Learn to strum and pick the tune of this instrumental version of Happy Birthday. This is good practice for the F, Bb, and different variations of C7 chords.

Wahine Ilikea or “Fair skinned woman” is on of the first songs my Uncle taught me to play. The simple chord changes are foundational to musical growth. It also helps that the melody is catchy and memorable. To this day, the song remains as one of the essential Hawaiian songs in my set list on the...

Here’s a chord melody version of the Christmas classic “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”. There are many chord variations that you can use for this, but for utility sake, we keep it simple here!

Here’s one for the holidays! Deck the halls is a fun tune to do to help bring in the holiday cheer. Hope you enjoy this version.

Aloha Folks! This week we’re doing a song that is very near and dear to me. It was written by Eric Gilliom, but the version we’re learning is based on the way it was performed by Ernie Cruz Jr. and Todd Adamski. Back to Honopou is one of the songs that play like a movie in your mind. Hope you lik...

This lesson is a "uTab" lesson. The Hoagy Carmichael classic "Stardust" has been a jazz standard nearly since its inception. Here we go over an easy ukulele version of it. This is the 1st part of a 2 part series.

Here is part B of our Stardust uTab. I can't stress enough on the importance of being able to take notes on what you're learning. The journey to transcribing starts here. Keep in mind that there are tons of ways to "take notes" but I find tablature to be pretty resourceful when you do it for your...

Aloha Friends! I hope you enjoy this lesson on the Randy Newman tune "You've got a Friend in Me. We're taking a bit of a different approach here as far as the format of the lessons go. I decided that I wanted to make our lessons a little more like how I teach my "Private Lessons" on Zoom. I feel...

Aloha Friends! As promised here’s the arrangement that I came up with for Desperado in the Key of C. Hope you like it. Also, try practicing your transposing and see if you can come up with your own version. If you do, make a video and link it in the comments page. I’c love to see what you come up...

Aloha Friends! I know, I know… not really something you’d expect to hear someone play on the Ukulele, but I promise that this one is fun! Under the Bridge from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is one of those songs that everyone seems to kinda know so you’re sure to have some folks singing along with you!

Aloha Friends! This one is for our beginner players that are looking to add some of the spicer chords to their repertoire. E Ku’u Lei is a great song for the advancing beginner because the tempo allows us to get used to the harder to hold chords. Not only is this a fun song to learn to play, but...

Aloha Friends! Before I started really getting into Ukulele Playing, my Dad had a friend that was a pretty killer Uke player. He would do all these instrumental versions of popular songs. He didn’t really teach, but he would encourage me to “watch, listen, and copy” . This was one of the first so...

Aloha Friends! Here’s a song that I really fell in love with in my younger days. Little Texas was a real influence on me musically growing up and I wanted to share this little gem with you. “What might have been” is one of those tunes that is almost guaranteed to strike a nerve if you really list...

Aloha Friends! Here’s a song that I learned as a budding musician from my Uncles’ backyard jams. They played so many of these “before my time” tunes that I learned having never heard the original versions. Kind of a good thing because it allowed me to “Own the song”. I hope you like this one.

Aloha Friends! Here’s a lesson that can teach us how to convert the information from sheet music to a useable chord melody. We’re using the song Edelweiss from the Sound of Music as our example. It’s kind of a long video, and sort of assumes that you’ve either been following our lessons for a whi...

Here's another one of those songs that I was surprised that I hadn't already taught here. James Taylor has long been one of my favorite musicians, and this song, "Carolina in my Mind is one of those tunes that conjures up those mental movies that paint pictures in our imaginations. Truly the mark...

Aloha Friends! Here’s a song that is “kinda” beginner friendly, but can also be a little challenging for some intermediate players. The chords are easy to play, but singing and finger picking at the same time can be a bit rough if you’re just getting started with either or both. Hope this short ...

Aloha Friends! Here’s a song that is “kinda” beginner friendly, but can also be a little challenging for some intermediate players. The chords are easy to play, but singing and finger picking at the same time can be a bit rough if you’re just getting started with either or both. Hope this short ...