Letter V, Week 1“Volcano Girls” by Veruca Salt This might be as close as I come to shredding on the ukulele. I even wore my shirt that says “Rock & Roll” for the occasion. (Trust me, I know it’s hard to see.) And this is our second and final double-letter entry in the Ukulele Alphabet,... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Volcano Girls by Veruca Salt appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
Letter U, Week 2“Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” by U2 MTV used to run an interstitial in the ‘90s with two guys having a conversation in a record-slash-CD store where one said to the other, “U2 goes under U.” And I cannot remember the point of this interstitial — if it was making fun... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses by U2 appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
Watch a ukulele cover performance of "Up on Cripple Creek" by The Band as part of the Ukulele Alphabet project.| Casey Barber
Letter T, Week 2“Tourist” by Miranda Lambert Here’s one for the road trip playlist. And it’s a fitting song for the week that we picked up our brand-new dream car (a Subaru, obviously, we stay on-brand in this household). And, as is our tradition, we needed to take it immediately on a little adventure. Otherwise... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Tourist by Miranda Lambert appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
Watch a ukulele cover performance of "Minneapolis" by that dog. as part of the Ukulele Alphabet project.| Casey Barber
The second of a series of posts in which I document my progress learning to play the ukulele This post is long overdue. I started writing it several times but I have never been focused enough to do it. As with writing on my blog, also my exercising has slowed down. The previous diary entry ended with strumming rhythms and changing between the C, F and G chords. I was struggling with both. Not anymore. Despite the fact I learned just one new chord (G7), I feel much more confident playing. Song...| Design & other obsessions by Silvia Maggi
Letter S, Week 2“Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen Today is Bruce Springsteen’s birthday and in this house, that’s pretty much a national holiday. I married a guy from New Jersey who grew up in the same area Bruce did, who knows all the stomping grounds past and present where Bruce has lived, played, surfed, ate... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
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Watch a ukulele cover performance of "Free Man in Paris" by Joni Mitchell as part of the Ukulele Alphabet project.| Casey Barber
We have some exciting news… our newest ukulele book is at the printer, and we should have it in our hands sometime in early August 2022! It’s by our best-selling authors Ted Parrish & Wayne Erbsen and is called “Ukulele Tunes, Tips & Jamming“… sign up to be notified when it’s out by clicking HERE. In the meantime, we thought we’d give you a sneak peak at one of the songs in this book: “Bury Me Beneath the Willow,” one of our all-time favorites to pick on our log cabin’s fr...| Native Ground Books and Music
Ted & Catherine Parrish play through the classic song “Oh, Susanna,” which is the book “Ukulele for the Complete Ignoramus” by Ted Parrish & Wayne Erbsen on p. 30. … Read the rest The post “Oh, Susanna” on Ukulele appeared first on Native Ground Books and Music.| Native Ground Books and Music