SMUG is Back

By UkoOno | 01/06/2022

The Sawtell (Monday) Ukulele Group will kick off 2022 on 31 January, 5.00-6.30pm at the Sawtell Surf Club. The start of the year is always an ideal time to join SMUG as we will be starting with some fresh songs that we will all learn together, plus brush up each week on our large repertoire…

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Absolute Beginners – Coffs Harbour Library

By UkoOno | 12/27/2021

The Coffs Library 10-week Absolute Beginners course starts on Thursday 28 April, 12.30-1.30pm. If you’re looking to start your ukulele journey – or you’re just feeling a little rusty – then call the Library to book your place. The ukulele is the easiest instrument to learn and you don’t need any prior musical experience. In…

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Nella’s Journey

By UkoOno | 03/06/2021

“Before taking the course, the ukulele did a fabulous job decorating the corner of my room!” I bought my first ukulele 10 years ago, all fired up to learn a new skill in my 50th year. I took some lessons but failed to channel my inner 5yo instead wanting to “master and understand” rather than just…

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These Boots Are Made For Walking

By UkoOno | 01/14/2021

This is a great, rollicking song – that’s super easy to play (Island strum) and has that iconic riff! We do the riff on the E string, starting on the 10th fret and working down to the 1st fret and into an Island strum on D. And don’t forget, this is a different version to…

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What A Wonderful World

By UkoOno | 01/14/2021

This is one of those wonderful songs that we all know and love – Louis Armstrong’s ‘What A Wonderful World’. I’m keeping the strum super simple in this one because there are lots of chords – new chords; chords with multiple names; bar chords – all the things we love, right? But it’s so worth…

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Shiny Happy People

By UkoOno | 01/14/2021

This tutorial is for Shiny Happy People by REM (see YouTube clip below). It’s a beautiful, upbeat song – but the chords are really tricky as we move into Bs, Es and Bms. But the effort is worth it! I’ve made three videos; the first video runs through the intro; the second video is for…

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Surfin Safari

By UkoOno | 01/14/2021

This is a Beach Boys classic and a really fun song to ‘belt out’. It’s pretty straight forward with just a couple of places to watch: The Intro has you playing 1 strum on G; 1 strum on F; then 2 strums on D, and 4 strums on G, and then du-du-du-du on G leading…

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