Archive for April, 2009
Uke got mail ep25: Ryan? Uke and Guitar? Koa or Mahogany?
Aaaand we’re back! Episode 25 of Uke Got Mail! THREE questions this time. To make up for last week haha. Who is Rayan? Uke and Guitar in the same key? Koa or Mahogany? All this and more on this episode of UKE GOT MAIL!
Live Lesson Replay – Green Day ‘When I Come Around’
Live Lesson Replay – Learn Green Day’s ‘When I Come Around’ on the ukulele. If video is black, press the reload button on the player.
Member Video of the Week – 4/27/09
Down in the Underground, life is a chain reaction. This week’s Member Video of the Week by UU Member AnnaUK came about because of a long ago deach. Here’s how the story goes … Once upon a time, Deach deached an ukulele to russbuss. Russ heard that GrumpyCoyote wanted that very same ukulele and deached [...]
Uke Minutes 44 – Hammer-On Chords
Got a question about this technique? Post it HERE! Well hello there UUers! You may have heard it before: at the start of a song or just before a player changes chords while strumming – that infamous, undeniable, BA-Dooom. It’s a very simple technique that is often overlooked (and sometimes created by accident) but if [...]
Live Lesson Wednesday (What’s My Age Again?)
Learn to play “What’s My Age Again?” by Blink-182 on the Ukulele Live Lesson Wednesday is back again! Tune in at 2pm HST (5pm PST) to get some ukulele learnin on. >>—————— Live Ukulele Lessons with Aldrine Guerrero ——————–<<
Uke Minutes 43 – Suspended Chords
Got questions about -sus chords? Ask them HERE! Hey all you UUers & UUerettes, it’s time for Uke Minutes! In this week’s episode, Aldrine goes over some basic music theory with an explanation of suspended chords and the difference between -sus2 and -sus4. Way back in Uke Minutes 8, we learned how to create a [...]
Uke got mail ep24: Loosening the strings and clip on tuners
Questions from Keegan Sablan and dserpass
Live Lesson Wednesday (Hey There Delilah)
Learn to play “Hey there Delilah” by the Plain White T’s on the ukulele It’s that time again! Live lesson Wednesdays are back. Tune in at 2:00pm HST (5pm PST) for some ukulele learnin! >>—————- Live Ukulele Lessons with Aldrine Guerrero ——————<<
Member Video of the Week – 4/13/09
Hey there UUers! This week’s Member Video of the Week comes from a young gun who shows us what it truly means to be fearless on the uke – please give a warm round of internet applause to UU member UkeNoob999 (aka VivaLaSound). A totally unexpected song choice but a great rendition nonetheless, this video [...]
Uke Minutes 42 – Left Hand Exercise II *and* The KoAloha Ukulele Story
Hey UUers! Do you ever get that left hand ache after playing chords for a long period of time? Have you ever mixed up which fingers to use on a picking? Check out this week’s episode of Uke Minutes to cure what ails ya! This exercise not only strengthens the left hand, but by inverting [...]
