Uke Lesson 51 – Ice Cream (by Aldrine Guerrero)

Play along with the “Ice Cream” Play-Along! Hey UUers! As the year marches on, another month and another month’s episode of Uke Lessons have arrived! Recently, Aldrine’s song “Ice Cream” was featured on HiSessions and a bunch of you asked him to teach it (especially the picking parts), so here it is! For this lesson, [...]

Uke Lesson 49 – “Yr Dreaming” (Katchafire)

Play along with the official UU “Yr Dreaming” Play-Along! Hey UUers! Happy New Year! Glad to see you made it into 2012 with your uke safe and sound, so let’s get down to business! This time on Uke Lessons, Aldrine shows you how to play “Yr Dreaming” (You’re Dreaming) by Katchafire. The picking for this [...]

Uke Lesson 46 – Take On Me (by A-Ha)

Play along with the UU “Take On Me” Ukulele Play-Along! Hey UUers! It’s a great day in the Underground for some uke playing and, with it being the first of the month and all, there’s a brand new episode of Uke Lessons waiting for you! This month Aldrine shows you how to play “Take On [...]

Uke Minutes 138 – Picking Dynamics

Hey UUers! Cheers … to the freakin’ weekend! Another Saturday has rolled around, along with another episode of Uke Minutes! This time, Aldrine goes over picking dynamics to really get you to be mindful of what you are doing to control volume and expression while picking. This may sound like a pretty simple concept, but [...]

Uke Minutes 133 – Picking Technique: Tone

Hey UUers! Have you ever wondered how great ukulele players are able to get a good tone while picking, no mater what ukulele they are playing? How can another player pick up a really cheap uke and still make it sound good? The tone that you’re getting out of your ukulele surprisingly has less to [...]

Uke Lesson 43 – Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5)

Play along with the “Moves Like Jagger” PLAY-ALONG! Hey UUers! Another month has come upon the Underground and another episode of Uke Lessons has arrived! Aldrine has been watching the NBC show, The Voice, a lot lately which recently debuted Maroon 5′s new song “Moves Like Jagger.” This happened like a week ago, but he [...]

Uke Minutes 129 – Thumb & Middle Picking Technique

Download this Video (right click > Save As…) or click the link to watch the video on your iPad or iPod Touch![/s2If] Hey UUers! The weekend has arrived and, along with it, another weekly episode of Uke Minutes! On this week’s episode, Aldrine introduces a simple yet powerful technique – Thumb & Middle Picking! This [...]

Uke Lesson 35 – Space Suits

Play along with Aldrine on the Space Suits PLAY-ALONG! Hey UUers! Welcome to November! As we near the end of the year, things always get a little busy here in the Underground, so have your uke(s) at the ready for a wild end to 2010! For now, we’ve got a brand new episode of Uke [...]

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 [...]