Category Archives: Jamming

UD#126 Bluesy Bending!

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1. You can bend by pushing the string up towards your face or pulling the string down towards the floor, depending on which string you are on and how much you are going to bend it. 

2. It’s best to use more than one finger to bend! 

3. We usually bend a note to a semi-tone or a whole-tone up. Play the “target note” before you practice a bend so you have a destination in mind.


UD#123 Choir Music for Ukulele!

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In one of my classes, we’ve made a project of taking music for different types of ensembles and transcribing them for ukulele. We’ve used music for recorder (Thanks Mom), brass and choir.

Here are the soprano and alto parts to a public domain choir arrangement of “Away in a Manger” played as a ukulele duet…


UD#114 Funky Bassline on the Uke!

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UD#114 Funky Bassline on the Uke!from Ukulele in the Dark with Guido Heistek I’ve made a little uke ensemble arrangement of Low Rider. There are five parts: bass, strumming, melody, harmony and a solo. Have a listen! Below is the tab which includes the bass, melody and harmony parts. I forgot to include a chord diagram for   …Continue Reading


Protected: UD#16 Never Jam Alone Episode 1

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Protected: UD#6 Lost in Progressions? (Hearing Chord Patterns)

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