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 [...]
Uke Minutes 54 – Blues Scales
Got questions about blues scales on the ukulele? Ask them HERE! Hey UUers! Happy Saturday – it’s an awesome day for the blues! This time on Uke Minutes, Aldrine explains the Blues Scale on ukulele and shows you a cool little pattern for picking out the blues. Check it out and let us know what [...]
Uke Minutes 53 – Minor Pentatonic Scales
Got questions about the Minor Pentatonic Scale? Post them HERE! Hey UUers! This week’s episode of Uke Minutes picks up where we left off last week – now we move on to Minor Pentatonic Scales! These scales are a lot bluesier than the major pentatonic scales, so play around with them and see what you [...]
Uke Minutes 50 – DIY (Cheap!) Ukulele Wall Hanger
Got questions about making your own Wall Hanger? Ask them HERE! Hey boys and girls of the Underground! Can you believe it!? It’s Uke Minutes 50! Wait, let me say that again … Uke Minutes … FIFTY (pause again for dramatic effect). Crazy. In this very special episode, Aldrine risks life and limb to create [...]
Uke Minutes 49 – How to Remove Scratches (aka Pimp Your Uke!)
Got questions about pimping your uke? Post them HERE! Hey UUers! This week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you how to remove surface scratches from your ukulele, clean away fretboard grime, and generally pimp out your ukulele. Check it out and bring the bling! For this episode, we used 3M Rubbing Compound (though other brands [...]