https://youtu.be/eHbwPXiO0Og This is my instrumental fingerstyle ukulele cover of the classic 1992 song “Stay” by Shakespears Sister. When I watched the original music video as a 10 year old, I…
https://youtu.be/d67GHT4ZZ2o Travis picking is a popular picking style for guitar players, but did you know that this technique can be applied to the ukulele? In this tutorial I show you…
https://youtu.be/rQH9lNs_r7M I'm a blues scale convert! I was playing around with the blues scale for the latest issue of UKE Magazine, and I came up with this cool little solo/melody!…
In a special Americana themed edition of UKE Magazine I delve into the world of pentatonic and blues scales. I’ll look at where they originated from as well as how…
https://youtu.be/Ey-l4Xo5N6g Japanese folk music sounds surprisingly good on the uke! Especially if you play at the bridge and give it a bit of vibrato 🙂 I've been looking pentatonic scales…
I am excited to announce some changes I have made to the tiers and associated rewards on my Patreon page, including a new, more affordable tier! In case you are…
Amazing Grace may be a simple tune, based on the major pentatonic scale, but play it campanella style on the uke with a baritone accompaniment and it sounds rather pretty…
After the popularity of my Vincent instrumental cover, I decided to do this classic from 40yrs ago in a similar vein. https://youtu.be/gnVQjEzOcfw Only You was written by Vince Clarke upon…
I love Greensleeves, yet it has been done by so many artists, so I decided to do something a little different with it. In my arrangement I play campanella style…
I continue my series of articles on music theory for the ukulele in issue 30 of UKE Magazine, this time explaining how to count triplets and how this helps us…