Here’s one for the beginners! If you have trouble switching your chords in time with the songs you are trying to play, this one may be a helpful lesson to take!

Here’s one for the beginning Ukulele player! It’s always good to plan ahead. This is a strategy that I use for changing chords.

Here’s one for our beginner friends! Ever have trouble with changing your chords? Here are a few simple things you can do to make your chord changes in the key of F smoother!

Continuing our Nursery Rhymes section for beginning ukulele, this week’s lesson gives us a medley for “Ultra Beginners”! This easy to play medley is what I teach the children at the elementary school I work at to get them started strumming!

I've always held to the idea that familiar melodies help our understanding of the language of music. From childhood, most of us learn melody and cadence through nursery rhymes. In fact, just humming these familiar tunes helps us understand where chord changes take place. In this fun easy going le...

So here’s one on intervals. It goes a little further in description of what they are and how to look at them. This one is not so much a ukulele lesson as a music lesson in general. Not as fun as our normal stuff, but great for foundational learning.

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! Here’s a beginner friendly lesson of a Hank Williams Classic. Hey Good Lookin’ is one of those tunes that get stuck in your head, which makes it ideal for the advancing beginner to learn. Here, we look at the basic way to play the song, but also add a few ideas to “dress it up” so ...

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...

Aloha Friends! Here's one that every Kamehameha Schools Alumni is guaranteed to know. The Doxology is sung in 'Ōlelo all over the Islands and has somewhat become part of our culture... For example, my family is not even Catholic, but we sing it at family gatherings. Here I teach you 2 versions an...

Here's a lesson on a song that I just learned today while teaching a private lesson. Instantly fell in love with the simplicity of the melody and the complexity of the subject matter. Anyway, it's easy to play on the Ukulele, so we're calling this one a beginner lesson. Hope you enjoy learning "T...

Aloha Friends! Here's a fun one. Ahi Wela by Braddah IZ is one of those songs that you can get stuck in your head for days! In fact, that's exactly why we're learning it. Lol! It's been stuck in my head all week so I decided to share the burden, so to speak. Hope this one brings you joy!

Aloha Friends! Hope you are all fine and well! This week we are going over Aloha ka Manini. This is a beginner friendly lesson that is sure to put a smile on your face. I've always liked the playful aspect of this tune and I hope the arrangement captures that energy.