Pre-order the Outdoor Ukulele!

 

I figured it was time for another post about the new Outdoor Ukulele, formerly known as the plastic ukulele on Kickstarter.  

As it turns out, these are going for a base price of $100 and you can order now!  Go to their website to pre-order.  These will be shipping out in just a couple weeks to those who get in on the pre-order.  Ship date is scheduled for April 22nd.  

You can even upgrade to Grover tuners and Aquila Strings if you wish for a little extra cash. 

As I've said in past posts, I'm really glad that this project has come to fruition.  Very interested in hearing more sound samples.  That first batch should provide us many clips on Youtube.

10 reasons to love the ukulele - Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Valentine's Day!  Of course, the loves of my life are my beautiful wife and my sweet little girl.  But....coming in after that are my ukuleles.  So, without further ado, here is my personal list of 10 reasons that I love my ukuleles!


1. size - small and easy to transport

2. the happiness it brings others - people just seem to smile when they hear/see someone playing the ukulele

3. longer lasting strings - coming from a guitar playing background where it's necessary to change strings

When the Saints Go Marching In - ukulele chords

An all around awesome song!  Rumor has it that in New Orleans you'll find some street musicians with signs that read - "$5 for requests - $10 for the Saints".
Above is my rendition with my Mom!  Any musical interest and/or talent that I have comes from her.  Here's the basic chords so you can get started playing it on your own!
By the way, the chord that I use towards the end is a Cdim.  As always, you can find any chord you need right here on the Ukulele Chord Finder.

In the key of G

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,......,,,,,,G
Oh, when the saints
(still on G)
Go marchin' in
(still on G)......................................D7
Oh, when the saints go marchin' in
......................G.........G7..........C
Oh, how I want to be in that number
.....................G...........D7.........G
When the saints go marchin' in



...just repeat and you've got it.  Lots of possibilities in this one for creative variations.  Experiment and have fun!  Happy Uke'n!

Queen - Good Company ukulele chords

One of my favorite Queen songs!  Good Company is a nice little folky ukulele piece and it's fairy simple to play.  You can even throw in some triplets and syncopation to make it give it a little extra ragtime feel.  If you're looking for the chords, here's a link from the folks at Ukulele Hunt with chords and tabs.  We are greatly indebted to them for doing all the leg work on this one.  

Of course, this tune (written and sung by Brian May) comes off of the classic "A Night at the Opera".  This album definitely lands in my top 5.  Probably the most amazing thing about this song is the fact that all the instruments in the "jazz band" parts were played with an electric guitar.  I have a DVD of the making of this album and the part where the engineer actually solos out the individual guitar parts for this is absolutely incredible. 

Anyway...enjoy the link and happy Uke'n!