Ukulele information and trivia.
| Recent ukulele additions to youtube.com |
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| The ukulele craze reaches Italy. Look for uke.it or uke.it 2008 for some great stuff and interviews (in Italian naturally) from the "First Ever Italian Ukulele Festival". Searching youtube.com is more fruitful if you use the "date added" option. |
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| Alward White writes a new book "Amarillo by Memory". |
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| Alward White, also known as L A White Jr., the author of this website, wrote about his youth in Amarillo where he attended Amarillo High School. His books are available at Hastings on Georgia and Hertner's Camera Store 6th and Tyler. |
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| Tom Hanks Plays Ukulele |
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| See and hear Tom Hanks singing and playing a Martin ukulele on youtube.com. |
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| Ukulele on youtube |
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| There are lots of good ukulele videos on youtube.com. |
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| Refinishing Your Ukulele |
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| You can refinish your uke in one day with spray shellac |
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| Ukulele and Vocalist: Janet Seidel from Australia |
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| Moon of Manakoora: a wonderful CD from Australia featuring Janet Seidel who sounds a little like Doris Day with ukulele accompaniment |
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| Tiny Tim: The Last Hurrah |
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| A review of the DVD |
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| Texas Ukulele Festival 2008 |
| Texas Uke Fest |
| Texas Uke Fest, San Antonio, Texas, 2008
See pictures on this site on the "Performers" page.
The Texas Ukulele Festival was held this year on April 17, 18, and 19, 2008 |
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| Ukulele in the 1920's |
| Vintage 1920's ukuleles. |
| In the decade of the 1920's, more enduring hit songs were written than in any other. Sheet music sales were huge and ukulele chord diagrams were usually included even though the banjo and guitar had been around longer. This was the jazz age and the |
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| American Composers |
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| The best composers and the best music, mostly made in the USA, are fading into obscurity. How has this happened? |
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| Ukulele and Tin Pan Alley |
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| The era of the greatest popularity of the ukulele coincided roughly with that of independent popular music publishing business that was known as Tin Pan Alley. This is significant. |
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| ION USB Turntable and vinyl records. |
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| As you become more familiar with the music that put America on the map you will notice that so far, only a small fraction is currently in print. 78 rpm records are a lot of trouble and per song not too cheap. For a complete selection vinyl is best |
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| Ukulele Fans--Try Leon Redbone |
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| Ukulele songs: Even though Leon Redbone plays the guitar and not the ukulele I believe that ukulele players will find many intersting songs and techniques on his records. His first record ON THE TRACK was released in 1975 and his appearances on Sat |
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| Ukulele Songs You Can Play: "Ja-Da" |
| mp3 of this song |
| This song was the first hit for the legendary Ukulele Ike (real name Cliff Edwards), the song which made him a vaudeville star instead of a cafe singer performing for tips. ( He is the one who sings "When You Wish Upon A Star" in the Disney movie.) |
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| Ukulele Song: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans |
| mp3 of this song is in the music section of this site |
| Another great song written by Henry Creamer and Turner Layton, mentioned in the paragraph of information concerning "After You've Gone", "'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" was written in 1922, and has been a jazz standard ever since. |
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| Playing Ukulele Music on Your Guitar |
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| Ukulele chords can be used for playing guitar. Lots of times, when I am out and about, people will say to me, "LA, we know you play the ukulele and write a lot about it, but we have a guitar--can you help us find a way to play ukulele music on our |
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| Tenor Ukuleles May Be Best For Beginners |
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| Tenor ukuleles offer advantages for the new uke or former guitar player. |
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| Ukulele Players Can Adapt To Tenor Banjos and Tenor Guitars For Louder Music |
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| Ukulele players need Information about tenor guitars and tenor banjos which have more volume and a different tone, but can be tuned so that baritone ukulele chords can be used on them. |
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| Ukulele Songs You Can Play:"After You've Gone" |
| mp3 of song |
| Ukulele players may find that today's popular songs are only playable by the original artist or composer. A lot of the older music, especially that from the twenties and thirties, when the uke was most popular, works out a lot better. These songs a |
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| THE UKULELE: HISTORY OF A REVIVAL |
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| The ukulele still has a place in American music and there are reasons why it is more suitable for jazz and show music than for folk songs or bluegrass. The ukulele is currently being played by more artists and even in some movies. |
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