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Nails or No Nails on Ukulele?
Should you use nails or no nails when playing fingerstyle ukulele? Using fingernails in the right (strumming and picking) hand can add volume and a range of tones to your…
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Lágrima for Ukulele Lesson
In this video Jeff offers a lesson on Lágrima for ukulele. This piece is a short prelude originally written for classical guitar by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega. The word Lágrima…
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Right-Hand Technique: Versatility
Right-hand technique has a wide versatility on the ukulele and different approaches can create different sounds. This versatility in the right hand can be used to play many genres of…
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House of the Rising Sun for Fingerstyle Ukulele
In this video, Jeff plays his solo arrangement of traditional folk song The House of the Rising Sun for fingerstyle ukulele. This traditional folk song is about hard times in…
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Red River Valley Lesson
Introduction Introduction: Strumming: Strumming Pattern: I, IV, and V Chords: Play-along:
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Fingerstyle Ukulele
Learning fingerstyle ukulele can be both challenging and fruitful. Most students of ukulele enjoy strumming chords and learning accompaniment to songs. This is one of the great strengths of the…
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