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Ukulele Websites and Resources
On this page there are assorted ukulele web site links, but it only scratches the surface of the great amount of information available on the world wide web. Hopefully, all links to external sites open in a new window. Ordinarily, each web site has a number of resources including song books and web pages containing songs, frequently with ukulele tab charts.
I'm working (slowly) on pages with links to song sheets (with word processing files, if available) for the Tennessee Valley Ukulele Club and the UkeQuestors in Huntsville, Alabama, as well as events such as Uke On The Mountain, the Alabama Ukulele Festival at Lake Guntersville, etc. The prototype of these pages is All Songs.
Inclusion of a link to a business or website is not an endorsement; failure to include a link to a great site is not a snub. If you've got links to some good sites, please share them with me, doug "at" musicandmore.info.
All song sheets and songbooks available on this website are intended for private, educational, and research purposes only, and not for financial gain in any form. All song copyrights belong to their respective parties; please respect the copyright laws in your country and the rights of others.
Last Updated: October 8, 2022.
Contents
A Few North Alabama Music Businesses
A Few Alabama & Tennessee Ukulele Groups and Events
Chord Charts - Barre Chords - Transposition
Blank Staff Paper, Tablature, and Fret Diagrams
Links to A Few Ukulele Sites & Resources
The Phil Doleman Ukulele Series
Cynthia Lin Music and YouTube Links
Clawhammer Technique Tutorials – The Bum-Ditty & Beyond
All Of The Following Open In A New Window
Uke On The Mountain Songbook (2018)
Alabama Uke Fest 2018
Petey Mack Songbook - Two-line Format
Ukefest 2018 Friday Night Handouts
Alabama Uke Fest 2019
Pete_McCarty Songbook - Two-line Format
Friday Night Share and Strum Music
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A Few North Alabama Music Businesses
Emiron Music, 101 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, Ala., 35601; (256)-353-0772 [Closed until reopening at a new location on March 3, 2023]
The Fret Shop, 309 Jordan, Huntsville, Ala.
The Guitar Center, 5900 University Dr NW Huntsville, Ala. 35806 Located on University Drive, immediately west of Research Park Blvd NW (Hwy 255). (256) 895-5281
Gadsden: 607 Broad Street PO Box 132 Gadsden, Ala. 35901
Huntsville: 4800 Whitesburg Dr, South, Suite 16 Huntsville, Ala. 35802
Birmingham: 4524 Southlake Parkway Hoover, Ala. 35244
Huntsville String Shop, 921 Willowbrook Dr. SE, Huntsville, Ala. 35802. Primarily a shop for violins and related instruments, but they say that they also carry guitars and other fretted-string instruments, including ukuleles.
Hargett Music Center, 2301 US-31, Hartselle, Ala. 35640 Phone: (256) 773-5857
Huntsville: 10300 Bailey Cove Rd SE #6, Huntsville, Ala. 35803
Madison: 7445 Hwy 72, Madison, Ala. 35758
Railroad Bazaar, 1207 Eidson St, Athens, Ala. 35611 Phone: (256) 232-5800. All other locations closed.
Bob Tedrow's Homewood Music, Homewood, Ala.
Inclusion is not an endorsement and omission is not an intended slight; please let me know about any other music stores in north central Alabama.
A Few Alabama & Tennessee Ukulele Groups and Events
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links open in a new page at an external site.
We are not
responsible for the content on other web sites.
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Tennessee Valley Ukulele Club,
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UkeQUESTors, Huntsville |
Tennessee Valley Ukulele Club (Facebook)
Calhoun Community College, 102 Wynn Dr NW, Huntsville, AL 35805
Contact: Greg Aweau – tennesseevalleyukuleleclub@gmail.com
808-222-4088
1st and 3rd Thursdays Night group strum at Calhoun College from 6-8.
1st and 3rd Wednesdays Daytime group strum at Huntsville Senior Center from 1 to 2:30.
Second Facebook page for Tennessee Valley Ukulele Club. This page was created as an adjunct to the Tennessee Valley Ukulele Club main Facebook page to allow members to post and share comments and events related to club activities.
The first Rocket City Ukulele Festival was held Saturday, 5 May 2018, on the grounds of the National Speleological Society in Huntsville, AL, sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Ukulele Club. Next year's festival will be held in April, 2020, at the Senior Center in Huntsville. See Rocket City Uke Festival.
Group meets on Sunday afternoons at the downtown Madison County-Huntsville Public Library, 2nd Floor Events Room, 2-3:30. The leader is Keith Fukumitsu, who is also a member of the Tennessee Valley Ukulele Club, and is co-leader of the Wednesday afternoon strums at the Senior Center.
“This will be an opportunity for ukulele players of all levels to meet, expand and refine their skills, to “jam” and sing, and just have fun! One goal of the sessions will be for participants to gain confidence in their playing ability so they could perform at events such as the Alabama Uke Fest in September 2018. For information, contact Keith Fukumitsu at penswd51@aol.com.”
