Posts by UkoOno
Eight days a week
This is one of the favourites at the Aged Care gigs. We use the Ukulele Club Songbook version of this song (Vol 1, p81) – so the video is quite helpful in explaining my interpretation/arrangement of the song.
Read MoreEcho Beach
We’re back in the 80s with this classic by Martha and the Muffins – ‘Echo Beach’. The chords are pretty simple – and it’s a great one for the G to ‘sneaky Em’ chord change – plus there’s a super cool riff that runs through the verses. Watch the videos and pretend you’re a rock…
Read MoreIt Must Be Love
Welcome to the “It Must Be Love’ video tutorial. I absolutely love this song – it’s fun and sweet – and I’ve introduced lots of riffs to keep it quirky and interesting to play. Michelle and I have put together five videos for this song: three for the strums/chords; and two for the riffing. We’ll…
Read MoreC Major Scale
When people hear the word ‘scales’ they may have flashbacks to agonising piano lessons with cranky old teachers (or is that just me?). But scales are awesome and really great to practice so you get to know your way around your uke fretboard (your map) and can start improvising and picking out tunes in songs.…
Read MoreLove Is in The Air
So John Paul Young was meant to be coming to Coffs for our local community radio station, 2AIR FM’s birthday celebrations – and the Sawtell Ukulele Group were asked to play. We were requested to put together a Beatles Medley, which we did, but we also thought we’d throw in a little treat for JPY…
Read MoreLady Gaga Medley – Part 1 of 2
This is one of my favourite medleys – and a great favourite with the kids. When ‘A Star Was Born’ was released, with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, the Sawtell Cinema was having a ‘Girls Night Out’ screening and asked if Uko Ono would like to be a sponsor, which of course I did. So…
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