Author Archives: guido

Protected: UD#26 Never Jam Alone – Major Pentatonic Soloing!

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Protected: UD#25 The Major Pentatonic Scale: Solo Anyone?

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Protected: UD#24 The Secret Life of Roots (Naming Moveable Chord Shapes)

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Protected: UD#23 Chord Progressions in All Keys

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Protected: UD#22 Moving Scales up the Neck – Blues in All Keys

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Protected: UD#21 Soloing on the Blues

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Protected: UD#20 Never Jam Alone- FUNKY MINOR BLUES

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Protected: UD#19 What Key is it in?

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Protected: UD#18 Starting To Figure Out Songs By Ear

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Protected: UD#17 The Building Blocks of Songs

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Protected: UD#16 Never Jam Alone Episode 1

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Protected: UD#15 Gripping the Uke too Tight?

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Protected: UD#14 Hot Licks with Chord Notes

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Protected: UD#12 Ukulele: Music Theory Abacus

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Protected: UD#11 Bo Diddley Ukulele Strum

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Guido Heistek holds a B.F.A. Music from Concordia University in Montreal and is a CANSTAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. He makes his home in Vancouver, BC.  Guido has performed in the US, Japan, Canada and Europe, and has worked as both an arranger and consultant for stage and film. Guido teaches private and small group lessons at his downtown studio: Yaletown Music. In 2011, Guido released Hear the Strum,  an instructional DVD which teaches ukulele students how to strum by ear and from the heart. In 2013 he released a CD, Guido Heistek - Solo Ukulele. In 2016, Guido released The Chord Melody Book for Ukulele.

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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW:

HEISTEK and PLATO:

BLUES JUST TAKE THEIR TIME (Heistek and Plato):

DON'T TAKE TOO LONG (Madeleine Peyroux):