At Learning Quest: http://lquest.org/event/ukequestors-jam/
At
Facebook, the Learning Quest
Page:
https://www.facebook.com/LearningQUESTinHSV/posts/1680452461992411
Ukequestors
Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/233919184023023/
Second & Fourth Monday Jam
The Ukulele Band of Alabama meets the second and fourth Monday of every month.
Anyone interested in the Ukulele is welcome - no musical experience needed.
You do not need an instrument to attend a meeting.
We meet at the First United Methodist Church of Arab, Alabama.
Meeting time is from 6:00 to 7:30 PM.
Park in the lower parking lot, just off Mimosa Street.
In case of inclement weather, please check our Facebook page for updates and cancellations.
Details and a play list will be included on our Facebook Events page. Find it here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ubalabama/events/
Ukulele Band of Alabama
Ukulele Gatherings of North Alabama @ Facebook
Tim's Cajun Kitchen, 114 Jordan Ln NW, Huntsville, Alabama, AL 35805
Contact: Kirk Jones at giveknowledge@yahoo.com
256-783-0265
H.U.L.A. Strummers, Huntsville, AL
A group of very talented musicians who frequently perform in nursing homes, care facilities, etc.
RSVP
Ukesters, Guntersville, AL
The Ukesters meet 1-3 pm Thursdays at the Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program (RSVP) building, 1805 Gunter Ave., Guntersville, AL 35976.
Trusswood Ukulele Strummers, NE Birmingham, Ala.
Odenville Ukulele Library Club, Odenville, Ala.
Birmingham Ukulele Meetup, Birmingham, Ala.
Nashville Ukulele Society, Nashville, Tenn.
Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob, Memphis, Tenn.
Their website: Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob
And see
Petey Mack's Music Page,
Ukulele Song Sheets galore!
(Also known as Pete McCarty, an alleged ring-leader in the
Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob)
Pete McCarty's PeteyMack64 YouTube Channel
Facebook page of the Memphis Ukulele Band, a five-member group
Facebook Page of the National Ukulele Association
Founded in 2017, the NUA is focused on organizing and growing the national ukulele community through community outreach, weekly sing-a-longs, festivals, and focusing on FUN.
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An Historical Perspective - Sources
The
Sheet Music Consortium (SMC) of the UCLA Digital Library Program.
One stop shopping for sheet music in the public domain. Invaluable!
National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress.
Registry Titles with Descriptions and Expanded Essays
Internet Music Score Library Project - A vast repository of free scores.
The Public Domain
Song Anthology With Modern and Traditional Harmonization
David Berger & Chuck Israels (Aperio Press, University of Virginia, 2020)
A collection of 348 popular songs with modern and traditional harmonization for
both study and performance. This anthology is the first of its kind and is free
for students and performers to use, adapt, remix, and share. The songs, many of
which are at risk of being forgotten, are free of copyright restrictions and are
available in multiple formats.
A few resources for the 'ukulele, Hawaiian music and instruments, instructional material, and some Hawaiian-language songbooks (as early as the late 1800s).
Carl Sandburg,
The
American Songbag (1927)
More than a few have criticized it, but for my money it remains a valuable
resource.
The Internet
Archive
An immense reservoir of poems, lyrics, songs, recordings, websites.
Wikipedia
An on-line encyclopedia, often with links to more basic sources. Available in
several languages.
Music at
Wikipedia (English Language), plus
Textbooks
from Wikibooks
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Resources from
Wikiversity -
Music Portal
Main articles: Outline
of Music and Index
of Music Articles
A good starting point for your learning about music including articles about
songs, composers, lyricists, etc.
Music History Calendar, a website that tells you what happened in the music world on a given day in history.
Song Research Resources
Background
Lyrics
Reformat Song Text and Chords
Key and BPM
BPMKey (Chords.TV)
Plus an old song that speaks to our troubled times:
Whispering Hope (Septimus Winner, 1868)
William Heney has created A Short Course in Music Theory, and he has given permission to have this course posted here, together with any updates. A dedicated page has been created: Heney's A Short Course in Music Theory. Some supplemental materials (blank staff paper, fret diagrams, staff-tablature paper) have been added.
In recent years, there has been a movement to create and post textbooks for students. Licenced under the Creative Commons umbrella, they are free for use. Many levels of education are available from grade school through university-level courses. It's challenging to keep up with all the available resources; a search of the world wide web would be your best bet when you're looking for something. But here are few links to get your started:
Open Textbook Library (umn.edu)
Open Textbooks at OER Commons. Includes links to sources for textbooks and open courses. Using the search function on the main page may save you some time.
Internet Archive - Source for many historical works which are still in use today.
