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Some of my five ukes almost never get played, so I've decided to take each one, in turn, to my local monthly ukulele jam. Today it'll be the turn of my little Aquila iUke. It's tuned CFAD, so I've loaded up all the songs into Songbook in chordpro format on my tablet so I can transpose on the...

Here's one for Halloween...

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/24/put-away-your-earplugs-children-are-ditching-screeching-recorders-for-mellifluous-melodicas I might dig mine out of a dusty corner of the cupboard, especially now that I'm learning to play a keyboard.

I started learning piano using the Yousician app, which gamifies learning by "listening" as you play along to the lessons and rewarding playing the right notes, and that's going well. The subscription also includes ukulele though, so I thought I'd see what it can teach me, a relatively old...

This is the UK's entry for Eurovision 2023 {title: I Wrote a Song} {subtitle: Mae Muller, 2023} {tag: #Eurovision} {sog} | Am . . . | F . . . | Dm . . . | E7 . . . | {eog} [Am] When you said you were le[F]aving, [Dm] to work on your mental [E7]health, [Am] You didn't mention the...

I've been outbid on this one, just posting this here in case anyone thinks it's worth more than I do and fancies a punt on it. Probably only worth bidding if you're local enough to pick it up in person though https://bid.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/136/lot/55690

My local arts centre have started producing a series of free ukulele lessons online. They seem to be really keen at the moment to get people making music. Do take a look if you have a minute or two. https://www.insessionwiltshire.co.uk/digital-sessions

The ukulele band I play rhythm ukulele with, Red Bandits will be playing to support the switching on of the Christmas lights in Corsham on 7th of December. Watch this space or check local press to confirm time and location. https://www.facebook.com/TheRedBandits

http://www.fromeukulelefestival.org/

Omega Music UK often had a great selection of ukuleles, and their own reviews of the ukuleles they stocked were refreshingly detailed, humorous and honest. I bought, I guess, two or three ukes from them in recent years, so I was disappointed to find they closed in May this year due to a...

One for the English footy (soccer) fans among us... http://www.zen146624.zen.co.uk/uke/ThreeLions.pdf

This one looks interesting, albeit presumably a fair bit of restoration would be needed to make it playable. I won't be bidding myself! http://www.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/Catalogues/mi141217/lot0737.html And there's this Beltona resonator ukulele...

Can anyone suggest where I can get public liability insurance for solo amateur performing? I've looked at Making Music, but their standard package includes insurance for instruments and kit too (which I'm not interested in).

"A few years ago it was folk instruments and the ukulele. Right now it's a retro revival." From: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-4096080/Squelch-retro-80s-synthesisers-sound-sales-success-Gear4music.html

I recently noticed Linkesoft's Songbook app, which you might be familiar with on iPad, Android or Windows is being developed specifically for Windows tablets. So far, the app is in Beta (which means it's free, but some bugs still need ironing out). I've been using it for the last couple of...

Season 243: A Night At The Opera For your own pleasure and our mutual enjoyment, edification and encouragement, please post one video only of no more than 5 minutes and 55 seconds duration with content from any of the following choice of categories loosely based on this week's theme "A Night...

Just in case anyone wants a head-start playing a pocket or sopranino uke tuned to CFAD, here's a link to some songs I marked up with chord diagrams for that tuning (most of which are from my local group's songbook - Chippenham Ukuleles)...

I just noticed that the songs on the website "Richard G's Ukulele Songbook" can be listed by key - handy if you're looking for a song for one of pabrizzer's bi-weekly contests. Could also I guess be useful for thinking about songs that might go together for a medley for this Season (although...

Approx 1,200 people playing various instruments took part in a performance of Bizet's Toreador song from the opera Carmen. http://bbc.in/2cNfyaD The performances were stitched together and shown as part of the BBC's Last Night of the Proms. Two ukulele parts were published, one for picked...

To celebrate the last night of The Proms this year, the BBC are getting musicians of all sorts to join a virtual orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop to perform the Toreador from Bizet's Carmen. There are parts for both picked and strummed ukulele. I've been having a go at the strummed part and...