Posted in H.U.G. News on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
A note from Rev Hank…
The next HUG get together is this Monday, May 5 at the Celtic Corner in Dartmouth, from 7-9pm.
It would be nice to add to the format this week:
For those of you comfortable with showcasing your playing, it would be swell if you could perform a tune or 2 by yourself (or [...]
Posted in Ukulele Website Reviews on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
There are a few online forums devoted to the ukulele. These are some of the ones I have found so far. If you have run across any more, let us know. Anyway, if you can stop strumming for a few minutes, check out what people are saying about their favourite four string friend…
As part of [...]
Posted in Ukulele Website Reviews on April 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The UkeCast (as far as I can tell, the only podcast dedeicated to the Ukulele) is back with Episode 303. This podcast is hosted by Chris from the US and Nipper from the UK (you may have seen Nipper on a CNN article on the ukulele). Each episode features a mixture of music, news and [...]
Posted in H.U.G. News on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
A big thank you goes out to Stacey for setting up a H.U.G. Facebook group. Check out the site for pics from the April 7th meeting at Celtic Corner!
Remember, the next meeting is Monday, May 5th.
Posted in Chords and Tabs, Ukulele Website Reviews on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Looking for chords? Chordie is a great place to find them. Chordie promotes itself as:
Guitar chords and guitar tablature made easy. Chordie is a search engine for finding guitar chords and guitar tabs.
Although this site is predominately geared toward the guitar, there is lots there for the uke player. The database is huge and [...]
Posted in Tuning, Chord Charts, Etc... on April 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ukulele tunings. gCEA or aDF#B or or GCEA or ADF#B or DGBE or… the list goes on.
How many ways can a uke be tuned?
Woodshed at Ukulele Hunt goes over some of the most popular tunings in a recent post. Sound files are provided
The UkeCast #302 also has a short bit on the tuning options for [...]
Posted in Chords and Tabs, Tuning, Chord Charts, Etc..., Ukulele Website Reviews on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
The Sheep Entertainment site has a great ukulele chord finder for the most popular tunings (and for all sizes) of the uke. As well, it will show you alternate fingerings for the same chord (simply by clicking on the picture of the hand). Click on the picture of the pick to hear that chord played [...]
Posted in Chords and Tabs, Ukulele Website Reviews on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are the online music collections of a couple of ukulele clubs. Check them out. There is quite a lot of stuff packed in these two sites for hours of strumming. Enjoy
TUSC (Taunton Ukulele Strummers Club) - click on the “Songbooks” option. This site is run by Nipper, who is also one of the voices [...]