Chord Charts for Soprano, Concert and Tenor (GCEA - C-Tuning)
Chord Charts for GCEA (TVUC)
Chord Chart for GCEA [445k PDF] - Link is to the website of Jon Thysell
GCEA Ukulele Chords (PNG format) [304k ZIP]
Chord Charts for Baritone (DGBE - G-Tuning)
Chord Charts for DGBE (TVUC)
Chord Chart for DGBE [445k PDF] - Link is to the website of Jon Thysell
DGBE Ukulele Chords (PNG format) [304k ZIP]
Thysell's Chord Charts_DGBE & GCEA.pdf (this is the chart that I have in each of my song sheet binders)
Charts for D-Tuning (ADF#B)
These charts will be helpful when interpreting early 20th-century sheet music. Although they have similar names, they are from different sources:
Additional charts, notes and helpful websites
Transposition Chart (TVUC)
Strumming Patterns (Link to Ukulele Band of Alabama Website)
Chord Namer, UkeBuddy – Allows entry of notes on a ukulele neck and the website will tell you the name of the chord.
Ukulele-chords.com is an extensive chord chart library for four ukulele tunings plus several levels of chord charts, a chord finder, and other tools and helpful web pages. It also has an Android app for ukulele chords.
Chord Finder, Ukulele-Chords.com. Enter the notation ("0,0,0,0" format) and the desired tuning and it will give you the name of the chord.
Chord Charts, Ukulele-Chords.com (PDF Format)
Most Common Ukulele Chords (96 chords, 3 pages)
Complete Ukulele Chords Chart (240 chords, 12 pages)
Slashed Chords
Click on a particular chord and a new page will open with the fingering, a photo, and a discussion of the characteristics of the chord.
Jon Thysell's Chordious is a free program to create chord charts and images.
"Chordious" isn’t just for ukulele; you can create diagrams for any stringed instrument including guitar, banjo and mandolin in various tunings. By default it produces very nice uke chord charts, but you can adjust the settings to make the chords you want including custom chords (Dominant 7no5 for example). Features include:
Create clean, scalable, fretboard diagrams (default format is SVG vector graphic but can be exported in other formats)
Extensive styling options
Find chords for all your instruments and tunings with the Chord Finder
Find scales for all your instruments and tunings with the Scale Finder
Save and maintain your collections of diagrams in the Diagram Library
Import your Classic Chordious ChordLine documents
Export your diagrams as SVG, JPG, GIF or PNG images
Rich Diagram Editor
Automatic updates
The latest Chordious release is: 2.6.3 (10-MAR-2022). There is a Help Page, with links to Video Tutorials and the Chordius Download web page.
These are the chord graphics that I use when I create a song sheet of lyrics and chords (updated July 19, 2022). Here are compressed files of chords for C-Tuning (Reentrant GCEA) (15,862 diagrams) and G-Tuning (Linear DGBE) (15,430 diagrams) plus a document discussing the defaults that I use plus the current list of diagram forms in the compressed files linked above (there are 27 diagram forms each for Ab through G#):
and another document that discusses the types of chords that can be created in Chordius (version. 2.1.00).
Hans Boldts has created an excellent website for ukulele chords including:
Hans Boldts' Ukulele Chord Collections — large collections for ukuleles plus banjos, mandolins, etc., plus Chordgen, a command-line program he wrote for creating your own chords using Python and the Python Imaging Library
Hans Boldts' Ukulele Custom Chord Diagrams — create your own custom chord diagrams for any 4-stringed instrument
Hans Boldts' 4 String Chord Explorer — a set of tools for exploring chords for any 4-stringed instrument
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Transpose Keys and Chords
ChordTransposer (and Chord Diagrams)
For those who use Apache OpenOffice, the ChordTransposer and ChordDiagrams extensions
For those who use LibreOffice, the ChordTransposer and ChordDiagrams extensions
One thing about these two options: dont to include any text in a line of Chords; it will mess up the transposition process.
Chord Transposer at Ukulele Chords.com
The "Petey Mack Wheel of Transposition" (created by Tim Stacks):
Transposition Chart (TVUC)
Two home-made charts for transposition plus one concerning Chords and Keys:
A couple of sources for you but use with caution; these websites can sometimes deliver contradictory or erroneous results. In some cases, it is necessary to transpose a song sheet into several different keys (and use a capo) to determine the key a particular song.
Key:
GetSong-Key (search)
GetSong-Key (drag & drop)
Tempo (BPM):
SongBPM (and sometimes Key)
Key and BPM:
BPMKey (Chords.TV)
Audio Keychain (drag & drop)
To convert to or from Adobe PDF: PDF2GO
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Blank Staff, Tablature and Fret Diagrams
These are all homemade files, to help working out melodies, harmonies, introductions, chord progressions, etc. The original word processing files are posted below so that you can customize them.
Blank Staff & Tab Paper - Word Processing.zip
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Just three of the many free lessons available on-line.
In addition to lessons, most of these web sites also have additional resources such as chord charts, songs and links.
The beginning ukulele player will profit from this package of files, designed to give the player a "head start":
The Beginner's Start-up Book, Version 1.8. (Jan. 17, 2020) - includes initial instruction in how to play the ukulele plus a great deal of other information. Experienced players review the manual from time to time to refresh their memories. This is an excellent alternative to purchasing a "how to play the ukulele" book.
TVUC Beginners 2-3-4 Songbook_(2022-09-22) - Limited to songs with 2, 3 or 4 chords, perfect for getting started.
