Archive for the ‘Uke Minutes’ Category
Uke Minutes 51 – Blues Ukulele Chords
Got questions about blues chords? Post them HERE! Hey UUers! Is the sunny summertime a little too happy and fun for you?? Regain that cold sadness of the forgotten winter by playing yourself some BLUES! In this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine breaks down how to find some “bluesy” sounding ukulele chords for any [...]
Uke Minutes 50 – DIY (Cheap!) Ukulele Wall Hanger
Got questions about making your own Wall Hanger? Ask them HERE! Hey boys and girls of the Underground! Can you believe it!? It’s Uke Minutes 50! Wait, let me say that again … Uke Minutes … FIFTY (pause again for dramatic effect). Crazy. In this very special episode, Aldrine risks life and limb to create [...]
Uke Minutes 49 – How to Remove Scratches (aka Pimp Your Uke!)
Got questions about pimping your uke? Post them HERE! Hey UUers! This week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you how to remove surface scratches from your ukulele, clean away fretboard grime, and generally pimp out your ukulele. Check it out and bring the bling! For this episode, we used 3M Rubbing Compound (though other brands [...]
Uke Minutes 48 – Hawaiian Vamps
Hey UUers! Here in the Underground, we are strong supporters of the idea that the ukulele can, and should, be used for absolutely any style of music that an ukulele player can dream of. “If you can dream it, uke can do it!” That said, we’ve also gotten a lot of questions about more traditional [...]
Uke Minutes 47 – How to Bend a Note
Got questions about Bending or Pre-Bending? Post them HERE. Hey Everybody! Do you smell that!? The warm Saturday breeze is blowing down the lane and around the bend to bring you the fresh scent of UKE MINUTES through the holes in your internet machine! This week’s episode: “How to Bend a Note” (AKA Bends & [...]
Uke Minutes 46 – How to hold Barre (Bar) Chords!
Got questions/comments about this lesson? Post them HERE! Hey UUers from across the land! This new Saturday brings yet another exciting episode of Uke Minutes! We’ve been quite a few emails lately asking about barre chords (or “bar chords“, depending on your pronunciation of the word “tomato”) and how to hold them. The term barre [...]
Uke Minutes 45 – Diminished Chords
Got questions about this episode, post them HERE! Hey UUers! It’s time for another episode of Uke Minutes! In this week’s episode, Aldrine gives you all the ingredients you need for a good old-fashioned diminished chord. Basically it goes a-like-a-this: 1. Use the fretboard diagram to choose any note on your fretboard. 2. Place the [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
