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Coming this Friday to SXSW: “Ukulele for Geeks: Secrets of the Pentatonic Scales”

March 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Musicology, ukulele stories

[official blurb from sxsw website]At first glance the fretboard of a ukulele (or guitar) looks incomprehensible, but with the magic of pentatonic scales – ancient, nearly universal 5-note patterns, you can “crack the code” and hack the fretboard and start jamming along with your favorite tunes or musician friends in no time.

“You don’t need to know the names of the notes or what key a song is. Just find the “little dippers” and start messing around with patterns. I’ll explain the concepts and demonstrate the techniques, which are completely self taught.”

That’s the official blurb for my South by Southwest talk at 5:00 PM friday in room 18ABCD (uh oh, that sounds big), Ukulele for Geeks: Secrets of the Pentatonic Scales.

This is based on the Ignite talk I did in Sydney and the Pecha Kucha I did in Tokyo, but this is the expanded 45-minute version of the talk, so I don’t have to rush through all the little concepts and shapes. I think it will be a blast.

See you there?

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Video of Uke for Geeks talk at Ignite Sydney

November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Musicology, ukulele stories

A month or so ago I posted my slides and some photos from my Ignite Sydney talk. Today I just noticed that the video was up on YouTube (yays).

Unfortunately, there’s a person’s head obscuring the view of the ukulele for most of my talk, and I kind of start ignoring the slides after a while, but this came out fairly well!

(In the Pecha Kucha version of this talk last week, I think I was able to track a little more closely to the slides, so this is sort of an evolving thing.)

p.s.: for the other great speakers from a very fun, raucous evening in Sydney, check out Ignite Sydney 3 Speakers.

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Ukulele for Geeks, live in Tokyo

November 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Musicology, ukulele stories

(A few snaps of my talk from the Tokyo 2.0 PechaKucha night the other evening.)

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Ukulele for geeks: secrets of the pentatonic scales

October 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Musicology, ukulele stories

My Ignite Sydney talk last night was fun (for me, at least). Here are my slides:

Ukulele For Geeks: Secrets of the Pentatonic Scales

Here are a few audience shots. The first is from a warmup:

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This one is from the actual talk:

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Dag, my chrome dome has almost completely breached the pate-fringe!

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evangeline

November 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments · ukulele stories

evangeline

evangeline

Originally uploaded by xian


she is the queen of make-believe

my new electric uke (hollowbody tenor ukulele with pickup)

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by jove

November 10th, 2004 · Comments Off · ukulele stories

i think i’m getting the hang of this fretted instrument thing.

also, anyone speak french? some ukulele guy wrote something on his blog. jeff? annie?

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The kid can carry a tune

June 15th, 2004 · Comments Off · ukulele stories

I’m still way a beginner, with incredibly amateurish chops, and yet look at how I am able to amuse myself already:

Layers of Meta: Fire on the Mountain, take 2, basic uke feel track

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