Aloha Folks! Here is the 3rd and Final installment of Mokupuni Nui. Here we go over improvising using our positional Shapes. Keep in mind, that the actual execution of the system is not the "Advanced" part, but conceptualizing it and making it become second nature is ... Hope you enjoyed this lit...

Ok folks, here is part 2 of 3 for Mokupuni Nui! This one is an Intermediate level lesson. I'm making the assumption that you watched and learned the Beginner Lesson from last week and know the basics of the tune. We get into some picking with this one, so I hope you folks like this one. Stay tune...

Aloha Friends! This week we're learning a Hawaiian tune. This is a beginner lesson for the song "Mokupuni Nui". This is an easy lesson with only 2 or 3 mildly challenging chords for the beginning Ukulele player. This is part 1 of 3 lessons showcasing the levels of difficulty that I teach. This we...

Here's a fun one folks! Last time we talked about Rhythmic Phrasing, but I had folks emailing me that they didn't know what notes to play. This week we go over the "number pictures" that we can use as a template for learning note selection. We're calling this one "Intermediate" so you might want ...

Aloha Friends! This week we have a uTab Song Lesson for a chord/melody of the song America the Beautiful. This is a fun one done in our uTab format. I like doing lessons like this because I know that taking notes can be helpful in learning. There's just something about Transcription work that cau...

Ok Guys, this one is a little different. You're going to need to know a few things for this one to take. We're going to go over "Stocking your Vault" of Ukulele licks. Most of us are "really" improvising a minuscule percent of the time. The rest of the time, we're drawing from things that we've p...

Aloha Friends! This week we're learning to play a Richard Marx tune. "Right here waiting" was one of the first tunes that I learned to play, and over the years I've changed it in so many ways that it is more of an interpretation that a cover. I wanted to give it a little more of an Island Style v...

Here's a fun tune on the Eagles classic, "Love will keep us Alive". This is one of those tunes that can really get stuck in your head. I hope you enjoy this Ukulele arrangement of a timeless song

Aloha Friends! Here's a tune that I've been playing since High School. I'm not teaching you the note for note "transcripted" version, but more like how I play it now. You'll notice that the way you play a song changes over the years that you play it, and that's a good thing. It shows you are comf...

Aloha Friends! This week we explore the concept of using our Major Scale to come up with some of those "Mayfield" inspired R&B licks. The song we're using as our backdrop is Tupelo Honey from Van Morrison. Keep in mind, however that the point is not to teach you the song, but to explore using the...

Hey Folks! Here's a tune that I've been playing on guitar for as long as I can remember. In fact, it's one of the first songs that I learned to play. On and On from Stephen Bishop might not be a song that you associate with the Ukulele, but the groove lends itself nicely with its soothing Island ...