The GNUF fun in Huddersfield starts on Friday night with free events! The festival timetable includes free entertainment at The Head of Steam on the railway station and at the The Sportsman pub. I was more than delighted to get an…
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Only three days to The Grand Northern Ukulele Festival #GNUF2016
Tagged with: Danielle Ate The Sandwich, GNUF, GNUF2016, Huddersfield, Nakisha Esnard, The Quiet American
Posted in Ukulele Allsorts Gigs
Posted in Ukulele Allsorts Gigs
Ukulele Gloves! Now with matching spats!
Apologies to all our loyal customers – these are now Sold Out! Beautiful Ukulele Gloves and Spats! Exclusive English designs! Made in Wagga Wagga by and from sustainably farmed Koala Bears! I wouldn’t mind a pair of REAL ukulele gloves…
Love Hearts (Sugar Lips) – original song
In my previous blog post Songsheet Generator chord grids for different tunings I used the song file for “Love Hearts (Sugar Lips)” to demonstrate how to code alternative chord definitions. Most of the songs I have written have come to me very…
Tagged with: original song, songs written, songsheet, ukulele, youtube
Posted in Ukulele Allsorts Recordings
Posted in Ukulele Allsorts Recordings
Songsheet Generator chord grids for different tunings
Songsheet Generator and ChordPro I use Songsheet Generator to make my song sheets: “Songsheet Generator is an application which prints songsheets and songbooks for home, small group, or large group overhead use. The program runs on Microsoft® Windows™ (native .exe), Mac…
Tagged with: ADF#B, ADGCEA, alternative tunings, baritone ukulele, Chicago tuning, chord grids, chordpro, chords, cuatro, DGBE, GCEA, guilele, guitarlele, requinto, Songsheet Generator, ukulele
Posted in Tips
Posted in Tips
Heart and Soul by Sheedyfrost: Ukulele Cover at Flash Folk Gathering
I love this song! Many thanks to Stan Tunstall-Otterburn aka The Durham Ranger aka The Joculator for this video of me performing “Heart and Soul” by Sheedy Frost at the Fourth Flash Folk Gathering North East (24 August 2013) (*Silent 22 second intro – Do Not Adjust Your Set!*) Many thanks also…
Tagged with: Co Durham, cover song, folk music, songsheet, ukulele, video
Posted in Ukulele Allsorts On Stage
Posted in Ukulele Allsorts On Stage
Chordie web site tips
“About Chordie: Guitar chords and guitar tablature made easy. Chordie is a search engine for finding guitar chords and guitar tabs.” And, of course, ukulele chords and tabs. If you have not come across Chordie before, read the Chordie FAQ…
Some Songbook and Chordpro Tips
In case it helps anyone else, some extracts from recent email correspondence about Songbook from Linkesoft and Chordpro aka Chordii formatting. Where there are references to a “PC” this applies equally to a Mac or any other operating system. Similarly,…
Tagged with: chopro, chordpro, chordsmith, CRD, Songbook Chordpro, Songsheet Generator
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Posted in Tips
GNUF 2015 – Tickets selling like hot cakes! | @northernuke
Originally posted on Ukes4Fun:
Message from GNUF on 23 March: “There are now only TWELVE FESTIVAL TICKETS LEFT for the full weekend and only a handful of Saturday/Sunday day tickets. We have sold out of children’s tickets, young adult…
Ukulele interview: The Durham Ranger and She Bear Show
Stan Tunstall-Otterburn (aka “The Durham Ranger“) makes a wicked curry! While he was preparing spices and marinades, Jude (“The She Bear”) and I amused ourselves messing about with ukuleles. I got to know Stan after he had videoed me, performing…
“I Know Where Syd Barrett Lived” – well now I do! @starandshadow
I think I need to start making a list of people who have played as part of ad hoc “Ukulele Allsorts” line-ups. To Do. Many thanks to Gary Winston Lang of “St James Infirmary” for making wonderful tuba sounds on…
Tagged with: cover song, Gary Lang, SJI, St James Infirmary, Star And Shadow, Syd Barrett, video
Posted in Ukulele Allsorts On Stage
Posted in Ukulele Allsorts On Stage
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