And a compressed file containing these files: The Beginning Ukulele Player.zip
Also available are the 2-, 3-, and 4-chord songsheets from the UkeQuestor's Master Song List:
You'll find additional materials and instruction links below.
Due to COVID-19, it is sometimes difficult for the beginner to get a teacher. There are many websites that offer free lessons, but a good start is the series created by Cynthia Lin: Cynthia Lin Music and YouTube Links.
Here are a number of other helpful songbooks when getting started
Two-Chord Workbook for Beginners (Authorship Unknown)
Two Chord Songs from the Punch Drunk Band (July 2019; 54 Pages - Introductory Page, 46 pages of songs, seven pages of charts)
Top Ten Two Chord Songs from the Punch Drunk Band.
Two Chord Songs from the TVUC
Three Chords And The Truth, Waterfont Township Ukulele Group and the Punch Drunk Band
Three Chord Songs from the TVUC
A Three-Chord Workbook for Beginners (Draft - Version 2.0.5. Nov. 4, 2018)
Four Chord Songs from the TVUC
Two Historic Method Books
And see Books, Books, Books - a few resources for the 'ukulele, Hawaiian music and instruments, instructional material, and songbooks, some as early as the late 1800s.
Concerning Nashville Notation, see:
Nashville Number System - Wikipedia
Chord Chart - Wikipedia
Similar is Roman Numeral Analysis - Wikipedia
And, generally,
Diatonic Scale - Wikipedia
Chord Names And Symbols (Popular Music) - Wikipedia
Chord Progression - Wikipedia
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Links to A Few Ukulele Sites & Resources
There
is an unbelievable amount of music on the World Wide Web.
This is
a tiny slice.
All
links open in a new page at an external site.
We are not
responsible for the content on other web sites.
Last update: Feb. 22, 2020
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Doctor
Uke |
Jim's
Ukulele Songs
2,732 Songs |
Richard
G's Ukulele Songbook |
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306 Songs |
Houkulele (Houston, Texas) Eight of their own song books plus links to five other groups |
Songbook has 1237 songs 92 songs in the Beatles zip file |
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Ukulele
Wednesdays Songbook |
Taunton Ukulele Strummers Club (TUSC) |
Bytown Ukulele Group (bug),
Ottawa, Canada |
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Goulburn Regional Ukulele Band (G.R.U.B) |
The Punch Drunk Band and several excellent songbooks including a 72 page Beatles songbook (2019). |
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The
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In addition to songs, most of these web sites also have additional resources such as chord charts, lessons and links.
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National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress.
The
Sheet Music Consortium
(SMC) of the UCLA Digital Library Program.
One stop shopping for sheet music in the public domain. Invaluable!
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Got A Ukulele. Barry Maz has given ukulele players a lot of resources at his website including Songs, Beginners Tips, Beginners Videos, Reviews, a Chord Chart & Fretboard page, a Ukulele Glossary, and more, all free! (no bait and switch). His Ukulele Rants are great reading, and his video reviews are especially helpful (and he has many). Barry has written a couple of books for ukulele players, which have been combined into a very affordable compilation "The Complete What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know" (51 Chapters, 337 pages - available both in paper and electronically). Links to his books are under Beginners Tips. My copy has gotten a lot of use.
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Get Tabs, Chords, Lessons and Ebooks to make you a better player. Also reviews, tips, and a blog. Partial contents of the Beginner's Lessons page:
Step One: Learn the basics
– So You’ve Just Got Your First Ukulele – a free PDF he put together for beginners including essential links, first chords, tips and links to suggestions for the first songs to learn. – 10 Things I Wish I’d Known About Ukuleles (Before I Bought One) – Don’t make the same mistakes I did. – 10 Tips for Ukulele Beginners – How to read chord charts .
Extra Credit : Ukulele for Dummies – The (paper) book he wrote covering all the ukulele basics from buying your first uke, to strumming, chord shapes and far beyond.
– Ukulele Strumming for Dummies – Strumming notation – 13 Most Useful Strumming Patterns
Extra Credit : – How to Play Ukulele Strums – An ebook he wrote covering all the strumming and rhythm essentials for beginners.
Check out the Songs with Chords You Know Post
Some popular ones:
– Somewhere Over the Rainbow – I Wanna Be Like You – Hallelujah – 5 Years Time – Sentimental Heart
Extra Credit : Joan Jett – Bad Reputation – Easy chords but you’ll need to have your chord changes down and a strong strumming-hand to play it up to speed.
– A ukulele tuner – Some good strings like Aquila.
Extra Credit : Keep your ukulele upright with a stand . Get a capo to make playing in other keys easier.
Congratulations! You’re no longer a noob. You can now advance to the improver section.
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In print since October, 2012, and with a large amount of on-line content including stories, lessons, gear, a listing of clubs, a shopping page, magazines, back issues, freebies, etc.
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Ukulele Bonanza Magazine: Our Ukulele Lifestyle
A free, on-line magazine, sponsored by
Bonanza Ukuleles;
free subscriptions available.
