THE UKULELE CORNER JOURNAL
Lessons, performances and ideas for your fingerstyle ukulele journey.
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After you have worked on alternating the index and middle fingers of the right hand to play melodies, accenting certain notes by playing them louder than others can bring out…
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In addition to using the thumb to play melodies on the ukulele, alternating the index and middle fingers in the right hand is a wonderful technique that allows relaxation and…
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Harmonizing a major scale with three note chords or triads creates a wonderful sequence of chords that can be used to play a wide range of music. There is a…
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The right hand thumb is a very powerful tool when playing ukulele and can be used for strumming, arpeggiation, and melody. You can get a beautiful, warm tone using the…
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Performances
A new arrangement of this famous piano piece from Bach. The arrangement for this piece can be found in the book Graded Repertoire for Classical Ukulele, and a lesson on…
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"Für Elise" is not only one of Beethoven's most famous pieces. It is also one of the most well-known piano pieces ever written. However, much mystery surrounds the piece. This…
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Ukulele Blog
In this video, Simon Powis of Classical Guitar Corner talks with Jeff Peterson about classical music on the ukulele. Specifically they discuss how to bring some of the all-time favorite…
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One of the treasured pieces from classical guitar, Capricho Arabe works suprisingly well on Ukulele! It requires an advanced fingerstyle ukulele technique but in the right hands this classical piece…
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In this video Jeff plays his arrangement of Arioso by Bach for classical ukulele. Johann Sebastian Bach included this beautiful "Arioso" as the first movement for Cantata No. 156, "Ich…
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