Uke Lesson 33 – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day

Play along with Aldrine on the PLAY-ALONG! Got a question? Join the discussion about this song here. Hey UUers! The summer has come and passed & we’re now headed headlong into fall! September is here and with it, a brand new episode of Uke Lessons – this time it’s Green Day’s “Good Riddance” (aka “Time [...]

Uke Lesson 30 – Perfect Sometimes (Justin James)

Got a question about this lesson? Post it Here! Play along with Justin James & Aldrine on the PLAY-ALONG! Hey UUers! It’s June and the new episode of Uke Lessons has arrived – just in time for your summer strumming pleasure! This time we had the amazing fortune of joining forces with upcoming artist, Justin [...]

Uke Lesson 23 – Guava Jelly (Bob Marley)

Got a question about this episode? Post it here. Watch the Play-Along for this song HERE! Hey UUers! Happy Halloween! Alright people, get ready for another awesome episode of Uke Lessons! We’re about to stir it up with some sweet reggae music from Bob Marley – a song called “Guava Jelly” – to satisfy your [...]

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 Lesson 15 – Island In The Sun (Weezer)

Ask questions about this lesson HERE. Play-Along with Aldrine HERE. Alright UUers, we decided to roll out March’s episode of Uke Minutes a day early, just to help kick off your weekend! So here it is, Uke Lesson 15 – “Island In The Sun”. This song is one of our favorites by the band Weezer [...]

Uke Minutes 37 – One Handed Harmonics

Need help with this technique? Ask your questions HERE! Hey UUers! The time has come, once again, for a brand spankin’ new episode of UKE MINUTES! This time on Uke Minutes, Aldrine introduces a technique called “One Handed Harmonics” for you to play around with. For a refresher on regular harmonics (the non-one-handed kind) click [...]

Uke Lesson 14 – Ukulele (Gitara) by Parokya ni Edgar

Got Questions? Join the discussion about this episode HERE. Play Along with on-screen chords and lyrics HERE! Hello UUers! February’s full-length Uke Lesson comes hand-delivered to your doorstep … a whole day early! We’ve had tons of requests to teach Aldrine’s translated version of Parokya ni Edgar’s song “Gitara” (“Ukulele”), so here it is for [...]

Uke got mail ep15: What uke should I buy? Mmmbop intro?

Questions by: Mike Barrett AcousticAloha Paul What uke should I buy? Bling fo yo thing? Mmmbop intro? These and Aldrine finds his Naruto headprotector in this episode of UKE GOT MAIL! Links: Uke minutes on buying ukuleles Ukulele underground store Musicguymic Ohana ukuleles Mainland ukuleles Moore bettah ukes

Uke Lesson 13 – If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys)

Got questions about this lesson? Post them HERE! Play Along with Aldrine on this song HERE! Happy New Year, UUers! Hopefully everyone made the jump into 2009 safely and in one piece, so we can all continue rocking the boat with the sweet sounds of uke music! In this, the very first Uke Lesson of [...]