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Uke Education. Educational materials for musicians. Material is not for sale. Copyrighted material is provided free under fair use.
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Uke PlayAlongs. Lots of songs to play along with, plus other ukulele resources.
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Betty Lou's Music. Primarily a guitar chords site but lots of songs including Number One Hits of the year from before the 1900s through the 2000s, US & UK. For example:
To see years before or after, follow the links at the top of the page.
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Michael DaSilva, owner of DaSilva Ukulele Co. of Berkeley, CA, has a good number of songs as well as a number of charts, including:
Songs can be found on the page concerning the Berkeley Ukulele Club as well as an additional Songs page.
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The Beatles
Complete On Ukulele.
Not much else to say.
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The Beatles "Notes On" Series
Alan W. Pollack is a musicologist who is best known for having musically analysed every song released by the English rock band the Beatles. He started the task in 1989 and finished in 2000, with 187 original songs and 25 cover songs. The analyses have come to be known as the "Notes on ..." series, as each is entitled "Notes on 'Love Me Do'", "Notes on 'Help!'" and so on.
These notes are now posted in two locations:
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Good deal of information about music in general, plus ukuleles. Here are her helpful links:
Ukulele Tricks - from Brett McQueen, Author of Ukulele Tricks for Dummies. A great site. Lessons, songs, a blog and other resources.
Got A Ukulele - I'll like to read his books, but I haven't yet.
Ukulele Hunt - Alistair Wood, author of Ukulele for Dummies. Lots of info here.
Uke School - easy beginner info that's super helpful for a quick start.
Mike Warren's Ukulele Barn - Mike has info, a forum, and videos
UkeBuddy - I hadn't seen this resource before now, but it's a handy dandy chord finder tool, with lots more info there too.
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A massive collection that holds 2,678 Songs as of Oct. 31, 2019. The most recent songbooks: May 2019 (140 new songs since then). There are also versions for baritone ukulele, banjo, mandolin, guitar, tenor guitar and Celtic guitar, as well as a two-volume version. Left-handed versions are also available. There are Christmas songbooks for both ukulele and guitar.
There is also a Ukulele Song Page with individual songs, including new releases, for guitar, ukulele (3 tunings), baritone ukulele, and other instruments. Individual songs can be transposed, layouts can be changed, and new PDF version created and automatically downloaded to your computer. The “Posts” link will take you to tips, instruments, songs, status and songbook.
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1200+ Best Ukulele Songs and Ukulele Tabs by Richard G
Self-described as “ Ukulele songs & ukulele chords & ukulele tabs by Richard G - The biggest and best ukulele song and ukulele tab resource on the internet.” Over 1,360 songs on this website.
Richard's Links:
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Stewart's Ukulele Songbook - Stewart Greenhill. An excellent resource.
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As usual, lots of resources plus their Songbook page with over 2,000 Songs, plus their 349-page SongBook and their Holiday Song Book ('zip' file containing 26 songs)
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Tablatures: https://www.ukulele-tabs.com/ukulele-tabs-chords.html
Chords Charts: https://www.ukulele-tabs.com/ukulele-chords-chart.html
Lessons: https://www.ukulele-tabs.com/learn-to-play-ukulele.html
plus additional Ukulele resources.
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The
Ukulele Review
Features reviews, styles & techniques, beginner lessons, sheet music, and more.
This site is sponsored by "The Ukulele
Site."
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Houkulele – Houston's Ukulele Club
A very active club with a good many resources for the ukulele player.
Dallas Ukulele Headquarters Beginner Jam Book – Three-chord songbook.
Houkulele Blitzkrieg Songbook (March 2018) (261 Pages – 118 Songs)
Houkulele Hawaiian Songbook (Version 5) (115 pages)
Houkulele Kingwood Senior Village Concert 2018 (Version 2 – Final)
Houkulele Songbook 2018 (Version 2) (108 Pages – 94 Songs)
Houkulele Tahitian & Polynesian Songbook (Version 5) (70 pages)
Houkulele Tullis Library Songbook (July 2019) (34 Pages – 33 Songs – “First Tuesday Basic Ukulele Meetup”)
Houkulele World Music Songbook (Version 5) (146 Pages – 79 Songs)
Links to other Ukulele sites:
Note: The comments are from Houkulele.
Richard G's Ukulele Songbook - LOTS of uke music.
Ukulele Boogaloo - This site hasn't been updated in years, but it still has a great selection of uke music.
Ukulele Hunt - An active blog, great tabs and chords, along with other uke goodness.
Ukulele Underground - Ukulele Underground was created in 2007 with the purpose of helping to grow the next generation of ukulele players throughout the world. The site includes tons of video tutorials and a very active forum.
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Their motto: "Without U is just a kuele"
Note: They have three local songbooks, but no public access: "You MUST be signed in with your user name and password to view and download this file." Available from the Houston Uke Group is the Dallas Ukulele Headquarters Beginner Jam Book – a three-chord songbook.
