Archive for the ‘Uke Minutes’ Category
Uke Minutes 64 – Two String Palm Mute
Hey UUers! Once upon a time, we taught you the sweet and super-useful Palm Mute technique. But what if you want to palm mute more than one note at a time? Enter the Two-String Palm Mute. In this episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you how to add harmony to your palm muted notes, so [...]
Uke Minutes 63 – Left Hand Mute
Got a questions about the Left Hand Mute? Ask it HERE! Hey UUers! Today is Saturday & that means another episode of Uke Minutes! This week we break down the Left Hand Mute technique (so you can rock “True” by Spandau Ballet even harder), for some quick chord staccato cleanness. Check out the episode and [...]
Uke Minutes 62 – Power Chords
Got a question about Power Chords? Ask it here! Hey UUers! So we’ve told you time and time again that the ukulele is an instrument that cannot be contained. No matter what style of music you like to play or listen to, the ukulele can do it! It’s just a matter of figuring out how. [...]
Uke Minutes 61 – Muted Ghost Notes
Got a question about Muted Ghost Notes? Post it HERE! Hey Everyone! It’s Saturday, the birds are singing and we’ve got another awesome episode of Uke Minutes hatching out of its shell! Check out Muted Ghost Notes for an easy way to accent specific notes in your ukulele picking! ———- *BIG NEWS* Aldrine and the [...]
Uke Minutes 60 – Ghost Notes
Got a question about Ghost Notes? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! This week on Uke Minutes, we’ve got a really awesome technique that a lot of professional ukulele players use, but not a lot of people talk about: Ghost Notes! Wooo. Spooky. Actually ghost notes are “filler notes” – they add an extra element to [...]
Uke Minutes 59 – Advanced Finger Picking Pattern I
Got a question about this episode? Ask it HERE! Hey UUers! A long, long time ago, a darkened David Carradine-esque Aldrine showed you the amazingly simple “In-to-Out” finger picking technique (Uke Minutes 11). Now we’re kickin’ it up notch – check out the Advanced Finger Picking Pattern I and take your fingerpicking to the next [...]
Uke Minutes 58 – Arpeggios
Got questions about Arpeggios? Ask them HERE! Hey UUers! It’s been a long week … why not stay in, curl up with your uke, and spend some quality time with another awesome episode of Uke Minutes? This week, Aldrine covers arpeggios on the ukulele – how to find them for whatever key you’re playing in [...]
Uke Minutes 57 – Easy Blues Solos
Got questions about this episode? Post them HERE! Hey UUers! It’s Saturday again and another Uke Minutes is here for you to devour and digest! Since we’ve been talking a lot about blues, here’s an easy way of creating solos over the Basic Blues Progression that we showed you in Uke Minutes 51 (“Blues Ukulele [...]
Uke Minutes 56 – 12 Bar Blues
Got questions about this episode? Post them HERE! Hey UUers! Adding to your already awesome arsenal of ukulele blues techniques, today we break down for you the basic format for a 12-bar blues progression. From Uke Minutes 51 (“Blues Ukulele Chords”), you know that if you make the 1, 4, and 5 chords of any [...]
Uke Minutes 55 – Augmented Chords
Got questions about augmented chords? Post them HERE! Hey all you shiny, happy people of the Underground! It’s Uke Minutes time! This week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine goes into some of the music theory behind augmented chords. Augmented chords are really similar to suspended chords (Uke Minutes 43). But instead of substituting the 3-note in [...]
