Uke Minutes 111 – Rest-Strum Golpe

Hey UUers! Merry Chirstmas! Hope everyone got everything they wished for this year and many cheers for an awesome, uke-filled 2011! This week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine combines the two previous episodes (Rest Strum and Golpe) and shows you how to do them both at the same time with the Rest-Strum Golpe! Try it out [...]

Uke Minutes 110 – How to Play Golpe

Hey UUers! Happy Holidays! Here we are, right in the thick of the Season, and you’re still rockin’ that ukulele!? There must be something pretty special about that thing … This week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine adds another Flamenco technique to your ukulele arsenal with “How to Play Golpe”! Essentially, Golpe is a technique where [...]

Uke Minutes 109 – Rest Strum

Hey UUers! Saturday is here, you’ve got your ukulele ready to rock, and it’s time for some Uke Minutes! This week, Aldrine shows you a nifty technique you can use to easily go from strumming to finger picking or to place more emphasis on accented strums – the Rest Strum. This one is a pretty [...]

Uke Lesson 36 – Rhythm of Love (Plain White Ts)

Play along with the “Rhythm of Love” Play-Along! Hey UUers! It’s December! Only one more month before we can usher in 2011 – a year that will go down in history as being incredibly uke-tastic. Hope y’all are ready for it … In the meantime, a brand new episode of Uke Lessons is waiting for [...]

Uke Minutes 107 – Vamp Riff in C

Hey UUers! Saturday is here and that means it’s time for another episode of Uke Minutes! On this week’s episode, Aldrine breaks down a simple riff you can use in the key of C when you are going from G7 to C. Give your turnarounds a distinctly “slack key” feel to them, without having to [...]

Uke Minutes 106 – Advanced Reggae Strumming II

Hey UUers! Last week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine explained a pretty neat Advanced Reggae Strumming technique to add a little rhythm to your strumming. This week, he introduces a slight variation to this, using a two finger roll on just one string for Advanced Reggae Strumming II. This one may take a little practice to [...]

Uke Minutes 105 – Advanced Reggae Strumming

Hey UUers! It’s a beautiful day for uke playing, don’t you agree? This week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine explains a quick way to add some background percussive sounds to your strum with Advanced Reggae Strumming. This episode utilizes a couple of Uke Minutes techniques from the past, namely, the Pinky Mute and the basic Roll [...]

Uke Lesson 35 – Space Suits (Aldrine Guerrero)

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 Minutes 104 – Palm Mute Fingerpicking

Hey UUers! Fall is falling, the holidays are right around the corner and it’s time for you to make sure you’re extra awesome on the uke (so you can claim that you deserve a new one soon)! So to help add a little flair to your ukulele abilities, this week’s episode of Uke Minutes combines [...]