Here’s Phil Doleman with a playthrough of his piece in UKE Magazine 33 - How Long, How Long Blues
UKE Magazine Issue 33 - Lil Rev Lonnie Johnson Style Blues
From UKE Magazine issue 33, Lil Rev has made a video here to illustrate the Lonnie Johnson style blues he talks about in his article. Please note, the 1st pass through is the exact transcription of the solo. Following that he goes into other variations of playing a Pre-War Style D blues on the baritone, tipping his hat to Lonnie Johnson, Leroy Carr and George Formby (Fan Stroke).
UKE Magazine Issue 32 Competition - Win an Enya Nova U Pro Tenor
In UKE Magazine Issue 32, one lucky reader who answers the question below correctly will be selected to win an Enya Nova U Pro tenor ukulele.
Entries need to be in by 1 February to quality.
UKE Magazine Issue 32 - Double Stops
Here are the videos to accompany Lil Rev’s piece in UKE Magazine Issue 32.
This is Jug Band Serenade as written.
And this is the piece again, with improvisations.
UKE Magazine Issue 32 - Riffs - C Major Backing Track
In the Riffs article in UKE Magazine Issue 32, it was mentioned that a good way to start coming up with riffs is experimentation, using scales, and a backing track. Use some notes from the scale in a repeated pattern, with the backing track in place so you can hear how it would sound when you’re joined by other musicians.
Here is the backing track:
UKE Magazine Issue 32 - Riffs - Ukes Akimbo, Chasing Cars
As mentioned in the Riffs article in Issue 32 of UKE Magazine, here is a recording of an early performance by Ukes Akimbo, the ukulele group in Brampton, Cumbria. They are using Andy Webster’s arrangement of Chasing Cars, by Snow Patrol - with the group playing the riff together at the beginning.
The link below will take you to soundcloud where you can hear the full song.
aNueNue Colour Series Tenor Ukuleles Arrive in the UK
Following their very popular and well reviewed concert model, the aNueNue UC10, the Taiwanese company have now created a tenor ukulele in various colours to complement it. There are 6 different finishes of the aNueNue UT-10 tenor ukulele, available from World of Ukes.
These ukes have a solid spruce top, laminate mahogany back and sides and an excellent gig bag.The aNueNue UT10 comes in the following finishes (click on the text to visit the relevant product page):
You can watch a video demo of those below.
Like the concert ukes before them, these affordable ukes (£169-185 dependent on finish) have been well reviewed. You can watch a video review from Got A Ukulele below (where it scored 9.3 out of 10)
UKE Magazine Issue 31 - Travis Picking with Mike Haysom
Mike Haysom gave a rundown of how to do Travis picking on the ukulele in Issue 31 of UKE Magazine.
Here’s a video he made, showing the different steps in his guide.
aNueNue Colour Series - Tenor Ukuleles - Coming in 2022
Coming to the UK in Quarter 3 of 2022 is aNueNue’s great value, solid top colour series ukuleles, now in tenor size.
A small number will be available in Europe in 2022, with the majority of those heading to World of Ukes. These are great value instruments, coming in at under £200, with a nice gig bag too. They look great, but it’s not all about the looks… under the funky finish is a very good, neatly made and great sounding uke.
If you’d like to hear when they are available (as early supply will be very limited) complete the form below. And, if you could choose your favourite colour it would be helpful to me when ordering in future, if I know the ones people like the most!
If you complete your details, I’ll let you know first, when they all arrive. There’s no obligation to buy one, and I won’t send you any other emails about anything else.
UKE Magazine Issue 31 - Mystery Riffs Competition
In UKE Magazine 31, you can be in with the chance of winning a Snail S60C concert ukulele. In order to go into the draw, you need to correctly identify the mystery riffs in the magazine. Choose the correct answer from the multiple choice questions below.
(Note - due to an error on the form, one question was briefly incorrect. Anyone who entered before this was rectified will be entered regardless of their answer to the question that was wrong).
UKE Magazine Issue 31 - The Girl I Left Behind Me - Lil Rev Arrangement
Lil Rev’s arrangement of The Girl I Left Me, from UKE Magazine Issue 31
UKE Magazine Issue 31 - James Hill's Arrangement of Hard Times Come Again No More
In UKE Magazine Issue 31, there’s an arrangement of Hard Times Come Again No More from James Hill. Below you can listen to James playing through this piece so you can see what it’ll sound like once you’ve had a good practise or two!
UKE Magazine Issue 31 - Rock and Roll Workshop Sound Samples
Here are the accompanying sound samples to go with the Rock and Roll workshop in Issue 31 of UKE Magazine
Sample 1: 12 Bar Sequence
Sample 2: Approaching a chord one fret below
Sample 3: Boogie Woogie, Quarter Notes
Sample 4: Boogie Woogie, Eighth Notes
UKE Magazine Issue 31 - Donate to help Ukraine and win a ukulele
As reported in UKE Magazine Issue 31, Risa have created a sopranino electro ukulele, modelled on their Uke Solid series of instruments. You can win with ukulele, by purchasing a lot for 10 Euros, with all proceeds going towards helping people caught up in the Ukrainian conflict.
You can purchase a place in the draw (thereby making a donation), here: https://www.ukulele.de/detail/index/sArticle/562
(Note, Risa is a German company and the website is in German, but there’s a little UK flag in the top right corner if you want to change the language to English)
UKE Magazine Issue 30 - Lil Rev's Permutations Exercises
The video to accompany Lil Rev’s piece on finger-speed exercises in issue 30 of UKE Magazine.
UKE Magazine Awards - 2022 - Voting Form
UKE Magazine Awards 2022
Our awards this year focus on instruments, with expanded categories to allow you to choose what you think are the best ukes on the market. In each category, we’ve made four nominations. But, if there’s a different brand that you really love that’s not on the list, on the entry form you can submit a vote for that instead, by letting us know what you want to go for.
The entry form below asks for your email address - which will be used for nothing apart from informing you if you’ve won a prize (in this case a Risa 3D printed uke), and to verify that you are a UKE Magazine reader (entries are only possible from readers to prevent any social media efforts to skew the results).
UKE Magazine Issue 30 - David Chen's Love Me Tender
Taiwanese educator and ukulele performer David Chen includes his arrangement of Love Me Tender in UKE Magazine issue 30. He made this video to accompany his piece and explain the Hawaiian two-fingerstyle techniques used with it.
UKE Magazine Issue 30 - Choan Gálvez's Brevity for Pam
Here is Choan Gálvez demonstrating the piece he wrote and included in UKE Magazine Issue 30, Brevity for Pam, for baritone ukulele (or regular uke with a low G)
UKE Magazine Issue 30 - Abe Lagrimas Jr.'s 'Mahana'
Issue 30’s cover star Abe Lagrimas Jr.’s tune, Mahana, is available in tab format in the magazine. Here’s a video of Abe playing the piece himself.
UKE Magazine Issue 30 - Phil Doleman's Rhythm Changes
In Issue 30, Phil Doleman discussed the chord pattern for Rhythm Changes, and its use in a multitude of jazz tunes.
In this video playalong, you can follow the chords from the magazine on screen, with a jazz ensemble accompanying you!