Their Ukulele Links
“Below is a list of popular Ukulele Sites, we encourage our members to explore them for ideas and resources.”
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Over 100 songs … downloadable as a web (.HTM) page, which can be easily imported into a word processing program which would allow easy transpositions to other keys.
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Features songbooks, how to play the ukulele, Gallery, etc.
Songbook (with 271 titles)
Learn To Play the Ukulele @ YouTube, both free class or sign up for one of their online courses (fee not free, I think)
Learn To Play The Ukulele Classes (in London), Fee Based
Ukulele Magazine
Articles, Gear Review, Tips, Products.
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At one time, over 15 different songbooks, which
are now compiled into a single volume:
TUSC Song Book v. 2.0 (570+ Songs in 651 pages).
They also have an Events Tab and Videos.
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Plus:
The Serious Ukulele Ensemble
The Goulash Archipelago, and
The Weatherspoons.
CDs for sale by each of the four groups listed above, at their respective pages.
Ukulele Tablature in PDF Format, a total of 476 titles according to their homepage.
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The scope of this site is limited to banjo ukes manufactured in America, and modern instruments are not included. Includes histories, manufacturers, "The Age Of Plastics," links.
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George Formby was one of England's most famous and successful musicians & comedians whose career spanned forty years -- from 1921 until his death in 1961. During that period he appeared in 21 hit films, cut over 230 records, made hundreds of stage performances, appeared in two Royal Command Performances and entertained an estimated three million Allied Servicemen and women during World War II throughout Europe and the Middle East. The nine chapters of the Society perform frequent “thrashes;” membership is over 1,200, including the late Beatle George Harrison. Earning over £100,000 a year in 1939, Formby was the highest paid entertainer of his era.
Links to his songs are at: http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/lyrics/intro.html
See also George Formby, His Life, Career, Films and Recordings, another website celebrating “The Life and Times of George Formby And His Ukulele,” with numerous resources.
Wikipedia article about the George Formby Society, with links.
Wikipedia article about George Formby, with links.
George Formby Treasure Trove Found In A Disused Office Cabinet
By Ian Youngs, Arts & Entertainment Reporter, BBC
The BBC reported on
April 10, 2018, that an archive of letters, diaries and photos
belonging to film star George Formby and his spouses has been found
in an abandoned office in Preston, England. The collection was found
in a battered suitcase in a cabinet by an office clearance firm. It
includes diaries and passports belonging to his wife Beryl Ingham and
fiancee Pat Howson.
George Formby's banjolele sells at auction for £28,500
June 30, 2017
The Gibson UB3 attracted bids from around the world, including the United States and Dubai. According to the auction company, such a banjolele would ordinarily be worth about £400. George Harrison had unsuccessfully attempted to purchase the instrument from the late owner in the early 1990s.
Another of Formby's Gibson banjo ukuleles sold for £72,000 at auction in May, 2008. A third Gibson owned by Formby is known to exist.
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The Traditional Music Company (UK)
An impressive collection of song sheets in many subjects including music from the Americas.
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Chords and Lyrics with chord tabs. Songs can be downloaded as a web page or … using the tiny little printer icon in the upper right corner (next to the Heart) ... can be sent to printer (although I usually save it as a PDF first … doesn't have all those darned advertisements). The key can be transposed up or down six levels (I will often save in both the key of C and the key of G).
In addition to chord charts and lyrics, this site also has a number of guides, such as
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ukuleletabs.org is a collection of free tablature and sheet music for ukulele in PDF format. Our collection includes arrangements of Christmas music , folk songs , and more for soprano ukulele in standard tuning (high G, C, E, A). There are arrangements for every level of uke player from beginning to advanced. Songs available from alphabetical listings plus these categories:
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The Phil Doleman Ukulele Series
Phil has created three series of free ukulele tutorials at Facebook. There is no charge to become a subscriber.
