquiry by Sukie that’ll be answered on this weeks Uke Got Mail!