Song Lessons

Song Lessons

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Song Lessons
  • She's every Woman

    Here's a lesson on one of my favorite Garth Brooks tunes. "She's every woman" is a song that anyone that's ever been in love with a woman can relate to. I'm doing it in F here, but I'm also showing a few Transposition tricks to help you learn it, or any song that you can play, for that matter, in...

  • Star Spangled Banner

    Here’s a lesson on how I play my version of the Star Spangled Banner. This is a good tune to know in case you get asked to play for your kids ball game, or maybe to entertain your friends at your 4th of July BBQ. Either way, this one is good because the melody is familiar for most of us!

  • Looking out my Backdoor

    Ok guys! Here's a fun little tune from CCR. I figured the High G would suit this song well. Looking out my Backdoor from Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of my favorite tunes because of the fun, crazy aspect of it... although I highly suspect it's about a heroin trip. Lol! Suspicions aside, I ...

  • Please come to Boston

    Here's one of those songs that I was introduced to by a Student of mine. It's become one of my favorite tunes to play at jams. This is a lesson on how I play "Please come to Boston" by David Loggins. Hope you like this one for its "intricate simplicity" and vivid lyrics.

  • Beautiful Kaua'i

    This is another one of those songs that I was sure we already covered, but according to the search function, we hadn't . So here is a fun intermediate level lesson on Beautiful Kauai. Warning, lot's of changing chord shapes in this one so you might want to warm up before taking on this one! Lol

  • Makee Ailana

    This has long been one of my favorite tunes. When I started playing music, my first instrument was the Ki Ho'alu guitar, and Makee Ailana was one of the first tunes that I learned to play. Here is how I play it on the Low G ukulele. Hope you like this intermediate level version of the Hawaiian St...

  • Kaleo 'O Nalani

    Aloha Friends! This week we’re going to be learning Kaleo ‘O Nalani from Mark Yamanaka. I’m calling this an intermediate level lesson because of the rhythmic assumptions I’m making as well as the paperless format. This is a tune that I feel is one of the prettiest songs of the modern “local music...

  • That's Life

    Aloha Friends! Here's a fun tune made famous by "Old Blue Eyes", himself, the great, Frank Sinatra. This is, of course, my interpretation of the song and is in no way intended to be a direct copy of the tune. This is one of those lessons that you just follow along and feel free to make your own a...

  • On and On

    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 ...

  • Are you missing me

    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...

  • Love will keep us alive

    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

  • Right here waiting

    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...

  • Mokupuni Nui (Intermediate)

    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...

  • Mokupuni Nui (Advanced)

    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...