Category: ukulele stories

  • Ukulele for geeks: secrets of the pentatonic scales

    My Ignite Sydney talk last night was fun (for me, at least). Here are my slides: Ukulele For Geeks: Secrets of the Pentatonic ScalesView more presentations from Christian Crumlish. Here are a few audience shots. The first is from a warmup: This one is from the actual talk: Dag, my chrome dome has almost completely…

  • evangeline

    evangeline Originally uploaded by xian she is the queen of make-believe my new electric uke (hollowbody tenor ukulele with pickup)

  • by jove

    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?

  • The kid can carry a tune

    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

  • Helena immortalized

  • My tenor uke needs a name

    My grandfather had a ukulele. I loved it as a little boy. When he died, I was nine and I inherited the uke. I never learned to play it but I bashed it up pretty good. They even got me a new ukulele because I really wanted on. I loved the way the both looked.…