Intros, Vamps & Endings for Ukulele
1. The "Country Walk
Up" (4:51)
2. The Count Basie Ending (5:52)
3. The Duke Ellington Ending (4:56)
4. The 1 6 2 5 Vamp (5:50)
5. Joe Pass Style Ending (3:16)
6. Up A Fret And Back Down Again (with a twist) (2:31)
7. Major 7th Coolness! (3:51)
8. The Chromatic Walk Up (4:30)
9. The I I7 IV bVI (5:11)
10. 6ths Shuffle (7:01)
Ukulele Lessons
1. Play All Over The
Ukulele Neck With Just Four Shapes (23:18)
2. Learn The Ukulele Fingerboard Quickly & Easily (16:17)
3. Uke Lesson: So You've Learned a Few Chords... Now What? (10:52)
4. Playing without pain - left hand technique (10:27)
5. Beginner lesson: Strumming Drills (8:00)
6. Last Old Dollar ukulele lesson (13:21)
Two Minute Tips for Ukulele
1. Holding the uke
(2:16)
2. 9th Chords (2:22)
3. What shape is that? (2:18)
4. Be lazy! (2:31)
5. Stretch yourself (3:07)
6. Memorising songs (2:39)
7. Easy changes (2:45)
8. Watch Your Tempo! (2:11)
9. The gaps are just as important as the notes (3:47)
10. Just Because You Can... (2:47)
11. It's All About The Inversions (3:23)
12. Record Yourself (2:02)
13. The Bb Chord (3:44)
14. What Key? C... Again (2:53)
15. The E Chord (2:46)
16. Solid Strumming (2:59)
17. Left Hand Efficiency (3:16)
18. Fingerpicks (2:16)
19. The C Major Scale (3:38)
20. The Simultaneous Ouch (3:38)
21. The Right Thumb (3:10)
22. Stop Sliding Up And Down! (4:08)
23. The Diagonal Barre (2:49)
24. Three String Chord Voicings (3:11)
25. The Ska Rhythm (2:53)
26. Suspended 4th Chords (2:18)
27. Using Open Strings To Create New Chords (2:57)
28. The Push (2:34)
29. Singing (2:11)
30. Diminished 7th Chords (3:43)
31. Decorating Chords With Notes On The A String (3:07)
32. 'Chunking' (2:26)
33. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs (3:19)
34. Four Things That Confuse Beginners (3:17)
Beginner 1 Lessons. Individual lessons listed below
Beginner 2 Lessons. Individual lessons listed below
About:
"Cynthia Lin is a modern day jazz ukulele diva based in San Francisco, California. The creator of the #100DaysofUkuleleSongs project, Cynthia is known for her dazzling ukulele covers and engaging tutorials on YouTube."
Beginner 1 Lessons
These 6 lessons build on each other and are meant to be learned in order.
Lesson #1: Three Little Birds - Basics
Chord chart and lesson sheet: http://bit.ly/1M6K218
Lesson #2: I'm Yours - Backbeat Strum
Chord chart and lesson sheet: http://bit.ly/1Tsk4Fq
Lesson #3: Don't Worry Be Happy - Swing Strum
Chord chart and lesson sheet: http://bit.ly/1NWACph
Lesson #4: Stand By Me - Island Strum
Chord chart and lesson sheet: http://bit.ly/1PVgW2S
Lesson #5: Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Picking Island Strum
Chord chart and lesson sheet: http://bit.ly/1i6jUXP
Lesson #6: Brown Eyed Girl - Mixed Strums Tutorial
Chord chart and lesson sheet: http://bit.ly/1i6ilZO
Bonus Tutorials:
How to Practice Chord Changes // Beginner Ukulele Tutorial
Lesson #1. Creep - Radiohead. Ukulele Fingerpicking Tutorial
Download the chord chart here: http://bit.ly/1NTbi3y
Lesson #2. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen. In the style of Jeff Buckley - Ukulele Fingerpicking
Download the chord chart here: http://bit.ly/1I74SY3
Lesson #3. How To Chuck - Ukulele Tutorial
No Chord Chart. Links posted on that web page are listed below. Text: “Chucking is a great way to add percussion and rhythm to your ukulele strumming - this tutorial walks you through 1. how to chuck 2. how to play the chucking strum 3. how to play the chucking island strum.”
Lesson #4. Lion Sleeps Tonight - Ukulele Chucking Strum Tutorial
Download the chord chart here: http://bit.ly/2xdVia5
Lesson #5. Riptide - Vance Joy - Ukulele Chucking Tutorial
Download the chord chart here: http://bit.ly/1WsyIkM
Additional Links:
Island Strum Tutorial: http://bit.ly/ukelesson4
How To Chuck Tutorial: http://bit.ly/howtochuck
Lesson #6. Happy Birthday - How To Read Tab Ukulele Tutorial
Download the chord chart here: http://bit.ly/2gfJP3g
Lesson #7. My Girl - The Temptations. Ukulele Tab Tutorial
Download the chord chart here: http://bit.ly/1PoxUtm
At the end, you'll be able to play along with this original Temptations version: https://youtu.be/swSytFVMHuU
Lesson #8. Ho Hey - The Lumineers. Beginner Ukulele Tutorial
Download the chord chart here: http://bit.ly/1LFMLgR
Links from Lesson 3, How To Chuck.
Chucking Strum Tutorials:
Build Me Up Buttercup: http://bit.ly/2bvw5LL
Sea of Love: http://bit.ly/1oO2VMj
Banana Pancakes is coming soon!
Chucking Island Strum Tutorial:
Riptide: http://bit.ly/1OTQCVK
Island Strum Tutorial:
Watch the STAND BY ME tutorial: http://bit.ly/ukelesson4
Download the chord chart: http://bit.ly/1PVgW2S
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Clawhammer Technique Tutorials – The Bum-Ditty & Beyond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxVtV2wojyo&feature=youtu.be
It took him six or seven days of continuous practicing to get this technique down.
