Uke Lesson 37 – Tears in Heaven

Play along with the Tears in Heaven Ukulele Play-Along! Hey UUers! Happy New Year! It’s officially the start of 2011 & everyone in the Underground is extra excited for all of the new and mind-blowing things we’ve got planned for the year! But first … it’s a new episode of Uke Lessons, with “Tears in [...]

Uke Minutes 99 – 1st Beat Emphasis Strum

Hey UUers! It’s another Saturday & another episode of Uke Minutes! Much like last week’s episode, Aldrine employs the “emphasis” strum, this time on the 1st beat, to create a strumming pattern to add a little variety to your songs. Try it out, experiment with other strumming patterns, and show us what you come up [...]

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

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 19 – Out Of My League

Got questions about this lesson? Post them HERE. Watch the Play-Along for this song HERE! Hi there, UUers! Welcome to July – It’s the first of the month, which means a brand new episode of Uke Lessons! It’s also a Wednesday, which means Free LIVE Lesson (at 2pm HST)! TWO ukulele lessons in one day [...]

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 17 – 1234 (Plain White T’s)

Got questions about this lesson? Post them HERE. Play-Along with Aldrine on this song HERE! Hey UUers! It’s the first of May and that can mean only one thing – (May Fools? nope!) a brand new episode of Uke Lessons! This time it’s “1234″ by the Plain White T’s – chickity, check it out!! There [...]

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 [...]