Mix Clawhammer Ukulele Tutorial with Lil Rev (part of an extended playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxVtV2wojyo&start_radio=1&list=RDoxVtV2wojyo
Clawhammer Uke Basics with Aaron Keim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqbZZeDER8w
Richard Hefner – Clawhammer Ukulele Tutorials – 4 Part Series
The Bum Ditty, 1 of 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zADviWdR7o
Basic Backup, 2 of 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELjQ7ljn1TU
Slurred Notes, 3 of 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBJae-4sIU0
Drop Thumb, 4 of 4 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwAC4l5FzyA
The Bum: Stroke down on the first (or second) string, with the thumb coming down and resting on the 4th string on each stroke. Practice this, the Bum, over and over.
The “Dit” in Ditty is a brush down of 2 or 3 strings with the back of the nail, followed by the “ty” which is when the thumb comes down on the 4th string.
Practice this over and over before going on.
Extend this technique so that the first stroke down is on the 1st string, then the 2nd string, then the 3rd sting, then the 2nd string, and finally back to the 1st string.
The next extension of technique is to use the Clawhammer in 4/4 time, where the index finger strikes the 1st string on the 2nd and 4th beats, and, then use this technique while changing chords in a song. This is in part 2.
He also has a Basic Video Ukulele Course; see: https://youtu.be/ELjQ7ljn1TU
Cripple Creek – Clawhammer Technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL7L0Hm-cu0
Johnny Cash's favorite Bum-Ditty, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyVE5DXC860
Finger-picking the Ukulele with Manitoba Hal Brolund, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9gM4VH5CiE
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These are
not necessarily recommendations, but merely links for further information.
This website and its creator have no financial links with any of these
companies.
MIDI to MP3 Program:
Direct MIDI to MP3 Converter (Piston Software, Free) is a fast audio utility that allows you to convert MIDI to MP3, WAV, WMA and OGG formats.
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Create sheet music from audio recordings:
AnthemScore Software (US$39 for the desktop app download), https://www.lunaverus.com/
AnthemScore is a program that automatically creates sheet music from audio (MP3, WAV, etc.). It uses a neural network trained on millions of data samples to achieve a relatively high level of accuracy. Currently, no instrument information is extracted, so notes from all instruments get combined into one part. You can generally expect the best results from piano pieces. It will convert to the following formats: AnthemScore Data File (ASDT), PDF, MIDI, & Music XML.
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MIDI To Sheet Music:
Notation Software, https://www.notation.com
Notation Composer (US $98.99) & Notation Musician (US $59.99)
Notation Musician and Notation Composer both will convert MIDI (.mid) and Karaoke (.kar) files to sheet music. Most of these files are just fine, and will give you good quality sheet music with a little "tweaking" from either Notation product. For these cases, notation musician is the right product.
However, sometimes in such "found" files there will be specific notes that you want to adjust, or you may want to change or add single notes. Or perhaps you want to compose your own music. For cases such as these, notation composer is the product you would need.
Notation Player 3 (free) runs on Windows, Mac, Linux Ubuntu and Linux openSUSE. The player displays MIDI music (.mid, .kar, or .not ) files as sheet music that you can view on the screen while the notes play.
Because I couldn't afford the "name brand" music notation software back when, I began using Notation Composer and have created several hundred scores of old Christmas hymns and carols for a site that I created in 2002, but that I had to sell in 2014 because of health issues. The new owner has added a lot of advertising, but at least my collection of over 4,300 Christmas hymns and carols will survive me by many years. The site: The Hymns and Carols of Christmas.
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Optical Music Recognition (OMR) or Music OCR is the application of optical character recognition to interpret sheet music or printed scores into editable or playable form. Once captured digitally, the music can be saved in commonly used file formats, e.g. MIDI (for playback) and MusicXML (for page layout). There are a dozen or so programs that can be purchased and two open sourceware programs. The latter two are:
Source: Wikipedia, Optical Music Recognition, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_music_recognition
Audiveris is an open source tool for optical music recognition (OMR). It allows a user to import scanned music scores and export them to MusicXML format for use in other applications, e.g. music notation programs or page turning software for digital sheet music. Primarily for developers.
OpenOMR is an open source optical music recognition (OMR) tool written in Java for printed music scores. It allows a user to scan a printed music partition and play it through the computer speakers. It is being published as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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PDFtoMUSIC (US$49) by Myriad is often seen as a Music OCR software, but it does actually no optical character recognition. The program simply reads PDF files which have been created by some scorewriter, locates the musical glyphs which have been written directly as characters of a music notation font. The optical recognition consists of concluding the musical relationship of those glyphs from their relative position in space, i.e. on the logical page of the PDF document, and combine those to a musical score. Only the PRO version (US$199) can export this to a MusicXML file, while the standard version works only for the scorewriters by Myriad (Harmony Assistant (Shareware, US$37) and Melody Assistant (US$85).
PDF To Music.
PDFelement includes built-in OCR and an editor. Free Trial, or purchase the full program for US$89.95.
Free PDF To “Music”:
ZamZar, http://www.zamzar.com/ ; an online tool. Converts from PDF to any of 10 image formats and four document formats (doc, docx, pdf, ps). Also converts numerous other types of files including documents, images, music, video, ebook, compressed and CAD.
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